WOOED BY PRINCE
AND NAMED BY A KING. Lily Damita, who gives a talented performance in Paramount's scintillating comedy, " This is the Night," was named by a king, and wanted in marriage by an illustrious prince. Alphonso of Spain is the king who actually created the actress' stage name. He became her admirer when she was dazzling Paris with her dancing in the Folies Bergere. He called her " Damita," which in Spanish is " little lady," so Lily Damita she became,
The prince who offered marriage was Louis Ferdinand, son of the excrown prince of Germany. Details of the romance are hushed, but the infatuation of this brilliant pair occu=. pied the courts in diplomatic circles of the continent for many months. Miss Damita's current production. "This is the Night," fairly bristtes with locales which have many sentir mental memories. Much of the action of this witty, daring vehicle occurs against the background of Paris and "Venice.
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Waipa Post, Volume 45, Issue 3251, 5 November 1932, Page 4 (Supplement)
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