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Broadway Gossip and city reflections from a 1932 era
A collage of New York celebrity glimpses and social notes from Broadway and the Tenderloin. Comments on Helen Broderick Douglas, Dennis King lookalikes, Sophie Tucker, Damon Runyon, and Jimmy Cunningham the north east corner observer. Ends with a brief remark on postwar Japanese population concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Helen Broderick
Lindy’s
Dennis King
Helena Ruhinstein
Fannie Hurst
Allie Abe Lyman
Broadway
Chanticleer Crew
Sophie Tucker
Boomilny
Brad Pemberton
Ralph Barton
Frank Sullivan
Saratoga Springs
N. Y
Martha Wilchinski
Pavlowa
Lady Astor
Scribner's
Keats
J. P. Morgan
Ted Saucer
Wilfred J. Funk
Palace Theater
Mulrooney
Amelia Farhart
Damon Runyon
Morton Downey
Eddie Cantor
Pauline Lord
60Th
Big Apple
Jimmy Cunningham
Jimmy