An appreciation by his friend the writer and cartoonist Carlo de Fornaro (1871-1949), also Sephardic perhaps (much like my friend Arthur Fornari), places Casseres on the staff of the Sunday edition of El Diario, the Spanish-language newspaper that still exists. He contributed to Alfred Stiegli...
In early 1931 Arno moved to Reno, Nevada, which granted quick divorces to anyone who took up residency for five months. According to a 2016 book written byNew YorkercartoonistMichael Maslin(Peter Arno: The Mad, Mad World of The New Yorker’s Greatest Cartoonist), Arno found more trouble in...
In May 1928 Long had been married for about nine months to colleague and cartoonistPeter Arno, who was also a regular fixture of the nightclub scene. But in Long’s column for May 5, 1928, one can detect a bit of weariness setting in, the 27-year-old sensing the next generation didn...
Besides the action starting in New York, the rest of the story takes place in Italy and is mostly shot on location. This only enhances my enjoyment of the film because it showcases the Mediterranean and southern Italy more than the more familiar cities. Not to disappoint, astounding sequences...
Richard Lockridge(1898–1982) was a reporter forTheNew York Sunwhen he began submitting comic sketches toTheNew Yorkersuch the one excerpted below. Later sketches would include the characters Mr. and Mrs. North. In the late 1930s Lockridge would collaborate with his wife,Frances Louise Davis,on...
…this ad for theNew York Americanfeatured an illustration byHerbert Roese,whose early work strongly resembled that ofPeter Arno’s… …on to our cartoons, we have the latest antics of theLittle KingcourtesyOtto Soglow… …William Steigadded levity to a heavy moment… ...
By the dawn of 1931 few were in the mood for a party, including the 29-year-old Long, who was mother to a toddler and would soon divorce husband and New Yorker cartoonist Peter Arno. But it wasn’t motherhood or a tempestuous marriage that soured Long on the party scene. Rather, blam...
…and another Thurber contribution asThe Blotz’spolitical cartoonist… …more colorful ads to enjoy, including this nighthawk view of an apartment house… …and this ad for Lucky Strike cigarettes, featuring 20-year-oldPlatinum BlondestarJean Harlow(whatis she leaning on?) who probably shouldn’t...
During the 1930s one out of every 200 window cleaners in New York City fell to their deaths annually. In the previous decade, more than 80 fell to their deaths. In another excerpt, Norris recalled one of those unfortunate deaths.