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    Elsa Maxwell (May 24, 1883 – November 1, 1963) was an American gossip columnist and author, songwriter, screenwriter, radio personality and professional...
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    in Elsa Maxwell's "How to Do It" (1957) are by Fellowes-Gordon, like Bulgarian Cream, Curry, Omelet a la Creme, Onion Tart and so on. Elsa Maxwell and...
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    Montola, scavenger hunts evolved from ancient folk games. Gossip columnist Elsa Maxwell popularized scavenger hunts in the United States with a series of exclusive...
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    French singer Elsa Majimbo (born 2001), Kenyan comedienne Elsa Martinelli (1935–2017), Italian actress and former fashion model Elsa Maxwell (1883–1963)...
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    both married. They met in 1957, during a party in Venice promoted by Elsa Maxwell. After this first encounter, Onassis commented to Spyros Skouras: "There...
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    committed to a previous engagement, a party thrown for her by her friend Elsa Maxwell in Venice. Despite this, La Scala announced a fifth performance, with...
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    the idea of Claude Philippe, the hotel's banquet manager, who enlisted Elsa Maxwell to help organize it. The first event was a celebration of the 2,000th...
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    including as a stenographer in Bloomfield, New Jersey; personal secretary to Elsa Maxwell; secretary to the ambassador from Ghana to the United Nations; and at...
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    Michael Malloy (1873–1933), murder victim Hugh Marlowe (1911–1982), actor Elsa Maxwell (1883–1963), columnist, society figure Jeffrey Miller (1950–1970), victim...
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  • historian Elizabeth Maxwell, American voice actress Elsa Maxwell (1883–1963), American gossip columnist and socialite Enola Maxwell (1919–2003), American...
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    success was on the radio. He and Charlie were seen at a New York party by Elsa Maxwell for Noël Coward, who recommended them for an engagement at the famous...
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    Elsa Anna Sofie Hosk (born 7 November 1988) is a Swedish fashion model. She has worked for brands including Dior, Dolce & Gabbana, Ungaro, H&M, Anna Sui...
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    entertainment beyond gambling. In 1926 Pierre solicited press agent Elsa Maxwell to improve the image of the principality. She conducted a media operation...
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    Conrad Hilton International Debutante Ball John Doherty George Lang Elsa Maxwell Claude Philippe Alphonse W. Salomone Jr. Arno Schmidt Schultze & Weaver...
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  • Alexander A. Vandegrift / Fleet Admiral William Halsey Blythe Danner Elsa Maxwell Viola Davis Hortense Johnson Jesse Eisenberg Lt. Fiske Hanley / Sgt....
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    Television film 1987 Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story Elsa Maxwell Television film 1988 Blackadder's Christmas Carol Queen Victoria Television...
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    Claire Lynn Fontanne Hugh Herbert Jean Hersholt Alfred Lunt Harpo Marx Elsa Maxwell Paul Muni Merle Oberon George Raft Martha Scott Johnny Weissmuller Vera...
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    the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Huntington was a good friend of Elsa Maxwell, Cole Porter, and Maury Henry Biddle Paul (aka Cholly Knickerbocker)...
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    Stripes newspaper called it "the Japanese occupation theme song." In 1946, Elsa Maxwell referred to Kaner as "the breath of home to unknown thousands of our...
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  • Night Hal Block, Bob Musel Paramount Music 1944 Maxwell, Elsa (June 4, 1943). "Now Listen to Elsa Maxwell: Hams across the Sea". Toledo Blade. p. Peach...
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  • subsequent cocktail party, many of which were at the Waldorf-Astoria suite of Elsa Maxwell, to whom Porter dedicated the song. The "smart set" that attended these...
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  • Tiki Tocquet Nigel Le Vaillant as David Herbert Miriam Margolyes as Elsa Maxwell Carolyn Seymour as Dorothy Cadwell Taylor Dentice di Frasso Tracy Brooks...
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    with the Porters, including: Noël Coward, Jack Wilson, Monty Woolley, Elsa Maxwell, Anne Morgan, Elsie de Wolfe and Elisabeth Marbury. In the 1920s Sturges...
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    Hotel for Women (or Elsa Maxwell's Hotel for Women) is a 1939 American drama film directed by Gregory Ratoff and starring Ann Sothern, Linda Darnell, and...
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    dinners and the arrivals of guest by boat on the jetty of the villa. Elsa Maxwell claimed – albeit without providing sources – that on the eve of the Second...
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  • April in Paris Ball at the Waldorf Astoria in 1951, which he ran with Elsa Maxwell until his sacking from the hotel in 1959. The balls were major events...
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    relations as a promoter of the fashion house Mainbocher. She was a friend of Elsa Maxwell and became a confidante of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. In the 1940s and...
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    Biographer Neal Gabler described the exchange on Paar's show in 1961: Hostess Elsa Maxwell appeared on the program and began gibing at Walter, accusing him of hypocrisy...
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    invitations and publicity, other details were coordinated by socialites. Elsa Maxwell was given the primary responsibility in organizing it. It was initially...
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    1974) May 23 – Douglas Fairbanks, American actor (d. 1939) May 24 – Elsa Maxwell, American gossip columnist, international party giver (d. 1963) May 25...
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