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Mademoiselle Fifi (other)
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Mademoiselle Fifi may refer to: * Fifi D'Orsay (1904–1983), Canadian-American actress billed as "Mademoiselle Fifi" * ''Mademoiselle Fifi'' (book), a collection of short stories by Guy de Maupassant published in 1882 ** "Mademoiselle Fifi" (short story), a story from the 1882 collection *** ''Mademoiselle Fifi'' (opera), an opera composed by César Cui during 1902–1903; adapted from the short story *** ''Mademoiselle Fifi'' (film), a 1944 film adaptation; based on the short story *Mademoiselle Fifi (dancer), burlesque dancer *Mademoiselle Fifi (cat), a cat owned by John Moisant which was his constant companion while flying See also * Fifi (other) Fifi may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Fifi (''Better Call Saul''), an episode of the TV show * Fifi, a ''Beverly Hills Teens'' character * Fifi (Peanuts), a love interest of Snoopy * Fifi La Fume, in ''Tiny Toon Adventures'' * Fifi the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fifi D'Orsay
Fifi D'Orsay (born Marie-Rose Angelina Yvonne Lussier; April 16, 1904 – December 2, 1983) was a Canadian-American actress and singer. Early life Fifi D'Orsay was born Yvonne Lussier in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, to a father who was a postal clerk. The D'Orsays were a large family, with Fifi having 11 siblings. She was educated at the Academy of the Sacred Heart in Montreal before graduating and finding work as a secretary. Biography As a young stenographer, she wished to become an actress, and moved to New York City. Once there she found work with the Greenwich Village Follies, after an audition in which she sang "Yes! We Have No Bananas" in French. When asked where she was from, she told the director she was from Paris, France, and that she had worked in the Folies Bergère. The impressed director hired her, billing her as "Mademoiselle Fifi". While working in the Follies, she became involved with Ed Gallagher, a veteran actor who was half of the successful Broadway Broadwa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mademoiselle Fifi (book)
''Mademoiselle Fifi'' is a collection of short stories by Guy de Maupassant Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant (, ; ; 5 August 1850 – 6 July 1893) was a 19th-century French author, remembered as a master of the short story form, as well as a representative of the Naturalist school, who depicted human lives, destin ... published in 1882. The stories are: *" Mademoiselle Fifi" *"The Practical Joker" *"The Door" *"The Hair" *"Our Letters" *"Queen Hortense" *"Moonlight" *"The Father" *"The Coup d'État" *"Bed Twenty-Nine" *"The Jewels" *"The Baby" *"The Umbrella" *"The Family Circle" *"A Question of Latin" *"A Sign" *"Sound the Alarm" *"Clochette" *"The Legend of St Michael's Mount" *"Mademoiselle Cocotte" *"Forgiveness" *"My Twenty-five Days" *"Horrible" *"Boule de Suif" *"Finished" External links * Free audiobook: entire works of Guy de Maupassant (in French) 1882 short story collections French short story collections Short story collections by Guy de Maupassant [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mademoiselle Fifi (short Story)
"Mademoiselle Fifi" is a short story by French writer Guy de Maupassant, published in 1882 in a collection of the same title. Like many of his short stories, such as ''Boule de Suif'' and ''Deux Amis'', the story is set during the Franco-Prussian War and explores themes of class barriers, contrasts between the French and German participants, and the pointlessness of the war. Plot The story takes place in Normandy in the winter of 1870, in a fictional chateau which is being used as a headquarters by Prussian officers. The main characters of the story are quickly introduced: the Major, a dignified and cultured German aristocrat; his Captain, a boorish and lecherous minor Prussian landowner; two lieutenants from the Prussian bourgeoisie; and the title character, a handsome but arrogant and extremely unpleasant German sub-lieutenant known to his comrades as "Mademoiselle Fifi" due to his effeminate manner. The officers have been quartered in the chateau for several weeks, and as t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mademoiselle Fifi (opera)
''Mademoiselle Fifi'' (''Мадмуазель Фифи'' in Cyrillic; ''Madmuazel' Fifi'' in transliteration) is an opera in one act, composed by César Cui during 1902-1903. The libretto was adapted by the composer from the short story '' Mademoiselle Fifi'' (1882) by Guy de Maupassant and the dramatized version ''Mlle Fifi'' (1896) by Oscar Méténier. The opera was premiered on 4 November 1903 (Old Style) at the Hermitage Theatre by the Moscow Private Opera. During its performing history it was also known under the title ''Женщина из Руана'' 'Ženščina iz Ruana'') = ''The Woman from Rouen''">Rouen.html" ;"title="'Ženščina iz Ruana'') = ''The Woman from Rouen">'Ženščina iz Ruana'') = ''The Woman from Rouen'' The opera was widely performed in Imperial Russia and had special significance during World War I, largely because of its patriotic connotations in the struggle against Germany. Despite this success and an adaptation produced during World War II ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mademoiselle Fifi (film)
''Mademoiselle Fifi'' is a 1944 American period film directed by Robert Wise for RKO, in his solo directorial debut. It was written by Josef Mischel and Peter Ruric based on two short stories by Guy de Maupassant, " Mademoiselle Fifi" and " Boule de Suif". The film features an ensemble cast headed by Simone Simon, John Emery and Kurt Kreuger, and was produced by noted B-film producer Val Lewton. The movie is set during a time when the Prussian Army occupied part of France in 1870. Since it was produced in Hollywood during the Second World War, in the same year Paris was liberated from Nazi rule, it contains elements of wartime propaganda, evoking Jeanne D’Arc among other heroes of French history, and holding up French people in occupied territory who follow orders as objects of pity or outrage, depending on their circumstances. Plot In occupied France during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870, a beautiful young laundress, Elizabeth Rousset, shares a stage coach ride from Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mademoiselle Fifi (dancer)
Mary Elizabeth Dawson, née Elizabeth Buzby and better known as Mademoiselle Fifi (February 7, 1890 – July 21, 1982), was a dancer whose onstage performance at Winter Garden Theatre on the night of April 20, 1925 was memorialized in The Night They Raided Minsky's.''Striptease: the untold history of the girlie show'', Rachel Shteir, Oxford University Press, 2004, pg. 363. Early life A Philadelphia native, her given name was Mary Dawson. Her mother was a devout Catholic and her father was a Quaker who worked as a policeman. Performances On the evening of April 20, Mademoiselle Fifi wore a skintight black net from her toe tips to her bra. As the orchestra played a medley of Puccini, ragtime music, and Gaite' Parisienne by Offenbach, she pulled one of her straps from her shoulder and then removed her bra. Mademoiselle Fifi concluded her strip act that evening bare chested. She was later arrested by John Sumner, the secretary of the New York Society for the Suppression of Vi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Moisant
John Bevins Moisant (April 25, 1868 – December 31, 1910), known as the "King of Aviators," was an American aviator, aeronautical engineer, flight instructor, businessman, and revolutionary. He was the first pilot to conduct passenger flights over a city (Paris), as well as across the English Channel, from Paris to London. He co-founded an eponymous flying circus, the Moisant International Aviators.Caire, Vincent P. 2012. Louisiana Aviation: An Extraordinary History in Photographs.Simmons, Thomas E. 2013. A Man Called Brown Condor: The Forgotten History of an African American Fighter Pilot. Moisant funded his aviation career with proceeds from business ventures in El Salvador, where he had led two failed revolutions and coup attempts against President Figueroa in 1907 and 1909. Only months after becoming a pilot, Moisant died after being ejected from his airplane over a field just west of New Orleans, Louisiana, where he was competing for the 1910 Michelin Cup. The site o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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