The Big Apple

Above, a plaque remaining from the Big Apple Night Club at west 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem.

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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan.

Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Oct. 17, 1931, Turf Play, p. 7.

Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce The Big Apple, a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.

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Entry from June 17, 2006

Bryant Park Summer Film Festival

Bryant Park (behind the New York Public Library, at 42nd Street and Sixth Avenue) hold a Summer Film Festival each year of film classics, presented on a large screen.

http://www.bryantpark.org/calendar/film-festival.php
2006 HBO Bryant Park Summer Film Festival
Presented with Citi

June
Mon
19
The Birds
5:00pm | The Lawn
presented with Citi

Mon
26
To Have and Have Not
5:00pm | The Lawn
presented with Citi

July
Mon
03
M*A*S*H
5:00pm | The Lawn
presented with Citi

Mon
10
Bullitt
5:00pm | The Lawn
presented with Citi

Mon
17
The Band Wagon
5:00pm | The Lawn
presented with Citi

Mon
24
High Noon
5:00pm | The Lawn
presented with Citi

Mon
31
A Shot in the Dark
5:00pm | The Lawn
presented with Citi

August
Mon
07
The Manchurian Candidate
5:00pm | The Lawn
presented with Citi

Mon
14
Charade
5:00pm | The Lawn
presented with Citi

Mon
21
Rocky

Posted by Barry Popik
Film Festivals • (0) Comments • Saturday, June 17, 2006 • Permalink