Noel Coward Plays Vegas
In the 1950s, the quintessentially English singer, actor and playwright, Noel Coward, was invited to do a show in Las Vega, which was then controlled by the Mob.
In the 1950s, the quintessentially English singer, actor and playwright, Noel Coward, was invited to do a show in Las Vegas, which was then controlled by the Mob. At the time, Coward's career was on the decline. But against the odds, his Las Vegas show turned out to be a huge success.
Photo: Actor, dramatist, and composer, Noel Coward rehearsing for a show at the Cafe de Paris, London,1951. (Photo by Jimmy Sime/Central Press/Getty Images)
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