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Mitzi Gaynor
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For several decades, Mitzi Gaynor was a top attraction in Las Vegas and at nightclub and concert venues throughout the Unites States and Canada. During the 1990s, Gaynor ... became a featured columnist for the influential newsmagazine The Hollywood Reporter. During her nightclub years, Gaynor rehearsed and broke in her night club routines at 'The Cave,' a popular night club in Vancouver. She developed a certain affinity for the city and was much appreciated by both the local media and the viewing public, frequently making guest appearances on local television for interviews. "Mitzi's back in town," became an annual slogan when Gaynor would come to the city for a number of weeks each year to break in her Las Vegas routines.
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Mitzi Gaynor is 71 today (1931, Chicago). So, where is she now? Well, for $20,000 you can book her for your next Bar Mitzvah or high school reunion. Apparently she still has the figure and the voice.
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An all-star cast that includes Ethel Merman, Dan Dailey, Marilyn Monroe, Donald O'Connor, Johnnie Ray and Mitzi Gaynor sparks this tuneful Irving Berlin musical that depicts the trials and triumphs of a veteran vaudeville family. Molly (Merman) and Terry (Dailey) Donahue start out as a duo and keep adding kids to the act until they finally become The 5 Donahues. Their busy, sometimes tumultuous lives aren't always easy, but the Donahues have plenty of love to get them through the hard times and more than enough talent to keep them on top. Highlighted by one classic Irving Berlin song after another and an array of dazzling production numbers, this upbeat, utterly delightful tale of life on the stage proves, beyond and doubt, that There's No Business Like Show Business!
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Mitzi Gaynor grew up studying dance and dreaming of being like her Hollywood idol, Betty Grable. She achieved her ambition (and got to perform with Ms. Grable in her first film), but then saw the Hollywood she grew up with transformed. This illuminating portrait shows how Gaynor struggled in the shadow of Marilyn Monroe at 20th Century Fox and then was forced to rethink her career as soon as she arrived at the top. Her private life--including her romance with Howard Hughes and her 40-year marriage to Jack Bean--comes alive through the intimate recollections of friends, and clips from her films and performance footage from Vegas showcase her extraordinary talents.
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From All Movie Guide: When so inclined, entertainer Mitzi Gaynor has claimed to be descended from Hungarian nobility; on these occasions, she has stated that her real name is Francesca Mitzi von Gerber, rather than merely Gerber. The daughter of a ballerina, Gaynor made her own terpsichorean debut when she was barely a toddler; by age 12, she had joined the dancing chorus of the Los Angeles Civic Light Opera. In 1950, Gaynor was signed by 20th Century Fox as yet another potential Betty Grable replacement. She sang and danced her way quite prettily through such Technicolor confections as Golden Girl (1951, as Lotta Crabtree), Bloodhounds of Broadway (1952), and There's No Business Like Show Business (1954). Unfortunately, her films were not sufficiently successful to warrant renewal of her contract after 1954.
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Named after actress Mitzi Gaynor, no relation to owner Leslie Gaynor, Mitzi’s Café is located in a tiny little corner shop in the middle of an otherwise completely residential area. With a focus on breakfast, brunch and lunch, the menu features a selection of rotating specials built around the concept of altering the flavours on a weekly basis. For instance, the oatmeal buttermilk pancake can have candied orange peel and white chocolate sauce one week, and sautéed pears and cream anglaise the next. A similar approach is taken with the French toast, the omlette and whatever version of eggs benedict they’ve come up with. Complimenting the dishes are the much-loved roast potatoes (but only until noon!), fresh fruit and mixed green salad.
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