Word: noel
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Virginia-born second wife (the former Mrs. G. Huntington Hartford, who succeeded Joan Crawford) have been more & more selective about the guests they choose to share their dining room. Abandoned are the ostentatious parties for 300 or more which Doug once gave in honor of such friends as Noel Coward and Earl Mountbatten of Burma. At No. 28, The Boltons, in fashionable South Kensington, the Fairbankses now confine themselves to more intimate affairs with a guest list whittled down to a mere 30 or 40. "There's no point in inviting people you don't get a chance...
...Whenever he could get them, Author Braddon ate cats, dogs, snakes, grubs, fungus and leaves. He notes that "snake tastes like gritty chicken mixed with fish; dog tastes like rather coarse beef; cat like rabbit, only better." The camp had its rare saints, and one was the Anglican padre, Noel Duckworth. Putting on a winning smile, he would call to some brutish guard: "Come here, you charming little lump of garbage, and buy this perfectly worthless pen." The proceeds always went for food for all prisoners. Day in & day out, the padre conducted an average of three funerals...
...much action last year, and upon whom the team is counting are Hans Vitzthum, who was out last year with a bad leg, Kris Lehmkuhl, who has had lots of experience, Henry Horner, who proved last year he could fill in at any position, and downhill man Noel Scullin...
...three acts and seven scenes, Idler is proving that acting doesn't have to be particularly good to provide an interesting evening. Actors far less professional could play Noel Coward's spritely comedy and still make it worth the price of admission...
...have never seen Blithe Spirit, if you are particularly fond of Noel Coward, or if you happen to know one of the performers, the production at the Agassiz is excellent. Otherwise it is, at worst, a solid non professional performance...