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From the 麻豆传媒映画Daily World, 24 December 1920
This may not be the most visually exciting ad, but with a bit of context, it illustrates a fascinating and very different 麻豆传媒映画from the one we know today. (View ). Alcohol prohibition had been in effect since 1917, which led聽many local venues to focus on live entertainment to make their money, resulting in the birth of a hot jazz scene in Vancouver. Performers would have primarily been African Americans and local blacks, while I suspect most audiences were likely racially mixed but majority white. Beginning with the band put together by drummer 聽in 1917, the Patricia Cafe is the best known (and the sole ) of these clubs, but it was wasn鈥檛 alone.
For the most part, we have no recordings and so know little about what the music sounded like. Some notable exceptions come from those who later found success elsewhere, including聽, who went on to become the patriarch of Seattle鈥檚 jazz scene,聽, and聽, who聽had her leg broken at the Patricia the previous New Years Eve in a barroom brawl that broke out during her performance.
础听聽a couple of months earlier meant that the legislation had become a lame duck, which may explain the beer ads. That said, brewing for export and consumption in private residences were never outlawed during BC鈥檚 very half-hearted attempt at聽alcohol prohibition.
The ad for the Monte Carlo Cafe at Main and Hastings makes it sound like a decent place for jazz and dancing, but the police had a different opinion,聽聽鈥漮ne of the dumps we want to get rid of鈥� earlier in the year. It wouldn鈥檛 survive another year, though I didn鈥檛 find what specific transgressions did the Monte Carlo in.
"The safe was cracked" in the London Grill ad refers to an聽聽in which two yeggs tied up the Chinese nightwatchman and blew the safe. The front of the safe collapsed in on itself and they didn鈥檛 have another charge, so they failed to get any money. But like the ad says, 鈥渢he chef is still alive and 鈥榗ooking鈥� so you will be sure of the best in the house on Christmas day.鈥�
The Lodge Cafe was a brand new joint on Seymour Street, where some of you might remember as the old聽聽store. A notice in the聽Chicago Defender, an African American newspaper, noted that its grand opening was two days before this ad appeared: 鈥淢rs Olive Bell, Adolph Edwards, James Porter, Baron Morehead, and Frank Waldon have a great jazz band and Esmeralda Edwards, Lillian Good, Betty Ritchie, and Clifford Ritchie are entertaining.鈥� Another notice mentioned that Esmeralda only recently became Mrs Edwards, and that she was formerly聽, 鈥渙ne of the聽聽most popular entertainers,鈥� referring to聽Chicago鈥檚 bustling jazz strip. Like Oscar Holden and many other African American jazz cats, Esmeralda left 麻豆传媒映画to pursue her career south of the line. Unlike the Monte Carlo, the Lodge seems to have been a fairly respectable venue, and housed many mainstream and non-musical events.
厂辞耻谤肠别蝉:听麻豆传媒映画Daily World;聽Oscar Holden photo from B; Jelly Roll and Bricktop photo from C
