Manina Spurr
Manina may refer to: *Manina (opera), ''Manina'' (opera), by Nico Dostal *Manina, character in 1950 film ''September Affair'' *''Manina, the Girl in the Bikini'' 1952 French film directed by Willy Rozier and starring Brigitte Bardot, Jean-François Calvé and Howard Vernon *Tamara Manina (born 1934), Soviet Olympic gymnast *Manina, location in Congo-Brazzaville *Manina Vlizianon, village in Greece See also *"Che gelida manina" ("What frozen little hand"), aria from ''La bohème'' {{dab ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Manina (opera)
''Manina'' is a 1942 German-language operetta by Nico Dostal to a libretto by Hans Adler and Alexander Lix. It was premiered 28 November 1942 at the Admiralspalast in Berlin.Andrew Lamb ''150 Years of Popular Musical Theatre''- 2000 Page 230, 0300075383 "It was another operetta with a topical plot about the movies that gave success to Nico Dostal (1895-1981), who had for some years ... , Monika (opera) (1939), Die ungarische Hochzeit (The Hungarian Wedding, 1939), and Manina (1942)." Recording Hedi Klug, Peter Minich, Else Rambausek, Fritz Muliar, Orchester des Österreichischen Rundfunks, Rudolf Bibl Rudolf Bibl (4 May 1929 – 27 January 2017) was an Austrian conductor and pianist. Life Born in Vienna, parallel to attending a Gymnasium, Bibl studied piano, clarinet, composition at the Wiener Musikakademie and attended the conducting class ... 1961 References {{Authority control 1942 operas Operas by Nico Dostal Operas German-language operettas ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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September Affair
''September Affair'' is a 1950 American romantic drama film directed by William Dieterle and starring Joan Fontaine, Joseph Cotten, and Jessica Tandy. It was produced by Hal B. Wallis. Plot Marianne "Manina" Stuart (Joan Fontaine), a prominent concert pianist, meets David Lawrence (Joseph Cotten), a businessman, on a flight from Rome to New York. Their plane is diverted to Naples for engine repairs, and they decide to kill time by doing some sight-seeing. At lunch, a recording of the Kurt Weill/Maxwell Anderson song " September Song", sung by Walter Huston, is playing. Manina is single, and David is unhappily married with a son in his late teens. They talk too long and miss their flight, and decide to stay on for a few days, getting to know each other. They quickly fall in love. Then they hear that the plane they were scheduled to catch has crashed into the ocean, and all on board are presumed dead. Due to a clerical mixup, they were believed to have been among those aboard. A ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Manina, The Girl In The Bikini
''Manina, la fille sans voiles'', (released in the US as '' Manina, the Girl in the Bikini'' and in the UK as ''Manina, the Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter'') is a 1952 French film directed by Willy Rozier and starring Brigitte Bardot, Jean-François Calvé and Howard Vernon. The film is one of Bardot's first film roles, at the age of 17 and was controversial for the scanty bikinis worn by the young Bardot in the film, one of the first occasions when a bikini had appeared in film and when the bikini was still widely considered immodest. Though released in France in 1953 as ''Manina, la fille sans voiles'', the film was not released in the United States until 1958 as ''Manina, the Girl in the Bikini'' and in the United Kingdom until 1959 as ''The Lighthouse-Keeper's Daughter''. In other countries it was released under other names. The film was able to be screened in the United States notwithstanding the Hays Code prohibition of exposure of the midriff as a foreign film. The film was s ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Tamara Manina
Tamara Ivanovna Manina (russian: Тама́ра Ива́новна Ма́нина; born 16 September 1934) is a retired Soviet Olympic gymnast and a sports scientist. Biography Her family lived in Petersburg (and later in Leningrad), but Manina was born in Petrozavodsk, where her father was on a long mission. During the German-Soviet War she was evacuated from besieged Leningrad into Tashkent. She returned into Leningrad in 1944 and began gymnastics at the Leningrad Young Pioneer Palace in the same year. She was called "Monia the Bird" by groupmates for her graceful and light vaults. Competing as a junior, she won the all-around title at the USSR Nationals in 1953, and became a candidate for the USSR team. In the same year Manina debuted at the senior USSR Championships, placing 12th in the all-around. Between 1953 and 1964 Manina successfully competed in many national and international events. One of Manina's most successful performances took place at the 1954 World Artistic G ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Congo-Brazzaville
The Republic of the Congo (french: République du Congo, ln, Republíki ya Kongó), also known as Congo-Brazzaville, the Congo Republic or simply either Congo or the Congo, is a country located in the western coast of Central Africa to the west of the Congo river. It is bordered to the west by Gabon, to its northwest by Cameroon and its northeast by the Central African Republic, to the southeast by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to its south by the Angolan exclave of Cabinda and to its southwest by the Atlantic Ocean. The region was dominated by Bantu-speaking tribes at least 3,000 years ago, who built trade links leading into the Congo River basin. Congo was formerly part of the French colony of Equatorial Africa. The Republic of the Congo was established on 28 November 1958 and gained independence from France in 1960. It was a Marxist–Leninist state from 1969 to 1992, under the name People's Republic of the Congo. The country has had multi-party elections since ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Manina Vlizianon
Manina Vlizianon (, rup, Calendzi) is an Aromanian (Vlach) village in Xiromero municipality, Greece. The 2011 census recorded 170 residents in the village. The community of Manina Vlizianon is a part of the community of Strongylovouni. History Manina Vlizianon, together with the other Vlach settlements of Aetolia-Acarnania, was created in the midst of the 19th century, by people that fled the village of Bitsikopoulo, in Epirus, after a string of assaults by Turkish and Albanian bandits. See also * List of settlements in Aetolia-Acarnania This is a list of settlements in Aetolia-Acarnania, Greece. * Achladokastro * Achyra * Aetopetra * Aetos * Afrato * Afroxylia * Agalianos * Agia Paraskevi * Agia Sofia * Agia Varvara * Agios Andreas * Agios Dimitrios * Agios Georgios * ... References {{Xiromero div Populated places in Aetolia-Acarnania Aromanian settlements in Greece ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |