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Thoughts on Broadway idols and comic artists in New York
A rambling column recalls Broadway figures, cartoons and social figures from New York in the early 1930s. It names Garbo, Capone, Jolson, Luella Gear, McManus and others, notes friendships and caricature parallels, and includes a short item on Esther McCollum, a young female pilot from California. The piece blends urban celebrity chatter with cross-country aviation news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
Broadway
Hope ‘Williams
Martha Whichinski
Garbo
Eva
la Gallienne
London
Eng
al Capone
Charlie
Gene Markey
al Jolson
Irene Bordoni
James Rolph
Nick Longworth
John Ringling
New York
McManus
Moore's
West 46Th
St. Louis