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62-449: "Harry Delmar's Revels" was a musical revue on Broadway, containing songs, women and Vaudeville skits. The book was by William K. Wells; lyrics by Ballard MacDonald, Billy Rose ; music by Lester Lee, Jesse Greer, Jimmy Monaco. It ran November 28, 1927 – March 1928 at the Shubert Theatre . Delmar hired some of the finest stars of the day, with a cast including Hugh Cameron and Patsy Kelly . He also gave Bert Lahr his Broadway debut. With

124-459: A Job to accompany it. He performed at both the inaugural gala for President John F. Kennedy in 1961 and a year later at the famous Madison Square Garden rally for the Democratic party that featured Marilyn Monroe singing "Happy Birthday" to JFK . Durante continued his film appearances through the popular 1963 It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World and a number of television appearances through

186-534: A Song " (1929), " It Happened in Monterrey " (1930), and " It's Only a Paper Moon " (1933). Despite his accomplishments, Rose may be best known today as the husband of famed comedian and singer Fanny Brice (1891–1951). Rose was born to a Jewish family in New York City . He attended Public School 44, where he was the 50-yard dash champion. While in high school, Billy studied shorthand under John Robert Gregg ,

248-583: A big star and they were left behind, he kept them on his payroll for the rest of their lives. Durante's love for children continued through the Fraternal Order of Eagles , who among many causes raise money for disabled and abused children. At Durante's first appearance at the Eagles International Convention in 1961, Judge Bob Hansen inquired about his fee for performing. Durante replied, "Do not even mention money judge or I'll have to mention

310-473: A caricature of Adolf Hitler chasing Durante with a meat cleaver. Three examples from the 1940s include A Gruesome Twosome , which features a cat based on Durante, and Baby Bottleneck , which in unedited versions opens with a Durante-like stork. He also appears as a walrus in the 1945 United States Armed Forces World War II -era training film In the Aleutians – Isles of Enchantment . Book Revue shows

372-690: A champion horsewoman and then a horse trainer and horseriding instructor. Margie died on June 7, 2009, at the age of 89. On August 15, 1958, for his charitable acts, Durante was awarded a three-foot-high brass loving cup by the Al Bahr Shriners Temple in San Diego, California. The inscription reads: "JIMMY DURANTE THE WORLD'S MOST FAMOUS COMEDIAN. A loving cup to you Jimmy, it's larger than your nose, but smaller than your heart. Happiness always, Al Bahr Temple, August 15, 1958." Jimmy Durante started out his career with Clayton and Jackson and when he became

434-590: A character based on Harpo Marx ), Ziegfeld Follies (1945), Billy Rose's Jumbo (1962, based on the 1935 musical), and It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963). On September 10, 1933, Durante appeared on Eddie Cantor 's NBC radio show, The Chase and Sanborn Hour , continuing until November 12 of that year. When Cantor left the show, Durante took over as its star from April 22 to September 30, 1934. He then moved on to The Jumbo Fire Chief Program (1935–1936). Durante teamed with Garry Moore for The Durante-Moore Show in 1943. Durante's comic chemistry with

496-527: A crazy Armenian " (Yudkoff, 2001). However, after seeing Kelly's performance, he gave Kelly the job, an important step in Kelly's career. In 1943, he produced Carmen Jones with an all-black cast. An adaptation of Georges Bizet 's opera Carmen , the story was transplanted to World War II America by lyricist and librettist Oscar Hammerstein II . It was an instant hit. The New York Telegraph called it "far and away

558-579: A figure that'll make ya sorry ya brought it up." "What can we do then?" asked Hansen. "Help da kids," was Durante's reply. Durante performed for many years at Eagles conventions free of charge, even refusing travel money. The Fraternal Order of Eagles changed the name of their children's fund to the Jimmy Durante Children's Fund in his honor, and in his memory have raised over $ 23 million to help children. A reporter once remarked of Durante after an interview: "You could warm your hands on this one." One of

