Maison Devambez Written in English by Jacques Deval, it mimics the style of Anita Loos’ "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes". The title is …and blondes prefer Paris. Four letters, twenty-two postcards, two night letters and one cable from his sweet, sweet Annabel Flowers to her darling, darling, George Sabran. La Maison Devambez became intimately connected with the other grand houses of fashionable Paris. The 1927 book Les Arcades des Champs Élysées celebrated the achievement of the architect Marcel Duhayon. Marcel Duhayon designed luxury hotels in Paris : Hotel Royal Monceau, Hotel Commodore, Hotel California, Grand Hotel des Ambassadeurs. He was the uncle of Suzanne
Timothy Gray Timothy Gray Timothy Gray (September 5, 1926 – March 17, 2007) was an American songwriter, author, singer and director, remembered for his partnership with Hugh Martin which produced "High Spirits", a musical based on Noël Coward's play, "Blithe Spirit". Gray, whose birth name was John Baker Gray, was born in Chicago and became a performer in vaudeville at the age of 16. He later performed on Broadway in musicals, including "As the Girls Go", and "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes", and then television, before becoming a writer and composer. Timothy Gray also wrote the score of the London show "Love From Judy"