making a racketHarris & Ewing, 1928
making a racketHarris & Ewing, 1928
and my new favorite song of all time is ‘Bobbed Hair Bobbie’
sheet music for ‘Betty’, from the 1929 Colleen Moore film Synthetic Sin
Hungarian poster by Sandor Lengyel, 1964
Buster Keaton and Sally Eilers play the blues in 1930′s Doughboys
Raymond Keane, together with Barbara Kent and Barbara Worth drive up a cacophony of noise on a ‘studio lot’, 1938
José Iturbi, noted Spanish pianist, was host to 80 children at the Barbizon-Plaza, New York, at a Thanksgiving Party given under the auspices of the music division of the National […]
Ray Starita with the Savoy Orpheans from left to right – Ronnie Gubertini (drums), Billy Thorburn (piano), Ray Starita (tenor sax), Jackie Coogan, Jim Bellamy (string bass, which Coogan is […]
La Folie Noirephoto by M Grün for Paris Plaisirs, 1934
Better Ole Club Orchestra at Zoo – ‘Beats the Arctic ice and snow’ so said Mr. Polar Bear at the Washington [DC] Zoo, when the ‘Better Ole’ club orchestra, assisted […]