New York Cavalcade Reflects 30 Years of Showbiz History
A New York historian celebrates 30 years covering Manhattan day and night life from early speakeasies and mob era to television and updated cabarets. He recalls Dewey era crackdowns, shifting stars like Elvis and Sinatra, and the evolving theater scene from Broadway to off Broadway venues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Manhattan
Hollywood
Elvis Presley
Bobby Darin
Julius la Rosa
Paul Anka
Rudy Valle
Sinatra
Jimmy Durante
Bob Hope
Sophie Tucker
Joe E. Lewis
Ted Lewis
George Jessel
Clark Gable
Gary Cooper
Leo Lindy
Jim “Dinty” Moore
Jack Kriendler
Billy LaHiff
Arnold Reuben
Sherman Billingsley
John Perone
Insurance Statement for Iowa Company and 1960 Filings
The Iowa Insurance Department confirms a sworn statement by a named insurance company as of December 31 1960 under Chapter 515 of the Iowa code. It lists Total Admitted Assets at 27 277 243.91 and Total Liabilities excluding capital at 22 149 971.71 with stated capital figures. Des Moines date signed by Commissioner William E. Timmons. The section also includes theater listings for Paramount and local venues with showtimes.
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Iowa
Polynesien Ee
Des Moines
Hope Lange: From Bus Stop To Hollywood Starlet
AP reports Hope Lange, rising from a 1956 Bus Stop role to top studio status, transforming from a demure spouse to a sexy leading lady. Glenn Ford and Frank Capra cast her opposite Monroe in Pocketful of Miracles, with praise from Nick Castle on her dramatic range and Broadway lineage.
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Hollywood
Hope Lange
Bette Davis
Betty Grable
Hope
Marilyn Monroe
Ford
Frank Capra
Queenie Martin
Damon Runyon
Monroe
Youth Says He Shot at Dad To Scare Him Away
Millburn New Jersey AP report on 14 year old Robert Besch Jr a son who shot his father Robert Woodruff Besch 42 an A P Foods executive four times with a 22 caliber pistol after quarrel over grades The youth described the act to psychiatrist Dr Vincent Morrone saying he shot to scare him The prosecutor is Brendan Byrne.
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Vincent Morrone
South Orange
Brendan Byrne
Youth shooter killed father after standoff over tests
The youth had been under psychiatric care for about a year and shot his father when Bosch forced entry into the boy's room. Police said the despondent student locked the door several times following two tests that day and fired a single shot through the door above his father’s head before the father was wounded.
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Trist
Bosch
Woody
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Dutch Schultz
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Jack “Legs” Diamond
Lepke
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Luciano
J. Edgar Hoover
Tommy Manville
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International Casino
Jimmy Walker
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Mabel Bell
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Boll
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Peyton
Conor
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Burt Lancaster
Tues
Wixtor
Drive
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Shane
Alan
Bott Savage
William E. Timmons
Insuranc
Paramount
Peyton Place
Atlantis
Marion
C.R. Drive-In
Atlas
Twentieth Century-Fox
Don Murray
Glenn Ford
Frank
Nick Castle
Cal
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Flo Ziegfeld
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Anthony Hall
Joyce Taylor
John Dall Aoe
Omer
May
Turkey
May’s Drug
Town & Country
Dad
Jand
Spinet
Pia
Bishop's
First Avenue East Empire
Hollywood Bed
People’s
People's
People’s Furniture
First Ave
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