New York City in the 1920’s

Mostly silent footage; some sound. Street scenes in NYC; New York port; Gertrude Lawrence; H.G. Wells; Rebecca West; Tennis star Suzanne Lenglen; Tenors John McCormack & Enrico Caruso; Stanislavski; Serge Koussevitzky; Ignacy Jan Paderewski; Greenwich Village; Poet Elinor Wylie; Theodore Dreiser; Sherwood Anderson; Author Willa Cather; Edna St. Vincent Millay: Eugene O’Neill, wife Agnes, and daughter Oona (who later married Charlie Chaplin); Katharine Cornell in “The Green Hat“; Noel Coward and Hope Williams; Willa Cather; Sinclair Lewis; George Nathan & H.L. Mencken of “The American Mercury“; Speakeasies during Prohibition; Broadway marquis; Mayor Jimmy Walker. Helen Morgan sings. Fanny Brice sings while husband Billy Rose looks on; George Gershwin rehearsal for “Strike Up the Band“. Comedy team of Bobby Clark & Paul McCullough. More shots of people partying. Texas Guinan’s speakeasy; she speaks. Private parties with various celebrities including: Actress Aline MacMahon, Critic Robert Coleman, Heywood Br