“The Shrine Magazine”
October 1926
September 1926
Schlagwort: 1926
Fats Waller was kidnapped in Chicago leaving a performance in 1926. Four men bundled him into a car and took him to the Hawthorne Inn, owned by Al Capone. Waller was ordered inside the building, and found a party in full swing. Gun to his back, he was pushed towards a piano, and told to play. A terrified Waller realized he was the “surprise guest” at Capone’s birthday party, and took comfort that the gangsters did not intend to kill him. According to rumor, Waller played for three days. When he left the Hawthorne Inn, he was very drunk, extremely tired, and had earned thousands of dollars in cash from Capone and other party-goers as tips.
What a story…
Pram on skis (sledge) on the ice, pushed by mom
on skates. St. Moritz, Switzerland, 1926
The Open Road by Claude Friese Green c.1926
London in 1926. In the 1920s Claude Friese-Greene was one of the color film pioneers. Source for the old films is the BFI which has many more on their youtube channel.
Wow, I never thought the 20s have magazines like today…
