The Piccadilly Hotel, the Hotel Metropole (Midnight Follies) and The Flames of Passion. Tuesday 5th December Eva telephones me at 6pm “Fynes where have you been?” “It is my second day of working Eva.” I say with a deep sigh. She ignores my news “Well I am bored. I know we are going to the Hotel [...]
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No. 9 London, December 1922
Posted in 1920s, art deco, cabaret, jazz age, London, nightlife, tagged Andre Charlot, Blake Ozias, Carl Hyson, Cecile Maude-Cole, De Groot's Orchestra, Dorothy Dickson, Eva Moore, George Grossmith, Gertrude Lawrence, Gordon Conway, Graham Cutts, Hilda Bayley, Hotel Metropole, JAE Malone, Jix, London County Council, Lucile, Mabel Holmes, Mae Marsh, Marjorie Spiers, Midnight Follies, Miss Purcell, Mr & Mrs David Leslie, Paddy the Next Best Thing, Paul Murray, Piccadilly Hotel, Sir William Joynson-Hick, Tex McLeod, The Flames of Passion, Vera Lennox, Wallis Norman, Will Rogers on March 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
No.8 London, November 1922
Posted in 1920s, art deco, cabaret, jazz age, London, nightlife, tagged British Royal Flying Corps, Carl Hyson, Century Revue, Ciro's, Dina Harris, Dorothy Dickson, Evan Burrows, Evon Pinard, Frascati's Restaurant, Gilbert Stacey, Grafton Galleries, Grafton Street, Jack Haskell, Jessica Brown, Jules Matagne, King Leopold of Belgians, Lola Krasavina, Odette Myrtil at Ciro’s in ea, Oxford Street, Palais Royal, Peggy Harris, Ted Trevor, The Lady in Bronze, the Midnight Follies, Ziegfeld Follies on March 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Frascati’s and the Grafton Galleries (The Midnight Revels) Wednesday 29th November Father decides to have a quiet word. “What is this?” he asks indicating a range of newspapers and magazines opened at particular pages on a table in his office. “Oh that” I say sheepishly “well… I meant to tell you… but you were so [...]
No.7 Paris, October 1922
Posted in 1920s, art deco, cabaret, jazz age, nightlife, Paris, tagged Abbaye de Theleme, Albert de Courville, Apache, Billy Revel, Champs Elysees, Chez Mariette, Ciro's, Clover Club, dancings, Del Horno, El Garron, Elsa Maxwell, Embassy Club, Fusella’s Orchestra i, Grand Teddy, Hippodrome, Jack Gavin, Jenny Golder, Joan Sawyer, Joe Zelli, Joy Bells, June Day, La Gaite Montmartroise, La Tournee des Grands Ducs, Le Grand Vatel, Le Jardin Tuilleres, Lily Fontaine, Melody Six, Mephisto, Mme Poincare, Negresco Hotel, Olympia, Place Pigalle, Raquel Meller, Rue Caumartin, Rue Fontaine, Rue Pigalle, Sherbo, Sherbo's Band, the Shimmy, The So Different, Valse Chaloupee, Washington Palace, Zelli's Bar on March 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Claridge’s, Clover Club, Grandy Teddy, Zelli’s, El Garron, Abbaye de Theleme, Washington Palace. Friday 20th October The next morning Mimi’s housekeeper makes a delightful English breakfast. Millie joins Monty and I. I have to tell you that Millie and Henri have their own family house in Paris but sometimes stay here. “Do you really have [...]
No.6 Paris, October 1922
Posted in 1920s, art deco, cabaret, jazz age, nightlife, Paris, tagged Alhambra, Ambassadeurs Theatre, Barbary Coast, Billy Raymond, Champs Elysees, Edmonde Guy, Emile Prunier, Ernest Van Duren, Erte, Fouquet’s bar, Harry Pilcer, June Day, La Revue de la Femme, La Tournee des Grands Ducs, Les Copeland, Lew Dockstader, Montmartre, New York Bar, Oscar Dufrenne, Paulette Duval, Prunier, Prunier restaurant, Rue Daunou on March 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Prunier’s, Ambassadeur’s and the New York Bar Thursday 19h October Monty is popping over to Paris again for a few days so I agree to join him. “It will just be us.” He says enthusiastically. “We can live it up a bit and go on La Tournee des Grands Ducs.” “Aubrey mentioned that a [...]
No. 5 London, October 1922
Posted in 1920s, art deco, cabaret, jazz age, nightlife, tagged Brighter London, Cecil Hotel, Cinderella, Ciro's, Donald Sawyer, Ernest Marini, George Robey, Hazel Shelley, Hotel Daunou, Jack May, Josephine Earle, Jules Verne, Julian Wylie, Lilac Domino, M. Rossignol, Metropole Hotel, Midnight Follies, Monte Carlo, Murray's, Murray's Night Club, Olga Samya, Phileas Fogg, Red Devil's, Round in 50, Sherbo's Men, Sophie Tucker, The Hippodrome, Vitagraph, Ziegfeld Follies on March 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Hippodrome, Hotel Cecil, Ciro’s and Murrays Friday 6th October Monty has been busy with deadlines and has popped off for a few days somewhere. Dolly telephones me. “I am bored. Can we have a night out tonight?” she asks. “Where would you like to go?” “Simple. Let me take you to the Hippodrome [...]
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