Old And Sold Antiques Auciton

Thousands of articles from the past.

Carl Laemmle - Relatively Speaking - (Found June 29, 2008 )

IN 1880 a wide-eyed immigrant walked down the gangplank of a steamship and stepped into America. His only possessions were fifty dollars and dreams. Today he wears eyeglasses and the shower in his office has gold faucets.
http://www.oldandsold.com/articles10/times-square-tinetypes-25.shtml

Beatrice Lillie - Puleeze!!! - (Found June 29, 2008 )

BEATRICE LILLIE was really born in Toronto, Canada. She went to England, alone, at the age of fifteen.
http://www.oldandsold.com/articles10/times-square-tinetypes-26.shtml

Leslie Howard - The Englishman From America - (Found June 29, 2008 )

He so conquered this nation that in his native country, England, they refer to him as that American actor.
http://www.oldandsold.com/articles10/times-square-tinetypes-27.shtml

Sime Silverman - Variety's The Spice Of Life - (Found June 29, 2008 )

Variety, the man in type form, is one of the best, most respected and most influential trade journal in the world.
http://www.oldandsold.com/articles10/times-square-tinetypes-28.shtml

George Kelly - Let George Do It - (Found June 29, 2008 )

WHEN you're naming the most important playwrights of this country you've got to include GEORGE KELLY.
http://www.oldandsold.com/articles10/times-square-tinetypes-29.shtml

Strike Up The Band - George Gershwin - (Found June 29, 2008 )

A MAN of note. GEORGE GERSHWIN. He loves to go shopping. Is always buying presents for friends. Suffers from indigestion. Every night before re-tiring he takes agar-agar, a new medicine.
http://www.oldandsold.com/articles10/times-square-tinetypes-3.shtml

Arthur Hopkins - Sh-Sh-Sh!! - (Found June 29, 2008 )

The sphinx of the show business. He scares people by saying nothing.
http://www.oldandsold.com/articles10/times-square-tinetypes-30.shtml

Molly Picon - The Ghetto Girl - (Found June 29, 2008 )

The darling of East Broadway. She is not quite five feet and weighs a hundred pounds. Wears a size eleven girl's dress. Her toes never reach the tip of her stockings.
http://www.oldandsold.com/articles10/times-square-tinetypes-31.shtml

Ring Lardner - He's Funny That Way - (Found June 29, 2008 )

He came to New York to do nothing and has been a failure ever since. Was born in Niles, Mich. The great event took place forty-six years ago. Always looks seven years younger than he really is.
http://www.oldandsold.com/articles10/times-square-tinetypes-32.shtml

Al Jolson - Mammy!!! - (Found June 29, 2008 )

He drinks a bucket of bromo-seltzer every day. Is very superstitious. He is always knocking wood.
http://www.oldandsold.com/articles10/times-square-tinetypes-33.shtml