“Ten Nights in a Bar-Room” poster, 1931. Image courtesy of IMdB.
This blog follows my research into the history of our local movie theater— The Goetz— and surrounding personalities. Enjoy!
Postcard featuring the Pabst Brewing Company production plant.
Source:
Greetings from Milwaukee: Selections from the Thomas and Jean Ross Bliffert Postcard Collection, Archives. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries.
Ziegfeld and Lucile girl “Mauresette”: an overview of her history, her relation to the Goetz Theater in Monroe, WI through beauty queen Edith May. Also an overview of Lucile founder Lady Duff-Gordon’s connection to international organized prostitution.
Thank you to https://thinklilac.blogspot.com for this animated gif of Gish in Broken Blossoms.