Fun to see my parents dining at "21". I found a much longer bit of "21" footage with some 4 minutes of them being served pressed duck, and always wondered why it was made - now I see it was part of a more comprehensive look at NYC night clubs.
I wish i could be a young man during these times. Even though there was so much conflict in the world around this period. (im thinking mainly in europe where i live.) I would rather have died a soldier in 1945 than having an ordinary life in 2023.
Thank you for this wonderful documentary displaying a more culturally tasteful America.
and then came Television...when people stopped socialising,...
Fascinating time machine
I envy the generation that got to enjoy all of this.
me too\
Fun to see my parents dining at "21". I found a much longer bit of "21" footage with some 4 minutes of them being served pressed duck, and always wondered why it was made - now I see it was part of a more comprehensive look at NYC night clubs.
unmentioned: at 8:45 sitting at table by kitchen door is writer John O'Hara a known patron
Also, at 18:22 - is that Miriam Abramson?
Wow at 14:13 you can see where Tarantino was inspired for the dance scene of his movie "Pulp Fiction" !!
I liked the restaurant bill for the whole family coming to $16.35.
I wish i could be a young man during these times. Even though there was so much conflict in the world around this period. (im thinking mainly in europe where i live.) I would rather have died a soldier in 1945 than having an ordinary life in 2023.
It's amazing.
Nothing can bring in a crowd like a zither
And choking clouds of tobacco smoke EVERYWHERE.
Thanks, but give en those prices (multiply everything by 10 to adjust for inflation) I’ll stay at home with a good book.
Any short on NYC nightclubs that doesn't have Walter Winchell in it is jake by me. Meet ya at Birdland and dig Symphony Sid
Polite extortion, haha love it
Was the SaVoy Ballroom around at this time?
Clubbing when the war was over 😅. Lordy have mercy on my liver😂😂
Good times. And everybody knew their gender 🙃
Sure thing but you forgot to mention no one was gay either, and there was a Commie behind every bush right?
I wouldn’t say everyone. If only hitler had won, right??