Notable artists and writers renew ties on return tour
A fragment recalls a group returning to New York and European stages renewing friendships with artists, writers, musicians, diplomats, poets, and playboys. A wife notes plans to escape Beverly Hills and its deadly suburban atmosphere, seeking distance and a safer environment.
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New York
Basil
Beverly Hills
Hollywood Goes Highbrow as Society Embraces Culture
Countess Dorothy di Frasso arrives in Hollywood to sponsor lavish gatherings while Elsa Maxwell and Ouida Bergere Rathbone crown a new era of cosmopolitan culture. Basil Rathbone and Ouida Bergere champion a move beyond film to opera, theater, and a cultural center rivaling Manhattan’s Rockefeller Center.
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Basil
Ouida Bergere Rathbone
Hollywood
Beverly Hills
Hollywood Bowl
Celluloidia
Elsa Maxwell
Manhattan
Dorothy di Frasso
Carole Lombard
Newport
Coney Island
Harry Lachman
Frances, Howard
Samuel Goldwyn
Goldwyn
Goldwyns
Basil Rathbones
Ouida Bergere
Paramount
New York
Rathbone
Guggenheim
Basil Rathbone
Every Week Magazine
Colony
Hugh Walpole
James Hilton
H. G. Wells
Somerset Maugham
Plunket
Earl of
Carnarvon
Cavendish
Marlene Dietrich
Los Angeles
Mary Pickford
Fredric Marches
Joan Crawford
Joan Tone
Stokowski
Rockefeller Center
Screen
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