Presenting historical images that celebrate the Golden Age of Burlesque and Striptease..
Ann Corio
A 60’s-era press photo features Ms. Corio posing with her boarding pass.. She was set to fly to Bermuda for a 2-week appearance, via Pan-Am Airlines..
Zorita (aka. Katherine Boyd Petillo)
Vintage press photo from 1937 features Zorita performing her “Wedding Of The Snake” act onstage, with one of her Indigo Snakes…
Vintage photo dated from March of ‘64, features the marquee and entrance to Chicago’s ‘FOLLIES Theatre’ (once known as the ‘GEM Theatre’); located at 450 S. State Street..
SINNER-AMA BURLESK — STRIPS Around The WORLD
A vintage photograph from 1958 features traffic out front of the ‘TIMES Theatre’ marquee, in New York City..
Tempest Storm
A March-2-1948 UPI press photo shows stripper Julie Bryan walking home with her husband: Jack Martin; who worked as a popular “Straight Man” in Burlesque comedy scenes..
In a press photo dated from 1972, a young couple makes their exit from Zorita’s SHOW BAR; located at 17604 Collins Avenue, in Miami..
BURLESQUE RETURNS TO BOSTON!
Looking not unlike a character from a Martin Scorsese film,— entrepreneur Joe Savino poses proudly in front of his ‘PILGRIM Theatre’ in Boston.. In July of ‘73, Savino staged an old-style Burlesque show there; complete with chorus girls, fan dancers, comedians, and a live orchestra.. Liz Renay would headline the inaugural Striptease performances..
Vintage photo dated from July of ‘41, features a wary employee standing at the entrance of an unidentified Burlesque theatre; located somewhere on S. State Street in Chicago..
Liz Renay (aka. “Liz O’Leyar”)
An AP wire photo from March of ‘58, highlights Liz’ appearance before a Grand Jury investigating activities surrounding the death of mobster Albert Anastasia (of “Murder Inc.”) and her former boyfriend: Mickey Cohen.. Ms. Renay was dating gangster Anthony “Cappy” Coppola, at the time of Anastasia’s murder..
