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In the second picture, "Hitting a New High," Lily Pons pours out profuse strains of unpremeditated coloratura, as well as the title song and "Let's Give Love Another Chance." Although the plot is moronic, the picture survives, thanks to Eric Blore and the radiant beauty of Miss Pons.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Moviegoer | 2/21/1938 | See Source »

"Love and Hisses" introduces Simone Simon as a vocalist. She sings a thin, pleasing coloratura that will never become particularly popular, partially because she cannot hope to vie with her compatriot, Lily Pons, in this type of singing, partially because the public prefers the more throaty strains of Alice Faye...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Moviegoer | 1/10/1938 | See Source »

Hitting a New High (RKO Radio). One of the few opera stars who can wear a feather skirt to obvious advantage is diminutive, fluty Lily Pons. A shrewd producer like Jesse L. Lasky, having seen petite Miss Pons in the gold brassiere and flowered wrap-around skirt of Lakme, could...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Dec. 20, 1937 | 12/20/1937 | See Source »

Deep in the jungle, Bring 'Em Back Blynn discovers the bird-girl warbling away in the midst of an enthusiastic chorus of birds. Any opera scout but one named Lucius B. Blynn would have recognized the tune as Saint-Saëns' Nightingale song. Caught in a bamboo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Dec. 20, 1937 | 12/20/1937 | See Source »

The Provisional President of Ecuador, stern-lipped Federico Páez suddenly announced his resignation last week, prepared to leave for the U. S. Since 1935 a tight little military group has ruled Ecuador. In September of that year they booted out Dr. Antonio Pons and replaced him with P...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ECUADOR: Abused Power | 11/1/1937 | See Source »

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