620-529: A full-time ragtime pianist. He played in piano bars under the name "Ragtime Jimmy" before he joined one of the first recognizable jazz bands in New York, the Original New Orleans Jazz Band . Durante was the only member not from New Orleans. His routine of breaking into a song to deliver a joke, with band or orchestra chord punctuation after each line, became a Durante trademark. In 1920 the group

682-448: A messy divorce, so MGM fired Keaton and kept Durante. MGM gave Durante leads in moderately budgeted comedies like Meet the Baron (1933) and Hollywood Party (1934), but he couldn't carry an entire feature film; he was more effective as somebody's sidekick, and MGM released him in 1934. Durante went to England to work in a Richard Tauber film musical, Land Without Music (released in

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744-478: A new skyscraper, the Fisher Brothers ' Burlington House . Rose was a board member of American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP). ASCAP often slandered rock-and-roll songs. Because rock-and-roll performers increasingly wrote the music and lyrics themselves, professional songwriters lost their dominance in the music industry. As an ASCAP member, Billy Rose labeled rock-and-roll songs "junk" and

806-639: A nightclub in New York City's Times Square in the basement of the Paramount Hotel . It initially opened with a version of his Fort Worth show. The Diamond Horseshoe operated under that name until 1951. At the 1939 New York World's Fair , Billy Rose's Aquacade starred Olympian Eleanor Holm in what the fair program called "a brilliant girl show of spectacular size and content." Future MGM star Esther Williams and Tarzan star Johnny Weissmuller were both Aquacade headliners. Rose began an affair with

868-534: A stroke that left him reliant on a wheelchair. He made a public appearance in 1974 when MGM held a reunion of its former stars, in connection with its new That's Entertainment! film. Durante died as a result of pneumonia in Santa Monica, California, on January 29, 1980, 12 days before he would have turned 87. He received Catholic funeral rites four days later, with fellow entertainers Desi Arnaz , Ernest Borgnine , Marty Allen , and Jack Carter in attendance, and

930-575: A teenager she had been crowned Queen of the New Jersey State Fair. She attended New York University before being hired by the legendary Copacabana in New York City. She and Durante met there 16 years before their marriage, when he performed there and she was a hatcheck girl. She was 41 and he was 67 when they married. With help from their attorney, Mary G. Rogan, the couple were able to adopt a baby, Cecilia Alicia (nicknamed CeCe and now known as CeCe Durante-Bloum), on Christmas Day, 1961. CeCe became

992-617: Is best known as the credited writer or co-writer of the lyrics to "Me and My Shadow," "Great Day" (with Edward Eliscu), "Does the Spearmint Lose Its Flavor on the Bedpost Overnight" (with Marty Bloom), "I Found a Million Dollar Baby" (with Mort Dixon ) and "It's Only a Paper Moon" (with E. Y. Harburg ). Most of Rose's lyrical credits were collaborations. Biographer Earl Conrad said, "Nobody clearly knew what he wrote or didn't write.... Publishers tend to credit him with writing

1054-576: Is hypnotized to imitate Jimmy Durante singing " Lullaby of Broadway ". One of Durante's common catchphrases "I got a million of 'em!" was used as Bugs' final line in Stage Door Cartoon . A Durante-like voice was also used for Marvel Comics superhero the Thing in the Hanna-Barbera cartoon Fred and Barney Meet the Thing . The voice and appearance of Crispy, the mascot for Crispy Critters cereal,

1116-523: The Billy Rose stage musical Jumbo . Durante also appeared on Broadway in Show Girl (1929), Strike Me Pink (1934) and Red, Hot and Blue (1936). During the early 1930s, Durante alternated between Hollywood and Broadway. Outstanding among his early motion pictures was The Phantom President (1932), starring George M. Cohan with Durante as his gregarious pal. Durante then replaced Cliff Edwards as

1178-505: The Cole Porter musical The New Yorkers , which opened on Broadway on December 8, 1930. Earlier the same year, the team appeared in the film Roadhouse Nights , ostensibly based on Dashiell Hammett 's novel Red Harvest . By 1934, Durante had a major record hit with his own novelty composition, " Inka Dinka Doo ", with lyrics by Ben Ryan . It became his theme song for the rest of his life. A year later, Durante starred on Broadway in

