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Died. Jean Nino Malnati, 69, maitre d'hotel of Manhattan's Biltmore Hotel, who, like many another famed chef, insisted that he invented Crepes Suzette; of heart disease; in Manhattan...
...learn three Italian roles and reduce 25 Ib. in three months, made her U. S. debut in II Trovatore (Leonore). Nicola Moscona, Greek basso, attracted the whole Greek colony to his Ramfis (Aïda). Sturdy American Baritone John Charles Thomas (Germont) saved a Traviata (with Vina Bovy and Nino Martini) from absolute mediocrity; dependable molasses-voiced Contralto Bruna Castagna (always affectionately regarded by Manhattan operagoers who knew her when she sang at the lowly Hippodrome) saved at least three operas (Samson et Dalila, II Trovatore, Norma) from a similar fate...
Music for Madame (RKO Radio). Nino Martini's tenor insufficiently disguises a weak-backed melofarce...
...Robinson of Philadelphia, U. S. amateur heavyweight champion, scored the evening's sensation. Given the edge over Nino Paoletti, Italian champion, after the first round, Robinson promptly staggered from a right to the jaw, slumped to the floor. Rising on Referee Jack Dempsey's count of nine, he wobbled through the rest of the second round, toppled Paoletti in the third, won the decision...
...guests stranded without food or heat, room, telephone or elevator service. At the Palace, Cinemactor Jean Hersholt lugged his bags down eight flights to the lobby, where he was met by the manager with a handtruck. Best prepared for the emergency was the Metropolitan Opera's Tenor Nino Martini. Gallantly manning an elevator, he explained that he had learned how during New York City's elevator strike last year...