Debby Applegate · @DebbyApplegate
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Debby Applegate · @DebbyApplegate
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(belated) Jan. 26, 1925 the sleazy producer, Earl Carroll begins casting for his new musical revue “Earl Carroll’s Vanities.”

knew Carroll well. Where Ziegfeld billed himself as The Great Glorifier, he boasted of being "the picker of pulchritude." Girls, he liked to say “are the most fundamental of all commodities.”
He ushered in a new era of nudity on the Broadway stage. Why spend money on costumes, when it was cheaper - & more appealing - to leave the girls nearly naked?

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Debby Applegate · @DebbyApplegate
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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 '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

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#madam #pollyadler #jazzage #1930s #1940s #tinpanalley #jimmyvanheusen #nyhistory #youngsinatra #americansongbook

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Debby Applegate · @DebbyApplegate
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(belated) goes wild at the peak of ! Naughty ! Dec. 30, 1926, New York Evening Graphic, AKA the (Porno)Graphic. Featuring West (with an assist from )

#otd #nyc #prohibition #broadway #jazz #mae #madam #pollyadler

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Debby Applegate · @DebbyApplegate
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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 this year? Try the racy new biography of , a topsy-turvy, . Now in paperback! For more info see www.debby_applegate.com

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#otd #christmasgifts #madam #pollyadler #truecrime #womenshistory #newyorkhistory #newyorkcity #nyhistory #gangsters #roaring20s #1930s #jazzage #prohibition #broadwayhistory

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