PM, July 5, 1943, p.10, PM Photo by Weegee
Police Commissioner Valentine says he hasn’t heard of air raid wardens carrying night sticks. PM herewith prints a picture of one who seems happy about the idea…
PM, July 5, 1943, p.10
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“…he calls himself the Spider…”
PM, July 5, 1942, p.7, PM Photo by Weegee
Coney Island At Noon Saturday: The crowd came later, according to Weegee, who wanted a photo that showed some beach and not too many people. The masked man said he was a laundry man, but would only be photographed incognito. The mask is a gag of his; he calls himself the Spider, and likes to frighten people. Weegee didn’t get the names and addresses of the others in the photo, either.
PM, July 5, 1942, p.7
Happy Birthday Weegee!!!
“Happy Birthday”; Eddie Davis and his Orchestra; Sittin’ In With (520); 1949
PM, March 2, 1941
“Happy, Happy Birthday Baby”; The Tune Weavers; Frank Paul’s Orch.; M. Sylvia; G. Lopez; Checker (872); 1957
PM, March 9, 1941
A picture with somebody in it sells better than a picture of a lifeless object. So Weegee sometimes puts himself in his picture-shooting them by “remote control.” Here he is posing as a “curious passerby” looking at the body of a Brooklyn murder victim found in trunk near the Gowanus Canal.
PM, March 9, 1941
“Happy Birthday To You”; Raymond Scott and his New Orchestra; Clyde Burke; M. J. Hill; Columbia (35864); November 29, 1940
“Happy Birthday”; Craven Edwards And his Lazy K-Ranch Boys; Len Stokes; Hill; Diamond (2007-A); June 1946
PM, March 9, 1941
Weegee makes friends readily. On a Chinatown assignment he got this New Year’s lucky wish from a Chinese girl. He has a photo of her painting it pinned above his bed (see picture on next page). It is characteristic of him to have his picture taken this way. The cigar is standard equipment.
PM, March 9, 1941
“Today Is Your Birthday”; The Enchanters; Buddy Lucas and his Band of Tomorrow; Bernstein; Levine; Odom; Geritz; Jubilee (5072); 1952
“Happy Birthday Father (From)”; Harry Tush and his Society Orchestra; Rondoliers; Avalon (502A)
PM, March 9, 1941
Weegee’s room shows his devotion to his job. On top of his regular radio is a police short-wave radio and a loudspeaker attached to it dangles over his bed. On the floor are his special “murder shoes” – at left – and his “snow shoes.” He keeps his “fire shoes” in his car. The wall decorations are examples of his work and certificates of awards for prize-winning pictures. The cardboard boxes at the extreme right are his disorderly “files.” The typewriter is his latest acquisition. He has recently taken up writing – a field in which he shows rather startling talent. We don’t know what the Flit is for.
PM, March 9, 1941
“Birthday Party”; Sil Austin; J. Collins; Mercury (71027); December 25, 1956
Happy Birthday Weegee…
“BILLIE HOLIDAY…”
PM, March 28, 1948, p.17
“The Hard Life of Billie Holiday”
Billie Holiday, Joe Guy, her trumpeter-husband, and Mister, her dog, photographed in Billie’s dressing room at the Downbeat Club. Photo by Skippy Adelman.
Billie Holiday singing Strange Fruit. Billie says: “It depresses me every time I sing it. It reminds me of how Pop died. But I have to sing it. Things are still going on in the south.
PM, 1945, Photos by Skippy Adelman.
PM, 1945, Photos by Skippy Adelman.
“One of the these days things will get better,” she sighed. “They’ll get better for everybody. We’ll all have a chance to eat and sleep in peace. I just know it will come about. It will take a long time, but it will come about. It won’t be in my lifetime, though. Oh, no, I’ll never profit by it.” PM, 1945.
Billie Holiday (April 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959).
“Marlon Brando…”
“Blues for Brando”, Leith Stevens’ All Stars; Leith Stevens, Decca, 1954
PM, September 4, 1947
Marlon Brando has been signed…
Born 100 years ago today…
“The Wild One”, Leith Stevens’ All Stars; Leith Stevens, Decca, 1954
“Happy New Year”
Weegee, Naked City, p.76
Happy New Year
Tavern on ground floor of burning building is shelter for firemen overcome by smoke New Year’s Eve. Customers also had a hot time. PM Photos by Weegee.
PM, January 2, 1945, p.13
Celluloid factory provides Fourth of July welcome for 1945.
“For ‘something bigger than me'”
PM, September 28, 1947, by Jean Evans (photo by John Albert)
“Prepare for Jazz Concert”
Night In Tunisia (Interlude);” Dizzy Gillespie Septet; Dizzy Gillespie; Don Byas; Milt Jackson; Al Haig; Bill de Arango; Ray Brown; J. C. Heard; Gillespie; Paparelli; His Master’s Voice (B.9631); 1947
PM, September 25, 1947
Prepare for Jazz Concert: Dizzy Gillespie… Ella Fitzgerald…
“52nd Street Theme”; Dizzy Gillespie Septet; Dizzy Gillespie; Don Byas; Milt Jackson; Al Haig; Bill de Arango; Ray Brown; J. C. Heard; Monk; His Master’s Voice (B.9631); 1947
“…on Robinson Day”
PM, September 24, 1947 (photo by Morris Gordon)
