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Roaring Twenties Shopgirls and Nightlife at Madam Moores
In a spring evening mood, Madam Moores runs a dress shop and flat above it where shopgirls Gertie Dobriner and Phonzie mingle with customers and a weary Alphonse Michelson. The scene shifts from bright storefront chatter to a modest home, where flirtation, petty pride, and cheap comforts hint at a life of fashion, longing, and easy meals in a city of stagey glamour.
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Fifth Avenue
Sixth Avenue
Narragansett Pier
Bronx Park
Madam Moores
Phonzie
van Nord
Alphonse Michelson
Gertie
Sweetness
Gert
Mr. Michelson
Madame Moores
Seligman’s
Churchey
Gertie Dobriner
Miss Dobriner
Laidlaw
Mr. Alphonse Michelson
Charley
Seligman
Petit Trianon
Din-Din
Romance
Madam