Word: ziegfelds
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Wake Up and Dream. Charles B. Cochran, the British Ziegfeld, is quite as resourceful as his U. S. compeer. The music, for instance, which accompanies his latest revue is by a trio consisting of Johann Sebastian Bach, Maurice Ravel and that infectious zoologist, Cole ("Let's Do It") Porter who used to lead the Yale Glee Club. A tune by the late great Bach is intoned during a dance entitled "Gothic'' in which two girls named Tilly Losch and Ann Barberova strike attitudes marvelously reminiscent of medieval sculpture and stained glass. To the threnodies of Ravel...
...incongruously on rich carpets and glib salesmen explained their various attractions. Obviously the recent U. S. renascence in bathroom fixtures and furniture has smitten the automobile. Some of the artists responsible for the renascence are now working on auto bodies: Norman Bel Geddes, jack-of-all-design; Joseph Urban, Ziegfeld and Metropolitan Opera scenic artist; Helen Dryden, painter and fashion artist; the house of Cartier, jewelers...