Exploring The Catcher in the Rye
: album
: (miscellany)
The Stork Club is where Holden said (p. 73) you could find movie stars
and other famous people. He was right. Here are Scotty Beckett (Our
Gang/Little Rascals comedies) and Betty Sullivan (Ed's daughter)
at the Stork Club in 1948. Check out the stork flower holder.
The 8 May 2000 New Yorker magazine had a short article
(on p. 118) about the Stork Club.
It was owned by Sherman Billingsley. It
"began as a humble speakeasy, with underworld backing," but became
a place of "privilege and abundance." Billingsley
"insured the loyalty of his famous clients
by often allowing them to eat free," as well as giving them
assorted gifts.
Photo from Our Gang: The Life and Times of the Little Rascals,
by Leonard Maltin and Richard W. Bann, 1977, page 281.
Logo from the
8 May 2000 New Yorker, page 118.