Word: tonio
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...best known books are "Joseph in Egypt," a monumental work as yet only partially written, and "The Magic Mountain," the novel which was instrumental in winning for its author the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1929. Of his other writings "Tonio Kreeger" and "Buddenbrooks" are the best known in America...
...When a football accident made him an invalid for four years he improved his voice. At 19 he began five years of study under Tanara. After a season of concert work, he had William Brady develop his voice for three years more. He made his debut in 1929 as Tonio. the clown in Pagliacci. His fine full baritone made him a favorite in Chicago where he sang with Samuel Insull's Civic Opera Company for five seasons. As his operatic fame increased, Robert Ringling began to show an interest in his family's affairs. Before the Chicago Civic...
...capitalize the old Colonial custom called bundling. As practiced by pretty Prudence Kirkland (Peggy Conklin) at Westville, Conn, in the winter of 1778. bundling turns out to be a most unromantic procedure. Like fishing or travel, the idea is more exciting than the act. Or so finds Max Christmann (Tonio Selwart, an ingratiating actor of the Francis Lederer type), a Hessian deserter to the cause of Liberty & Equality. Mistress Prudence, having invited him to bed because firewood is dear, climbs in with her clothes on, sits there with the blanket wrapped about her in the manner of a lap robe...