Beatrix Thomson
One of the people interviewed by Peter Cotes about Elvira was Beatrix Thomson, a name once well known in theatre and the cinema. Born in 1900 she was a leading light of the London stage in the 1920s,...
View ArticleBarbara Waring, Cavalcade, The Gentle Sex and Duke Ellington
I think it is safe to assume that all of the attendees at Arthur Jeffress’ Orchard Court party went there from the Blue Angel (see http://elvirabarney.wordpress.com/30th-may-1932-parties/ ) and that...
View ArticleClubs – Smokey Joe’s
On the day of her acquittal Elvira apparently held a “celebration” party at the Berkeley Hotel. Some time after midnight, along with two friends -one male, one female, she turned up at Smokey Joe’s, a...
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