Temple and Robinson, who became lifelong friends, also appeared together in 1935’s The Littlest Rebel, 1938’s Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm and 1938’s Just Around the Corner. DANCING WITH THE STAIRS…Bill Robinson was also known as Bojangles, a nickname from his childhood in Richmond, ...
While E.B. White was mourning the demise of the smoky nightclub, art and design criticLewis Mumfordcontinued his tirade against the pretentious and mediocre buildings that were popping up all over the city, including the new Federal Court Building on Centre Street that was, in Mumford’s words...
…Carl Rose showed us how the posh set got into the spirit of the Depression-era farm program… …George Price was getting into familiar domestic territory… …and on this Father’s Day, we close with some fatherly advice from James Thurber… Next Time: Making Hays… Posted on June 19, ...
August Gennerichnot only served as PresidentFranklin D. Roosevelt’sbodyguard, he was also a close family friend. “The Talk of the Town” featured a lengthy account of the man, an excerpt of which is below: ON GUARD…Augustus “Gus” Gennerich(1887-1936) was a friend ofFranklin and Ele...
a nickname from his childhood in Richmond, Virginia. Clockwise, from top left, with his second wifeFannie Clayin 1933; performing the stair dance withShirley TempleinThe Little Colonel(1935); profile illustration byPeggy Bacon; Robinson with Temple in 1938’sRebecca of Sunnybrook Farm. (blackpast...
…the booklet was filled with “amazing facts” uncovered in a “scientific investigation,” facts did not address the health effects of smoking, but rather such important topics as how to hold a cigarette the right way and how to reduce staining on your teeth…it also helpfully debunked the...