A unique drawer for your
collection and display.
About
9 ¾” long. 5” wide and 3” tall. Weight under 1lb.
The
luggage tag is unique to an American ballerina who danced with a Russian
company. Name changed as she made movies. Unique and rare. Not sure how
acquired.
History
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American
ballet dancer. Born
Milada Mráz, c. 1918, in Oklahoma
City, OK.
Trained
in NY with Edward Caton and Aubrey Hitchens, and under Olga Preobrazhenska and Bronislava
Nijinska in Los
Angeles and Paris; joined Ballet Russe de Monte
Carlo (1939) where she performed in Platt's Ghost Town, Massine's Nobilissima Visione, Gaité Parisienne, and Bacchanale, and Balanchine's Jeu de Cartes and Serenade, among others; also created role in
Ashton's Devil's Holiday; performed
on Broadway in The Merry Widow and The Man Who Came to Dinner; appeared in
nightclubs (1940s–50s); films include Atlantis,
The Eternal Melody, and Night and
Day.
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October 21 |
is
born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, to Jaroslav Mraz and Theodora Mraz, nee
Blesh |
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c.
28 |
her
brother John is born |
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her
brother Gerald is born |
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is
a dancer with the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo |
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44 |
meets
Jimmy Newill in Broadway’s Sadie Thompson. Milada is the leading
dancer, Newill is the leading actor. |
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c.
46 |
moves
to Italy for filming I contrabbandieri del mare. Newill follows. |
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she
and Newill return to the States on a Liberty ship |
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April
47 |
is
reported recovering from minor burns received when her costume caught fire on
the Atlantis set. Actor Dennis O'Keefe beat out the flames
with a drapery before they could seriously harm her. |
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June 47 |
marries
singer James Morris Newill. He is 35; she’s 25. He was formerly wed to Ethel
Slyle of Los Angeles. |
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January
49 |
columnist
Walter Winchell promises: "You'll adore Milada Mladova, the galerina
in All for Love. Resembles Hedy and dances like Zorina. Made my
heart jig..." |
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Mid-April
49 |
leaves
the cast of All for Love "to await her
blessed-event..." |
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2
November 49 |
her
daughter Milada is born in California |
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March 51 |
her
daughter Colleen is born in Los Angeles |
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53 |
she
and Newill move to Northern California to buy a ranch |
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December 57 |
her
son, Richard J. “Rick,” is born in California |
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the
Newills leave the ranch and move to Redding, California |
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c.
61 |
she
and Gloria Connolly become directors of Ballet Arts School of Dance |
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July
63 |
directs
the choreography for the California Lutheran College-Conejo Choraliers
production of H.M.S. Pinafore |
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67 |
she
and Gloria Connolly found the Conejo Junior Ballet Company, a non-profit
organization |
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September
71 |
she
and Connolly move their studio to 32068 Thousand Oaks Boulevard, Van Nuys |
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c.
71 |
the
Newills move to a 2-acre property |
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July 75 |
becomes
the widow of Newill, who dies at age 63 in Los Angeles of cancer |
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early
15 |
dies
at age 93 in California |
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