Word: ninon
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Married. Jean Michel Davidson. 21, son of Sculptor Jo Davidson; and Mile Joannine Helyett Georgette Ninon, 22. of Chinon, France; in London. The bride wore green fingernails to match her dress...
...Immoral Ninon...
...IMMORTAL NINON?Cecil Austin ?Brentano's ($3.50). Ninon de Lencloslos is now a half forgotten name. Unlike many women of less innate genius, she caused no kingdoms to change hands, married no prince, inspired no desperate armies to an improbable triumph. Her career was merely that of a successful courtesan; but because she secured for her lovers the most distinguished men of her age, because her wit and charm per- mitted her to become simultaneously a notably fashionable as well as a notoriously promiscuous figure, because her refusal to marry was based partly on her unwillingness to accept...
...Aunt Teresa, a domineering invalid who in 1914 rapt Emmanuel Vanderflint, her Belgian army husband, to the Far East, chiefly because it was far. With them, ''just like one family," live other refugees, a mother, sister and two daughters Vanderphant. Also Aunt Teresa's daughter, Sylvia Ninon Therese Anastathia -long legs, dark brown hair, hazel eyes, guileless, 16, attending convent. She reads "Questions and Answers" in the Daily Mail. Georges quotes her the poets, plays Tristan and Isolde on the piano. They kiss a little and call pet names...
...Tappin '00 as Ninon is very good, and his dancing is one of the features of the play. C. N. Prouty '00, who sings the bulk of the songs, has a remarkably good voice and shows ease and grace in his acting. His drinking song was especially well received. Undoubtedly the best dancing is done by A. E. Harris '00, who shows a lightness and activity that would do credit even to a professional. In originality of conception and execution the witches' dance and chorus are striking. The play is well staged throughout, the chorus have a splendid swing...