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"Night Clubs" 1931 DURANTE, Jimmy and KOFOED, Jack (SOLD)

DURANTE, Jimmy and KOFOED, Jack

[247] pp.

Alfred A Knopf

1931

8 3/8" x 5 7/8"

*w/ facsimile jacket*

Pictorial dust jacket designed by Roese

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Durante (1893-1980), began his long career at 16, playing ragtime piano in Bowery night clubs. He made his first film appearance in 1930 in "Roadhouse Nights." Durante was the first headliner to appear in Las Vegas in 1943.