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Paris' Samedi Soir called it le drame politico-passlonnel. The principal characters: Subway Conductor Jean Laffargue, 41, his wife Yvonne, 37, and Rene ("Little Napoleon") Desvillettes, 47, mayor of the deep-Red Communist suburb of Champigny. All three were loyal Communists and diligent party workers. Trouble started when the politico got mixed up with the passionnel...
...columnist, "Cholly Angeleno," recounted in detail how "the beautiful film star" (now 51) was appointed "honorary commanding officer of the U.S.S. Manchester" by the cruiser's officers, "the first time anyone has ever been made honorary commanding officer in the Navy." The award was made at a "gala soiréee" in "Miss Davies' spacious home" in Beverly Hills. On the guest list was William Randolph Hearst Sr., himself. But at an ailing 88, he stayed in his upstairs bedroom throughout the party...
...physician, Jean has been dancing almost half his life; too high-strung and restless for school, at 13 he was a "little rat" in the Paris Opera Ballet. He left the ballet to fight with the Maquis during the war. At war's end he joined the small Soirées de la Danse, later the Ballet des Champs Elysées. He designed his first ballet for Nathalie-a duet to Beethoven's "Pathetique" piano sonata-and they were married shortly after. He "detests" classical duets-"too rigid, too formal. I always hate my partner." He particularly...
...could hardly tear themselves away. Behind the glass, in strapless bathing suit, black-eyed Mary Jane Hayes, Miss Washington of 1949, climbed into a bed. On her pillow was a small black earphone and the words that she heard as she pretended to sleep floated outside through amplifiers. "Bon soir ..." cooed the speaker. "Good night . . . Bon . . . good . . . le soir . . . the night . . ." As onlookers soon found out, Miss Washington was modeling the newest type of French lesson...
Paris writhed again. Reported Ce Soir, with a wince: "Never on such a small stage and in the space of two hours has such carnage been wreaked. That is easily a record, even for the Grand Guignol." Sniffed Le Monde: "One can be rather proud of being French when one sees imported products of this kind . . ." But as the seats filled and couples in the curtained boxes began to watch the stage again, Carrefour's critic seemed to have caught the audience's mood: "We had a crise de nerfs, we twisted our handkerchiefs, we held...