"Paris - Soir" - The Answer!3/31/2012 In response to my own enquiry in last blog entry:
Jane Avril returned to Paris for the last time in 1941 for a dinner given by old friends for old time's sake...just a friendly token to pay homage to once upon a time, the queen of France's Can Can. Excited by the occasion, she stood up while everybody was still eating, kicked a chair which was in her way and shouted. "Allez Les Enfants, Une Fois En Plus! Une Autre Dance. Petit Etre, C'est Ma Derniere!" "Hurrah children, one more time, one more dance, maybe this is my last!" Craig
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I came across this front page from the "Paris - soir" newspaper dated 31st January 1941. I'm keen to get my hands on a copy of this to ascertain what it's all about. I think that the headline suggests the following: "Jane Avril - A star of Paris out of retirement for one last dance." As I say, I may be way off with my translation and if i'm wrong I hope someone will correct me. If it is correct it would be an amazing find as I have nothing to suggest she danced as late as 1941. I will have to investigate further. Anyway, here it is. If nothing else it's nice to see Jane making the front pages of a paper from 1941 especially with a paper that had at that time a large circulation.  
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