With this post (No. 413), we mark the tenth anniversary of The New Yorker. Since I began A New Yorker State of Mind in March 2015, I’ve attempted to give you at least a sense of what the magazine was like in those first years, as well as the historical events that often informed...
GALAXY OF STARS…Clockwise, from top left, lobby card forThe Hollywood Revue of 1929;Charles King, Joan Crawford, Conrad Nagel(a co-emcee along with Jack Benny) andCliff “Ukulele Ike” Edwardsshow off their dancing skills; lobby card featuring actressMarion Davies; a popular act in vaudeville...