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Hubert Delancey Knickerbocker and Julia Catherine Knickerbocker (née Opdenweyer) Hubert Renfro Knickerbocker (January 31, 1898 – July 12, 1949) was an American journalist and author; winner of the 1931 Pulitzer Prize for Correspondence for his series of articles on the practical operation of the Five Year Plan in the Soviet Union . [ 1 ]
Writing under the pseudonym "Cholly Knickerbocker", he coined the term "Café Society". [1] The name "Cholly Knickerbocker" was owned by the Hearst Newspaper Syndicate , and Paul was the first, writing under the nom de plume from 1917 until his death in 1942.
The Knickerbocker catered to the region's nascent film industry, was frequented by several of the industry's biggest stars, and was the site for some of the area's most famous moments. Rudolph Valentino was said to be a frequent guest, [ 1 ] [ 3 ] although that is only possible if the building opened in 1925 and not 1929, as Valentino died in ...
The Knickerbocker Theatre was a movie theater located at 18th Street and Columbia Road in the Adams Morgan neighborhood of Washington, D.C. in the United States. The theater's roof collapsed on January 28, 1922, under the weight of snow from a two-day blizzard that was later dubbed the Knickerbocker storm .
The fictional "Diedrich Knickerbocker" from the frontispiece of A History of New-York, a wash drawing by Felix O. C. Darley. Diedrich Knickerbocker is an American literary character who originated from Washington Irving's first novel, A History of New-York from the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty, by Diedrich Knickerbocker (1809).
Knickerbocker News, a newspaper in Albany, New York published between 1843 and 1988; Knickerbocker Press, a division of publisher G. P. Putnam's Sons; Knickerbocker Sailing Association, a gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender sailing club in New York City; Knickerbocker Trust Company, a bank whose failure triggered the Panic of 1907
Lou Knickerbocker, ‘The Real Housewives of Orange County’ Lou, the ex-husband of RHOC alum Tammy Knickerbocker , died of a heart attack at age 67 in 2007 in between season 2 and 3 of the Bravo ...
Aileen Mehle (née Elder, June 10, 1918 – November 11, 2016), known by the pen name Suzy or Suzy Knickerbocker, was an American society columnist, active in journalism for over fifty years. [1] Her column was syndicated to 100 newspapers and read by over 30 million people.