Coquette

Coquette
   Opening on 8 November 1927 at Maxine Elliott's Theatre, the three-act play by George Abbott and Ann Preston Bridgers ran for 366 performances and was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize (which it lost to Strange Interlude). Helen Hayes earned praise for her performance as Norma, the flirtatious southern belle who loves a man of lower social status in defiance of her father's strictures. After the young man blurts out that he will marry Norma "because we're just as good as man and wife now," Norma's father shoots him through the heart. With her father on trial, Norma is told that he can be exonerated if he was defending a virgin's honor. Knowing that she is with child, Norma commits suicide. When Hayes left the cast due to a pregnancy, producer Jed Harris sued her; Hayes won, establishing the "act of God" clause in actor contracts.

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  • coquette — [kō ket′] n. [Fr coquette, fem.: see COQUET] a girl or woman who merely from vanity tries to get men s attention and admiration vi. coquetted, coquetting to behave as a coquette; flirt coquettish adj. coquettishly adv. coquettishness n …   English World dictionary

  • Coquette — Co*quette , n. [F., fr. coquet, coquette, coquettish, orig., cocklike, strutting like a cock, fr. coq a cock. Cf. {Cock}, {Cocket}, {Cocky}, {Cockade}.] 1. A vain, trifling woman, who endeavors to attract admiration from a desire to gratify… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • coquette — 1. (ko kè t ) s. f. Sorte de poisson de mer. coquette 2. (ko kè t ) s. f. 1°   Variété de laitue. 2°   Boîte à herborisation …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • Coquette — Variante de Coquet (voir ce nom) surtout portée dans le département du Nord …   Noms de famille

  • coquette — 1660s, from French fem. of coquet (male) flirt (see COQUET (Cf. coquet)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • coquette — ► NOUN ▪ a woman who flirts. DERIVATIVES coquetry noun coquettish adjective coquettishly adverb coquettishness noun. ORIGIN French, wanton female , from coq cock …   English terms dictionary

  • Coquette — A coquette is a woman who flirts girlishly with men to gain their admiration; a flirt. Coquette may also refer to: Coquette (film), an Academy Award winning 1929 film starring Mary Pickford Coquette Productions, the production company of… …   Wikipedia

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  • Coquette — Filmdaten Originaltitel Coquette Produktionsland USA …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • coquette — UK [kɒˈket] / US [koʊˈket] noun [countable] Word forms coquette : singular coquette plural coquettes mainly literary a woman who behaves in a coquettish way …   English dictionary

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