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Tag Archives: burlesque
Midnight Show at the Follies Burlesque — July 29, 1939
Somebody bought a ticket for the July 29, 1939, midnight show at the Follies Theatre and got to see Betty Rowland, “the ball of fire.” The ticket stub is listed on EBay for 99 cents.
Posted in 1939, Downtown, Theaters
Tagged #EBay, 1939, Ball of Fire, Betty Rowland, burlesque
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Bandit Killed, LAPD Officers Wounded in Burlesque Theater Shootout
Sept. 18, 1933: Jack Keating, 30, and John Melvin Early, 35, had a plan to rob the Girlesque Theater at 510 S. Main St., but when the shooting was over, Keating was dead and Early and two men who helped … Continue reading
Posted in 1933, Art & Artists, Comics, Downtown, Hollywood, LAPD, Main Street, Theaters
Tagged #Main Street, 1933, burlesque, comics, lapd, theaters
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Escaped Soldier Denies Attacking Former Screen Star
Sept. 11, 1943: The Times features the Los Angeles Times-Army Ordnance in Action Show being held at Exposition Park. The Times promised that “visitors will see the massive 32-ton Gen. Sherman tanks whose tough armor and deadly firepower blasted the … Continue reading
Posted in 1943, Art & Artists, Books and Authors, Columnists, Comics, Crime and Courts, Film, Music, Tom Treanor, World War II
Tagged #courts, 1943, burlesque, film, Jimmy Dorsey, Tom Treanor, World War II
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Tempest Storm at the Follies Burlesque
An undated photo of the famous Tempest Storm at the Follies Burlesque in Los Angeles – which reveals more than I am showing here – has been listed on EBay. Bidding starts at $17.95.
Posted in Dance, Downtown, Found on EBay, Main Street, Theaters
Tagged #EBay, burlesque, Follies Burlesque, Tempest Storm
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Streetcar Strike Could Paralyze Los Angeles!
July 24, 1943: Labor problems threaten to paralyze mass transportation in Los Angeles. The Times says that 3,000 Los Angeles Railway workers have ended a 24-hour walkout while 2,500 Pacific Electric workers are scheduled to strike. Marion “More Curves Than … Continue reading
Posted in 1943, Art & Artists, Aviation, Comics, Labor, Main Street, Streetcars, Transportation, World War II
Tagged 1943, burlesque, comics, Streetcars, World War II
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Stripper Discharged From Waacs Was Out of Uniform – and Everything Else
Dec. 15, 1942: Some restaurants close for lack of butter, meat and sugar due to wartime food rationing. And people rush to the Pike amusement park in Long Beach after rumors that it had plenty of hamburger, which is scarce … Continue reading
Posted in 1942, Columnists, Comics, Food and Drink, Stage, Tom Treanor, World War II
Tagged #wwii, 1942, burlesque, Japanese internment
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Found on EBay – Follies Burlesque
This photo of an unidentified dancer at the Follies Burlesque Theatre in Los Angeles has been listed on EBay. Bidding starts at $18.95.
Feuding Women Sentenced to 90 Days in Same Jail Cell
Oct. 24, 1942: Yetta Furst of 2208 Sheridan St. and Anna Rubenstein of 2214 Sheridan St. had been feuding for 20 years and had been charged with disturbing the peace. Municipal Judge Ida May Adams sentenced them to 90 days … Continue reading
Posted in 1942, Crime and Courts, Film, World War II
Tagged #courts, Bambi, burlesque, feuds
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Death Rolls the Dice in Friends’ Fatal Craps Game
Oct. 12, 1942: Walter Miller, a 31-year-old lumberyard foreman, and his friend Eddie “Red” Phillips, a 32-year-old mechanic, were shooting dice in the living room of Phillips’ home, 1442 E. 59th St., when they began arguing. Miller was stabbed during … Continue reading
Posted in 1942, Art & Artists, Comics, Tom Treanor, World War II
Tagged #Gambling, burlesque, comics, dice, prison
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Found on EBay – Follies Burlesque Theater
This photo of the Follies Burlesque on Main Street has been listed on EBay. Bidding starts at $22.99.
Battle of the Coral Sea, 1942
May 9, 1942: Allied forces fight the first what would be six major aircraft carrier battles with the Japanese, the next being the Battle of Midway. On the jump, a war map by Times artist Charles Owens, whom you may … Continue reading
Posted in 1942, Art & Artists, Comics, LAPD, Obituaries, Stage, World War II
Tagged Battle of the Coral Sea, burlesque, comics, Nuestro Pueblo, obituaries
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L.A. Detectives Meet New York Mobster’s Plane at Burbank Airport
Nov. 8, 1941: Waxey Gordon, whose real name was Irving Wexler (d. 1952, Alcatraz), lands at Lockheed Air Terminal (now Burbank Airport), where he is greeted by detectives from the district attorney’s office, the LAPD and airport police. Gordon, accompanied … Continue reading
Posted in 1941, Aviation, Chicago, City Hall, LAPD, San Francisco, Suicide, Theaters, Tom Treanor, World War II
Tagged #LAPD, #Mob, #Waxey Gordon, Burbank, burlesque
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Found on EBay – The Follies Burlesque
This photo of dancers at the Follies Burlesque on Main Street has been listed on EBay. The vendor hasn’t identified the source of the picture or the dancers’ names, but says it dates to the 1950s. Bidding on the photo … Continue reading
Posted in Dance, Downtown, Found on EBay, Photography, Stage
Tagged #EBay, burlesque
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Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated]
[Update: This is Carrie Finnell. Please congratulate Dewey Webb for identifying her. Finnell (d. 1963) was a famous stripteuse of the 1920s and ‘30s who invented the art of tassel twirling with her “educated muscles,” shown here in repose. ] … Continue reading
Posted in Mystery Photo, Photography, Stage
Tagged #mystery photo, #photography, #striptease, burlesque
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