Lydia ★★★ 1941

Sentimental drama in which an elderly lady (Oberon) gets to relive her romantic past when she has a reunion with four of her lost loves. Well acted and directed, Oberon gives one of her best performances ever. Adapted from the highly regarded French film “Un Carnet de Bal.” 98m/B VHS . Merle Oberon, Joseph Cotten, Alan Marshal, George Reeves; D: Julien Duvivier; C: Lee Garmes; M: Miklos Rozsa.

Lydia Ancient kingdom of w Asia Minor. Under the Mermnad dynasty (c.700–547 bc), it was a powerful and prosperous state, the first to issue a coinage, with its capital at Sardis. Its last King was Croesus, famous for his wealth, who was defeated by the Persians under Cyrus the Great in 547 bc.

Lydia an ancient region of western Asia Minor, south of Mysia and north of Caria. It became a powerful kingdom in the 7th century bc but in 546 its final king, Croesus, was defeated by Cyrus and it was absorbed into the Persian empire. Lydia was probably the first realm to use coined money.
Lydian mode in music, the mode represented by the natural diatonic scale F–F (containing an augmented 4th).