White recalling the world of The New Yorker’s first days. Given the massive economic and societal shifts that occurred from 1925 to 1935, those first days seemed distant to White, who felt old, “not in years but events.” DAYS OF YORE…E.B. White noted the many changes that had ...
White recalling the world of The New Yorker’s first days. Given the massive economic and societal shifts that occurred from 1925 to 1935, those first days seemed distant to White, who felt old, “not in years but events.” DAYS OF YORE…E.B. White noted the many changes that had ...
Lois Longlived at the center of the 1920s speakeasy scene, but while she partied she also kept a critical eye on her surroundings, and when she later moved on to fashion criticism (“On And Off The Avenue”) she maintained the same combination of enthusiasm and shrewdness as she took aim...
communists, anarchists, fascists and other political agitators seemed to be constantly at each other’s throats as Europe prepared for its second act of self-annihilation. In the middle of it all was the Balkans, its many feuds always simmering near the boiling point...
Film criticJohn Mosherchecked outDouglas Fairbanks Sr’slatest movie,The Private Life of Don Juan, which would prove to be the old swashbuckler’s last hurrah. FINAL BOW…Douglas FairbanksandMerle OberoninAlexander Korda’scomedy-dramaThe Private Life of Don Juan(1934). It was the final role ...
A New Yorker contributor since 1925 and denizen of the Algonquin Round Table, Frank Sullivan was a jolly soul known for his gentle wit and spoofs of cliches. His latest target was Lois Long’s fashion column “On and Off the Avenue,” penning a spoof that was indistinguishable from the ori...
White questioned the need, and appropriateness, of a wood and plaster Federal Hall replica in Bryant Park, which at the time was a neglected patch of land behind the New York Public Library and a favorite spot for the city’s homeless, their numbers rapidly growing during one of the worst...
People could live to a ripe old age in the 1930s, however the average life expectancy at birth in 1930 was only 58 for men and 62 for women. The Depression didn’t help matters, and neither did the Dust Bowl, unregulated urban smog, the dramatic rise in smoking, and the lingering eff...
…William Steig’s precocious “Small Fry” visited Coney Island… …and we close with E. Simms Campbell, and a sly introduction… Next Time: Dizzy Drinks… Posted on August 19, 2023Categories UncategorizedTags 1930s air travel, Constantin Alajalov, Dr. Seuss Flit, E. Simms Campbell, Helen...