Evocative Gossip From The Lambs And The Night Life Scene
A mosaic of 1930s New York vignettes traces Eliza-like fears and glamour. Belasco’s mausoleum bulb is switched off after his death while idols such as George Jessel, Lou Payne, and Eugene O Neil drift through clubs, Lambs gatherings, and Broadway gossip. The piece blends stage stars, neighborhoods, and a painterly memory of cabarets and open streetcar life.
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Lou Payne
Leslie Carter
New York
Star
Hollywood
Payne
Portsmouth
N. H
Carter
The
Lambs
Robert Aiken
Herbert Ayling
Aiken
Ayling
Belasco Daughter Gussie Weds and Passes
David Belasco’s youngest daughter Gussie known as Pansy, frail since infancy, fell for actor William Eliot. The romance blossomed during her illness, they married during convalescence, but she grew worse and died soon after.
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New York
David Belasco
Gussie
Pansy
Belasco
William Eliot
Browning-Barrett
Elliot
Rialto
Belasen
Marx and partner reach Bible oath compromise in dispute
Karl Marx and a fellow believer once formed a capitalist venture, soon clashing enough for a lawsuit. Preferring an arbiter to court they agreed to submit disputes to arbitration. The arbitrator demanded sworn evidence, they touched the Bible but spoke no oath, settling the matter with silent ceremony.
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Karl Marx
Bourgois
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George Jessel
Dora
Sutton Place
Rembrandt
Corot
Gainsborough
Martin Johnson
Gene Buck
George Jean Nathan
Eugene O'Neill
Nathan
Edna Aug
Woodstock
N. Y
Doug Fairbanks, Jr
Joan Crawford
Harlem
McNaught Syndicate
O. O. McIntyre
NASH
Lafayette
W. H. Jenne, JR
Elyria
Adams and Foster
Phillips
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Roel
Sec Pond
Enzo
Lea
United
Glen Rogers Motors
Rexall
Woodburys
Beauty Crean
Woodburys New Pompeian
Ey Tee
Magnesia
Big Tube
Eastman Kodaks and Films
Prince Albert
Washington
Whale
Raleigh
Every Bell CO
Cheles