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Linda and Cole were married on December 18, 1919, in the city hall of the 8ème arrondissement of Paris. [2] From 1930 to 1939, the Porters lived at 13 rue Monsieur, a house next door to Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, and with a garden adjoining the future residence of Nancy Mitford. They were married 34 years, and although they had no children ...
Jan 13, 2020 · The Porters were his difficult, scapegrace father’s family; the Coles were his mother’s rich and ambitious Indiana family. He was a Porter by birth but, if his mother had anything to do with ...
Porter in the 1930s. Cole Albert Porter (June 9, 1891 – October 15, 1964) was an American composer and songwriter. Many of his songs became standards noted for their witty, urbane lyrics, and many of his scores found success on Broadway and in Hollywood films. Born to a wealthy family in Indiana, Porter defied his grandfather's wishes for him ...
Jul 29, 2020 · Porter sought a designer of costumes and sets for his ballet, and Fernand Léger suggested Murphy. In notes for the EMI Classics CD including the ballet, Robert Kimbal gives details: “It was in the summer of 1923, while the Porters were living at the Palazzo Barbaro in Venice, that Cole and Gerald Murphy collaborated on the work that, first titled Landed, became Within the Quota.
Oct 11, 2024 · Cole Porter (born June 9, 1891, Peru, Indiana, U.S.—died October 15, 1964, Santa Monica, California) was an American composer and lyricist who brought a worldly élan to the American musical and who embodied in his life the sophistication of his songs. Porter was the grandson of a millionaire speculator, and the moderately affluent ...
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May 4, 2007 · In the summer of 1922, Cole Porter, Gerald’s close friend from Yale, and his wife, Linda, invited the Murphys to go south to Antibes. At that time the Côte d’Azur was not the attraction it is today, and no one even considered staying there for the summer. The Murphys were the first to recognize the region’s potential.
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May 20, 2011 · Years later we were going thru the piano seat and there were letters from Cole Porter’s wife- our daughter in Lincoln Park,(Chicago) has the piano and i have for years tried to see if Cole owned the piano at some time- we know the connection to Linda and Louisville; we have the letters and i am looking at a postcard that was in the piano from someone who lived in the Beekman hotel, apartment ...
