Broadway Brevities & Society Gossip

Broadway Brevities, Vol. II, No. 14, October 1923 This magazine comprises entertainment gossip and commentary on New York's theater district. The main content consists of brief anecdotes and observations about Broadway personalities, performers, and establishments. Notable subjects include chorus girls' disputes (such as Vera Colburn and Hazel Donnelly quarreling over salami), theatrical figures like Boris Thomashefsky (entangled in multiple lawsuits totaling $180,000) and Fannie Brice (her nose surgery at Atlantic City becoming a publicity occasion), and jazz clubs and restaurants including Club Trocadero and The Wigwam. Items discuss D.W. Griffith's upcoming Revolutionary War film *America*, the Hungarian Orchestra of Joe Fejer, an Italian basso's tragic shipwreck ballad, and various anecdotes about performers and show business figures. Sections titled "A Dumb Bell," "The Battles of Boris," and "A Nose That Knows" offer gossipy remarks about theatrical personalities. The magazine includes society photography and advertisements for Broadway restaurants and establishments.