Prof. Bettany Hughes's piece on #JazzAge icon #Josephine Baker
https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p0fy1kjj/the-french-american-icon-who-broke-all-taboos
Equal time for those Other Folks…
#alsoirvingberlin #alicefaye #jazzage #tinpanalley
Putting on the Ritz
Original 1930 Movie Sequence
This was the first song in film to be sung by an interracial ensemble.
#irvingberlin #harryrichmond #jazzage #flappersandshieks #cinema #film
#irvingberlin #harryrichmond #jazzage #flappersandshieks #cinema #film
Register here: https://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2023/03/09/debby-applegate-author-madam-biography-polly-adler-icon-jazz-age
#PollyAdler #JazzAge #Madam @doubleday #prostitution #wildwomen #wickedhistory #nychistory #everleighsisters #chicagohistory
#pollyadler #jazzage #madam #prostitution #wildwomen #wickedhistory #nychistory #everleighsisters #chicagohistory
And here's the next time Frank Sinatra gave Polly Adler an autograph, as he was moving into his Chairman of the Board phase:
"Polly -- I adore you - Francis."
Naturally, she had it framed.
Image from the Polly Adler Collection courtesy of Eleanor Vera.
#jazzage #1930s #1940s @doubledaybooks #tinpanalley #jimmyvanheusen #nyhistory #youngsinatra #americansongbook
#jazzage #1930s #1940s #tinpanalley #jimmyvanheusen #nyhistory #youngsinatra #americansongbook
This frosty January night by the fire seems like a good time to do a deeper dive on Ol' Blue Eyes.
Here's Frank @Sinatra's first entry in #Madam #PollyAdler's autograph book.
"“To Polly – a person I’ve heard of for some time -- and whom I’ve finally met – a very charming person – my pleasure. Sincerely Frank Sinatra”
Image courtesy of Heritage Auctions. @heritageauctions
#jazzage #1930s #1940s @doubledaybooks #tinpanalley #jimmyvanheusen #nyhistory #youngsinatra #americansongbook
#madam #pollyadler #jazzage #1930s #1940s #tinpanalley #jimmyvanheusen #nyhistory #youngsinatra #americansongbook
My wife and I just got back from seeing #Babylon. She wanted to see something lavish, and I had flatly refused to watch #avatar
It's very meta, being a movie about the movie industry in pre-Hays Code Hollywood, and has a half-hour prologue that's pretty much the #JazzAge equivalent of sex, drugs, and rock 'n roll.
After the title card, we see how Hollywood is a classic capitalist meat grinder, using people up and casting them aside, and the major players themselves aren't always sympathetic.
#OTD in 1924 Kathryn Ray, the star showgirl from Earl Carroll's Vanities, on the cover of the National Police Gazette: "Look what she got for Christmas!"
Looking for unusual #christmasgifts this year? Try the racy new biography of #Madam #PollyAdler, a topsy-turvy, #truecrime. Now in paperback! For more info see www.debby_applegate.com
#madam #PollyAdler @doubledaybooks #womenshistory #newyorkhistory #newyorkcity #nyhistory #gangsters #roaring20s #1930s #jazzage #prohibition #Broadwayhistory
#otd #christmasgifts #madam #pollyadler #truecrime #womenshistory #newyorkhistory #newyorkcity #nyhistory #gangsters #roaring20s #1930s #jazzage #prohibition #broadwayhistory
"Ten Cents a Dance" was introduced by Ruth Etting in Florenz Ziegfeld's 1930 musical Simple Simon. The lyrics are by Lorenz Hart and music by Richard Rodgers.
#1920s #broadway #ruthetting #jazzage
https://archive.org/details/78_ten-cents-a-dance-a-diez-centavos-el-baile_ruth-etting-rodgers-and-hart_gbia0040869a
#1920s #broadway #ruthetting #jazzage
"Battle of Lanka" Great animation!
👹Monsters, war, blood, gore, and romance!👹
Produced, animated, directed, designed, written, etc. by Nina Paley
Vocals: Annette Hanshaw, circa 1929
Based on the Ramayana of Valmiki, circa 500 B.C.
(free download) #animation #1920s #annettehanshaw #jazzage
https://archive.org/details/Sita04_BattleofLanka
#animation #1920s #annettehanshaw #jazzage
flicker #animation #mixedmedia #filmnoir #jazzage #sounddesign #sketch #experimentalmusic #pianomusic #electronicmusic #dancemusic #motiondesign #motiongraphics
#animation #mixedmedia #filmnoir #jazzage #sounddesign #sketch #experimentalmusic #pianomusic #electronicmusic #dancemusic #motiondesign #motiongraphics