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Playboy. Most of his time he spent at Cannes, on the French Riviera, where he had bought the palatial Château de Thorenc (reported purchase price: $250,000). In his garage were a pale blue Lincoln convertible, a black Citroen limousine, a blue Simca "Gordoni" one-seat racer, a sleek Italian two-seater, a Simca-8 sports model. He also kept several motorcycles. He insisted that every engine run "as accurately as a watch...
...night, Colonel Andres Soriano, a tall, imperious gentleman with, a bristling mustache, is a glittering figure at Manila's diplomatic receptions and society soirees. Soriano loves to dance, is frequently seen cutting elegant capers at the Riviera, Manila's fanciest nightclub. By day, Soriano is an industrial tycoon whose multimillion-dollar interests include the Magnolia Dairy, the San Miguel Brewery, and the Philippine Air Lines. He is also a powerful figure behind the government of President Elpidio Quirino...
...busily making westerns, Cinemactress Sally (Bad Girl) Eilers complained that everyone in Hollywood "has become society-conscious. That trend started when Elsa Maxwell came out here to give parties and when people like Darryl Zanuck and Jack Warner hobnobbed with international society on the Riviera...
Sweden's King Gustaf V, 91, feeling better after a recent illness, was getting ready in Stockholm for a visit to the Riviera. Planning to accompany him on the three-day train journey: two nurses, his personal physician, his lord in waiting, his secretary, two valets...
Nearly 100 children, mostly from slum districts in such Industrial towns such as Angers, Bethune, and Grenoble benefited from the sunny Riviera climate last summer...