Fontane

FONTANE possesses the wonderful irony of the Berliner—an irony which, paradoxical as it may sound, is naïve; for it is nothing but an involuntary doubt of his equally naïve conceit, as Fontane often likes to say.

Criticisms and Interpretations. I. By Richard M. Meyer 1917

The singer, Al Martino, who played crooner Johnny Fontane in The Godfather, was my neighbor, which validated the youthful delusions of my crowd that we were a part of something, well, kind of badass.

Eric Dezenhall: Waiting for Lucky Luciano Eric Dezenhall 2010

The singer, Al Martino, who played crooner Johnny Fontane in The Godfather, was my neighbor, which validated the youthful delusions of my crowd that we were a part of something, well, kind of badass.

Eric Dezenhall: Waiting for Lucky Luciano Eric Dezenhall 2010

In the early hours of a sultry summer evening, a government car comes under fire along the narrow Via delle Quattro Fontane.

City of Fear by David Hewson: Book summary 2010

Only occasionally does one of the boys emerge from behind the verbal curtain to assume an active role vis-a-vis one of the sisters -- most notably "Trip Fontane," who attempts to court Lux Lisbon -- and the narrator's role ultimately is really to testify to the enduring spell cast by the sisters, to give us access to them through a concerted act of memory from which they have never departed:

Point of View in Fiction 2009

Even today, his Roman churches of Sant'Ivo alla Sapienza and San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane are as sensational as they are beautifully realised, while the laziest guidebooks still disparage his demanding talent.

Borromini: the first architect 2011

The singer, Al Martino, who played crooner Johnny Fontane in The Godfather, was my neighbor, which validated the youthful delusions of my crowd that we were a part of something, well, kind of badass.

Eric Dezenhall: Waiting for Lucky Luciano Eric Dezenhall 2010

When he set up on his own as an architect in 1633, he changed his name to Borromini – a play, perhaps, on both St Charles Borromeo, whose name graced his first solo commission, the breathtaking Roman church of San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane, and on his rival Bernini, the "Uomo Universale".

Borromini: the first architect 2011

In 1960 she was nominated for the Fontane Prize for literature, awarded by the Berlin Academy of the Arts, but declined the honor because a former member of the SS was on the jury.

Mascha Kal��ko. 2009

Before I get into anything approaching the news of the day, it's sad to report that crooner Al Martino, a k a Johnny Fontane, has died at the age of 82.

Free Tom Waits and a ton of fun news Reel Fanatic 2009