Word: talley
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...interesting contribution to contemporary American is the fact that opera stars can, and according to the Saturday Evening Post do, wear waists made out of the red woolen plaid lining of their Father's twenty year old overcoats. At least such is the accomplishment of Miss Marion Talley, the homespun diva, who is now pouring forth extensive memoirs...
These Metropolitan stars may not be able to sing any better than their predecessors but at least they are as amusing. Only the enchanting personality of Geraldine Farrar could have carried off such an enormous coup as is Miss Talley's although of course had Mary Garden been inclined toward anything but prismatic gowns she could have done the same and have rated, if not the Post at least the Hearst sheets. But it remained for the pride of Kansas City to garner both publicity and economy. Whoever is the power behind the throne in guiding Miss Talley through...
...Wilhelm Meister. Mignon, nobleman's daughter, had long been held captive by gypsies. But she dimly remembers her home. This memory grows intense after she meets dazed Lothario, who really is her father, gone daft. Sportive Wilhelm Meister she grows to love, and flirting Philene she hates. Marion Talley, adequate as Philene, showed progress as an operatic actress. Lucrezia Bori, who sang Mignon last week kept merry an audience of 4,000, many of whom had been cradled to "Connais-tu le pays...
...page boy, rushed through the lobbies, encountered one Harry J. Brown, cried that a roll-call vote was on, Mr. Brown told Page Wilson to rush back and vote for him. Page Wilson, in the Chamber, did so, crying 'Aye' when the clerk staccatoed 'Browne.'* Talley clerks were startled by the treble. It was discovered that Harry Brown, page teaser, is correspondent of the Salt Lake City Tribune...
...just a girl," beamed Vice President Dawes, on first meeting Marion Nevada Talley, prima donna. Then, taking a long drag at his pipe, he added: "Don't acquire temperament." Miss Talley enjoyed Washington last week; Senator Capper of Kansas escorted her about the city; Senator Reed claimed her for Missouri; Senator Bruce, music lover, rushed up to be introduced; Senate page boys gaped; Mrs. Coolidge went to her concert...