BITTER SWEET with Evelyn Laye: Zigeuner ~ I'll See You Again (c.1929)

Evelyn Laye (1900-1996) / Zigeuner / I'll See You Again / from the Noel Coward operetta Bittersweet / Recorded: c. 1929 --

Evelyn Laye, OBE (July 10, 1900-February 17, 1996) was an English theatre and film actress. Born as Elsie Evelyn Lay in Bloomsbury, London, Laye made her first stage appearance in August 1915 at the Theatre Royal, Brighton as Nang-Ping in Mr. Wu, and her first London appearance at the East Ham Palace on April 25, 1916, aged 15, in the revue Honi Soit, in which she subsequently toured. For the first few years of her career she mainly played in musical comedy and operetta, including Going Up in 1918. Among her successes during the 1920s were Phi-Phi (1922), Madame Pompadour (1923), The Dollar Princess, Blue Eyes (1928) and Lilac Time. She made her Broadway debut in 1929 in Noel Coward's Bitter Sweet and appeared in several early talkie Hollywood films. She continued acting in such productions as The Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella. She acted several times opposite her second husband, actor Frank Lawton, including in the 1956 sitcom My Husband and I. Other stage successes included Silver Wedding (1957; with Lawton), The Amorous Prawn (1959) and Phil the Fluter (1969). Married to the actor Sonnie Hale in 1926, Laye received widespread public sympathy when Hale left her for the actress Jessie Matthews in 1928. She was initially very reluctant to abandon the marriage, but despite a trial reconciliation a divorce case eventually followed in 1930, with the judge labeling Matthews an "odious person". Awarded an OBE in 1973, Laye continued acting well into her nineties. It was reported after Laye's death that Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother had planned to try to have Laye awarded a DBE (damehood). She died in London from respiratory failure at the age of 95. (wikipedia)

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• Evelyn
• Laye
• Noel
• Coward
• Bittersweet
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• CurzonRoad

[CurzonRoad]

Thanks to AulicExclusiva, EdmundStAustell, francesca7564, gmmix, mayatatyana1, meltzerboy, oakroom48, rupepill, SuperLuckydream, stuartliff, 543693The for their kind words!

[EdmundStAustell]

I have a near-fatal attraction for English lyric theater of that period; what you might call the up-scale version of the English Music Hall. Very pretty lyric singing....most entertaining. My, she was a pretty little thing, wasn't she?

[CurzonRoad]

@EdmundStAustell

We are in close agreement on both the appeal of this music and the loveliness of Ms. Laye. THANK YOU!

[SuperLuckydream]

Charming "Bittersweet " without being too sweet.

[bill3murr]

beautiful. thank you.

[blababshik]

A beautiful tender voice!

[listeningtoit]

Exquisitely beautiful. Both the song and the photo! Thanks!

[coloraturasopran0154]

Oh, what a lovely voice. Just as clear and bell-like as can be. And the words were clear and understandable. It makes me ache for a lost vocal age and a repertoire that showcased voices such as this.

[Bivolari]

She is a wonderful singer and stylist. Impeccable diction and a charm that does't cloy. She makes me nostalgic for a time that probably never really existed!

[francesca7564]

@CurzonRoad

Thanks !!!

:-)

[francesca7564]

@543693The

Tu n'as pas regardé au bon endroit ma belle, clique en haut sur "playlist" ...

[543693The]

@francesca7564

Il y a beaucoup de choses dans ta playlist !!!je ne vois que des surprises ... help my ! nous avons notre journée la plus chaude à ce jour....!

[francesca7564]

@543693The

Complètement d'accord avec toi Marie ...

Si tu as le temps, regarde dans "playlist" dans ma chaîne, il y a une surprise pour toi .

Porte toi bien, bisous

Françoise