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Louis Edward Walters [1] (January 26, 1894 – August 15, 1977) was a British-born American booking agent, theatrical producer and the founder of the famed Latin Quarter nightclub in New York. He was the father of journalist Barbara Walters .
Concert promoter Lou Walters bought the Cotton Club and reopened it in 1942 as the Latin Quarter, with a French New Orleans theme. [6] He was the father of television journalist, host and producer Barbara Walters.
Powell divorced Ford in 1959, and that year, encouraged by Peter, launched a highly publicized nightclub career, including performances in Las Vegas [16] and appearances at Lou Walters' Latin Quarter in Boston. The athleticism which characterised her dance style remained with her well into middle age.
[5] [6] Her early career started in night clubs as a dancer and singer for Barbara Walters' father, impresario Lou Walters, at the Latin Quarter. She later headlined Nouvelle Eve, a Parisian cabaret show import, at the Hotel El Rancho Vegas from 1951 to 1952. [7] [8] She was cast in a production of Hello, Dolly!
Born Sept. 25, 1929, in Boston, Walters grew up amid the bold-faced names she would one day press for answers; her father, Lou Walters, was a noted Manhattan nightclub owner. After graduating ...
Latin Quarter Beginning January 18 every Monday and Tuesday; located at 814 N. Grand [10] [11] January 1956 The Birdcage Live broadcasts on Saturdays for KSTL DJ Dave Dixon's radio show [9] March 1956 [12] East St. Louis, IL Club Manhattan March 29, 1956 St. Louis, MO Masonic Temple St. Louis American Cooking School and Home Show [13] April 9, 1956
Ecuadorian documentary “The Beach of the Enchaquirados” has been picked up by The Hague-based Latin Quarter, a sales, co-production and distribution outfit dedicated to Latin American, Spanish ...
In the post-World War II economic expansion and sprawl in South Florida, Palm and Hibiscus Island became the site of the Famous Latin Quarter Nightclub in the 1940s and 1950s. Owned by Lou Walters, father of journalist Barbara Walters , the Latin Quarter was a mid-century mecca for big-named entertainers who performed for winter crowds of ...