Folies Bergere opens on Broadway with costly Parisian splendor
United States producer Richard Lesser brings the Folies Bergere to Broadway on June 2 in a $300,000 American version using Paris sets and costumes. The show features lavish gowns and a dozen undressed mannequins in a controversial production that tests New York nudity rules while highlighting a multinational cast and 15 tons of scenery.
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Richard Sping
Paris
Broadway
Variety
Gene Moskowitz
New York City
Arthur Lesser
U.S
New York
Joseph C. di Carlo
Ame
Europe
Marie Lugere
Minneapolis, Minn
Atlantic League hero Scull still cited by old fans
ENWARRP reports readers respond to a column recalling Atlantic League pitcher Cart Scull, once hailed as a no hitters star in 1914. Born in Scranton, Scull never played major league ball due to injury and later worked as a court clerk in Pennsylvania. a 1910s era era memory shared by Warwick residents and other fans.
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Cart Scull
James L. Horton
Warwick
Scull
Middletown
Queen Village
George Corwin
Howells
Frank Defgan
ABC
Orange County
Scranton
Giants
Pennsylvania
Walter Brown
Horton
Jack Kroh
The lighter side by Gene Brown Behind The News
The column opens with a playful note on the tourist season and a quip about optimism on Main Street. It includes a joke about a wife driving to drink, then a light anecdote from a Buffalo restaurant where a diner discovers the only way to get rye bread is to order the opposite. the waiter replies that rye is always served.
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Main St
Buffalo
A New Frontier in US Politics and Johnson’s Reach
Walter Lippmann surveys how President Johnson aligns with business leaders and reshapes party dynamics. He notes a cordial bond between the Johnson administration and major publishers, while the Republican Party fractures under Goldwater’s bid. The piece explains Johnson’s skill and the post Marxian era allowing wealth-led poverty relief.
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Johnson
Oll
Republican Party
Franklin Roosevelt
Isbor
Roosevelt
John F. Kennedy
Truman
Kennedy
Sen
Barry Goldwater
New York
San Francisco
Senator Goldwater
Goldwater
United States
Western
Europe
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Folies
Eiffel Tower
Rue Richer
Boulevard Montmartre
Folies Bergere
Folies Alumni
Maurice Chevalier
Mistinguette
Anna Held
Florenz Ziegfeld
Yvonne Menard
East St. Louis
Josephine Baker
Colette
France
Patachou
Ther
Enwarrp
Douchert
Mr. Horton
Jack
Kroh
Jim Ellock
Newburgh
Gene Brown
Walter Lippmann
Daddy
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