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The Black Orchid was an upscale Chicago nightclub that flourished in the mid to late 1950s where, according to print media critics, Johnny Mathis got his first big break. [1] The club opened in 1949. The Black Orchid was declared bankrupt in July 1959, closed, and never reopened. [ 2 ]
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The club was the epitome of the golden age of entertainment, and it hosted a wide variety of performers, from singers to comedians to vaudeville acts. [1] A "new" Chez Paree opened briefly in the mid-1960s on 400 N. Wabash Avenue and was seen in the film Mickey One with Warren Beatty .
The nightclub was destroyed on December 8, 1955 when a fire started in a grease chute and spread through a ventilator into the club. 2 Mister Kelly’s was rebuilt and reopened on August 29, 1956 [6] with a new policy of standup singers. Previously the nightclub specialized in singers who played their own accompaniment. [7]
It does so with items, neatly displayed, such as photos of the many performers at the club from the 1950s into the 1970s (an astonishing list that includes Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Mort ...
The Wooden Horse (1950) – British war drama film depicting the true events of an escape attempt made by POWs in the German prison camp Stalag Luft III [27] Young Daniel Boone (1950) – Western drama film based on the life of Daniel Boone [28] Young Man with a Horn (1950) – musical drama film inspired by the life of jazz cornetist Bix ...
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