Long before folks had a television set and radio in every room, they sought entertainment by stepping out for a night on the town. The choices around Cincinnati were nearly limitless: live theater at the Cox; spectacular musicals at the Shubert; hotels featuring fine dining and dance orchestras; talking pictures at everyone’s favorite movie palace—the Albee; burlesque and vaudeville shows at the Empress Theater on Vine Street; and gambling casinos were just a short drive across the river in Newport. All of the major entertainment venues in the Queen City during the first half of the 20th century are explored in Stepping out in Cincinnati. From saloons to ornate movie palaces and from the Cotton Club to the Capitol, you join those pleasure seekers, getting a real sense of what they saw: wonderful events and their countless images—the things of which fond memories were made. Today, those memories have faded and virtually all of the once-glittering showplaces have been bulldozed into history. But within these pages, we get to experience first hand what it was like to be there. Unique among the many photographs featuring unforgettable movie houses and nightclub orchestras are never-before-published images of actual live vaudeville performances onstage at the Shubert, plus rare, clandestine pictures snapped inside the casinos in Newport. Also revealed are the locations of the better-known speakeasies during Prohibition; where the best halls to dance to live orchestras were; what the earliest movie houses were like; and what black Cincinnatians did for entertainment.
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Author Allen J. Singer, a freelance writer and historian, has also authored The Cincinnati Subway and Cincinnati on the Go for Arcadia Publishing. He continues to investigate the undercurrents of Cincinnati history, both the well-remembered and the often forgotten.
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Allen J. Singer studied radio broadcast engineering in college. He was also writing short stories and other things while in school. These early works were mostly forgettable but Allen never gave up. A couple of years after graduating college he discovered the old unused subway built in Cincinnati. Finding no book written about it, he took on the project himself in 1998. The manuscript eventually found a home with Arcadia Publishing in 2003, who went to publish three more of his books. Allen has been writing fiction since his last book with Arcadia and hopes to someday write full time.
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A Real Cincinnati Memory Jogger Sure To Be Enjoyed,
This review is from: Stepping Out in Cincinnati: Queen City Entertainment 1900-1960 (Images of America) (Paperback)
This is the MOST comprehensive book about Cincinnati Entertainment from 1900 to 1960. I have many Cincinnati books in my personal collection, but none is as complete, photographed, and well documented as this 3rd book in Mr. Singer's Cincinnati series. It is packed with great photos and very complete descriptions. Virtually EVERY theater is photographed and described. Photos are very clear. It even pictures several minor neighborhood theaters I attended as a child in the 1940's and 1950's !! I will refer to Mr. Singer's three Cincy volumes often. Very complete and interesting.
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This review is from: Stepping Out in Cincinnati: Queen City Entertainment 1900-1960 (Images of America) (Paperback)
I've only been to Cincinnati a few times and didn't realize it had such an interesting history, but this book made for fascinating reading! I also own another Arcadia book by Allen J. Singer and he has again done a terrific job. The treasure trove of photos in this book are a real treat and add to the enjoyment of reading the book.
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At the dawn of the 20th century, the motion picture had just recently made its public debut with the kinetoscope. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Bill Myers, Ben Rosen, Courtesy of the Cincinnati Arts Consortium, Beverly Hills, Dan Finfrock Collection, Queen City, Lookout House, Vine Street, West End, Cotton Club, Dave Horn Collection, World War, Courtesy of the Cincinnati Post, Courtesy of the Earl Clark Collection, Moonlite Gardens, Music Hall, Walnut Hills, Walnut Street, Walter Rogers, Price Hill, Reading Road, Ruth Lyons, Bob Braun, Courtesy of the Bill Nimmo Collection, Jack Benny New!
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At the dawn of the 20th century, the motion picture had just recently made its public debut with the kinetoscope. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Bill Myers, Ben Rosen, Courtesy of the Cincinnati Arts Consortium, Beverly Hills, Dan Finfrock Collection, Queen City, Lookout House, Vine Street, West End, Cotton Club, Dave Horn Collection, World War, Courtesy of the Cincinnati Post, Courtesy of the Earl Clark Collection, Moonlite Gardens, Music Hall, Walnut Hills, Walnut Street, Walter Rogers, Price Hill, Reading Road, Ruth Lyons, Bob Braun, Courtesy of the Bill Nimmo Collection, Jack Benny New!
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