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FRENCH MUSIC HALL, FILM OPERETTE & CABARET |
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BAKER, Josephine- SPc Photo Nadar - Theater des Westens- Nachtkabarett- "Bei Josephine Baker" from the time of her
Berlin successes
BECAUD, Gilbert- SPc bust shot for Le voix de son maitre of the late great star
BOYER, Lucienne- SP 4 x 6" for Columbia listing her great recordings on the verso Parlez moi d'amour- "Un amour comme
le notre" - "Je t'aime," "Embrasse moi" and so many more
CHEVALIER, Maurice SP 8 x 10 shot of the belobved smiling, French star in his straw hat - corner tack holes & upper
left corner gone. Else fine
DAY, Josette- SP 8 x 11" G.R. Aldo photo of the French star of Cocteau's film La Belle et la Bete-(Beauty and the
Beast) opposite Jean Marais. She was a BEAUTY
DUBAS, Marie- SP 7 x 9" portrait of the smiling star who started in operette and then went to Casino de Paris, Bobino,
did films and then recitals. She was Piaf's inspiration and adored by Colette. Abroad during the war she returned to Paris
and reopened the Olympia. "Mon Legionnaire" and "La Java d'un sou" are 2 of her great hits
LENYA, Lotte- d/s and signs the program cover for CABARET- Feb 1980. She was Weill's muse and THE epitome of German
cabaret style
MISTINGUETT- SPc Iris Verlag as Maurice Chevalier said "she was more than lovliness alone---she was Paris, the symbol
of gaiety and good humor and courage and heart." and "Legs those Legs!" She innovated the big headdress, the star appearing
at the top of the staircase descending to her admiring audience. Again to quote Chevalier..."There have been greater
comediennes, greater singers, greater dancers--but all in a single package, there has been only one Mistinguett"
MARIANO, Luis- SPc of the Spanish born/French operette STAR - he was to French operette of the 40s-50s what Tauber was
to German operetta in his time. 25 films, countless hit tunes and innumerable creations + recordings
PIAF, Edith- SPc for Columbia records of the tragic French sparrow.."je ne regrette rien..."
PRINTEMPS, Yvonne- SP 7 x 9" bust shot of the DEVINE French operette star- Oscar Strauss's Les trios valses -
Offenbach, Messager, Poulenc,Noel Coward. UNIQUE. SCARCE| Abbreviations | |
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SP - Signed Photo AL - Album Leaf AS - Autograph Sentiment PCC - Printed Calling Cards ALS - Autographed Letter Signed D/S - Dedicated & Signed |
ANS - Autographed, Note, Signed SPc - Signed Postcard AMusQS - Autographed Musical Quote Signed TLS - Letter signed by person described LS - Letter signed by person described, written by another |
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