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Bill Miller's Riviera: America's Showplace in Fort Lee, New Jersey (Landmarks) Online u0fjT [Free] Bill Miller's Riviera: America's Showplace in Fort Lee, New Jersey (Landmarks) Online [u0fjT.ebook] Bill Miller's Riviera: America's Showplace in Fort Lee, New Jersey (Landmarks) Pdf Free Tom Austin, Ron Kase *Download PDF | ePub | DOC | audiobook | ebooks Download Now Free Download Here Download eBook #407615 in Books 2011-10-25 2011-10-25Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.00 x .31 x 6.00l, .50 #File Name: 1609494563152 pages | File size: 71.Mb Tom Austin, Ron Kase : Bill Miller's Riviera: America's Showplace in Fort Lee, New Jersey (Landmarks) before purchasing it in order to gage whether or not it would be worth my time, and all praised Bill Miller's Riviera: America's Showplace in Fort Lee, New Jersey (Landmarks): 0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Wildly fascinating A primer for anyone who loves Postwar showbiz ...By James FranzeseWildly fascinatingA primer for anyone who loves Postwar showbiz.Even the decline was interesting , I will never feel the same about those on-ramps in Jersey. ;-)0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. I worked for Bil Miller as a dance team The Szony s we opened for Sinatra Marlene D Ray Bolger Dolores GrayBy francois szonyand many more great boss RIPRiviera ft lee and Miami Beach and the Sahara Vegas the good old days0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Childhood memoriesBy Al FioreI remember seeing the Riviera when I was a kid going over the George Washington Bridge,Afterwards checking out the grounds with My children.I was always curious about it. Where did Frank Sinatra, Mickey Mantle, Sugar Ray Robinson, Joan Crawford and hundreds of other A-listers along with mobsters like Meyer Lansky eat, drink and dance? It wasn't in Hollywood or at the Copacabana but at Bill Miller's Riviera in Fort Lee. The Riviera's breathtaking views of New York, its stunning showgirls and its gambling hall drew the famous and infamous to its tables. After it was originally run as a speakeasy by Ben Marden during the 1920s, Bill Miller, a Russian Jewish immigrant, attracted the most sought-after performers and turned it into one of the most popular nightclubs during the 1940s and 1950s. Relive Bill Miller's Riviera and experience the excitement of his lucky patrons. "Fort Lee's famed Riviera nightclub, which closed in the early 1950s to make way for the Palisades Interstate Parkway, is given its due in a new book by the son of a police officer who once worked there.'Bill Miller's Riviera: America's Showplace in Fort Lee, New Jersey," co-authored by Tom Austin of Ramsey, is a tribute to the nightspot and to his late father, Al, who was a backstage special police officer there. The book...was co-authored by Ron Kase of Ramsey, associate vice president for sponsored programs at Ramapo College.Austin, a Realtor, artist and musician, says he hopes to capture a bygone era. The nightclub on the Palisades employed many of the last century's greatest entertainers, including Frank Sinatra, Lena Horne, Tony Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, Joey Bishop, Sophie Tucker, Eddie Fisher, Vic Damone and Jackie Gleason." --The RecorderAustin's book covers great ground in presenting the personalities of the two Rivieras. The original Riviera was located on Hudson Terrace just across from Myrtle Ave. and was operated by Ben Marden, who operated nightclubs in New York, Florida and Cuba. It was an old hotel and restaurant built in 1901 called Villa Richard, and the beautiful stone entrance wall still stands today. --Fort Lee Patch About the AuthorTom Austin has spent his lifetime pursuing artistic endeavors. Tom has written dozens of published songs, the most popular being an international hit called "Short Shorts"? that he cowrote with Bob Gaudio. He has recorded as an artist on ABC Paramount, Capitol and Old Town, as well as many other labels over the years. Tom and his band, known as the "Royal Teens, " have toured with everyone from Buddy Holley and the Crickets to Paul Anka, the Everly Brothers and Jerry Lee Lewis. The stage clothes Tom wore back in the 1950s are on permanent display at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio. Tom excels in painting in oils, watercolors and pen and ink drawings. Five of his nautical paintings are part of the permanent collection of the United States Coast Guard in Washington, D.C. Tom is currently the resident artist at the prestigious Salmagundi Club in New York. Ron Kase is a sociologist who has written books and articles, edited collections and consulted on a variety of social issues and social programs, as well as for policy creation venues. He is also a novelist, writing conspiracy stories resulting in three published novels (Fiddler's Elbow, Fiddler's Revenge and Fiddler's Return), which have been optioned for motion picture development. He is writing a new novel set in Tampa, Florida's Ibor City in the 1930s, the former site of the Cuban cigar industry in America. Ron has been a sociology professor, senior college and university administrator, magazine publisher and local history writer. 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