1240-636: The 1940s, Mathews had twice married and twice divorced comedian Milton Berle .) Later in 1964, Rose married Doris Ruth Vidor (née Warner; 1912–1978), who was the widow of film director Charles Vidor . Rose founded the Billy Rose Sculpture Garden at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem , Israel . His legendary pragmatism is illustrated by a seeming minor event at the sculpture garden opening ceremony, which Rose attended personally. When asked by one of

1302-664: The Billy Rose Foundation (for the support of fine and performing arts), disowning both of his sisters. He is interred at Westchester Hills Cemetery in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York . In 1970, Rose was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame . Rose was a leading character in the 1975 musical film Funny Lady , a sequel to Funny Girl , which continues the story of Fanny Brice, again played by Barbra Streisand . Despite physical dissimilarities, actor James Caan

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1364-573: The Diamond Horseshoe in the New York Daily News . This led to a syndicated column , Pitching Horseshoes , that Rose produced until December, 1950. At its height, it reached 2,000 newspapers. Rose and Holm divorced in 1954. On July 2, 1956, he married showgirl Joyce Mathews (1919–1999), and they divorced July 23, 1959. They then remarried on December 29, 1961, only to divorce again on February 10, 1964, exactly two years before he died. (In

1426-557: The Feeling" in 1988's My Stepmother Is an Alien . His performance of " Young at Heart " was featured in City Slickers (1991), and his versions of "As Time Goes By" and "Make Someone Happy" played over the opening and closing credits of Sleepless in Seattle (1993). Michael J. Fox performed an impression of Durante singing "Inka Dinka Doo" in 1994's Greedy . His rendition of " Smile "

1488-515: The Lennon Sisters . The series lasted for one season on ABC (1969–1970). Durante's first wife was Jean "Jeanne" Olson, whom he married on June 19, 1921. She was born in Ohio on August 31, 1896. She was 46 years old when she died on Valentine's Day in 1943, after a lingering heart ailment of about two years, although different newspaper accounts of her death suggest she was 45 or perhaps 52. As her death

1550-601: The United States as Forbidden Music ). Upon his return to Hollywood, there were no movie jobs for him. Columbia Pictures offered him a major role in its college musical Start Cheering , filmed in 1937, and he received excellent critical notices, re-establishing him in movies. From then on, he almost always appeared in strong supporting roles. Durante went on to appear in the Gene Autry musical western Melody Ranch (1940), The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942, playing Banjo,

1612-580: The advent of sound in films, Delmar transferred his skills to the silver screen. Starting as a writer and moving quickly to director and producer. He utilized his experience with revues as inspiration for his films, many of which included the Eddie Elkins Orchestra. At the end of his life, Delmar was working with Buddy Feyne to produce his revue Up Your Alley . Writer: Director: Producer: Billy Rose Billy Rose (born William Samuel Rosenberg ; September 6, 1899 – February 10, 1966)

1674-401: The album of pop standards September Song . The album became a best-seller and provided Durante's re-introduction to yet another generation, almost three decades later. Jimmy Durante's Way of Life album featured his interpretation of the song " As Time Goes By ", which accompanied the opening credits of the romantic comedy hit Sleepless in Seattle , while his version of " Make Someone Happy "

1736-501: The best show in New York"; The New York Times said it was "beautifully done ... just call it wonderful." The New York Herald Tribune said that Oscar Hammerstein II "must be considered one of the greatest librettists of our day" and that Carmen Jones was "a masterly tour de force." It was made into a motion picture in 1954, for which Dorothy Dandridge received an Oscar nomination. In 1946, Rose's memoir, Wine, Women and Words , dedicated to Rose's early patron Bernard M. Baruch ,

1798-502: The book and the contribution that Hyman wanted Durante to make to it. Durante wrote, "Before I can say gaziggadeegasackeegazobbath, we're at his luxurious office." After reading the material Hyman had compiled for the book, Durante commented on it: "COLOSSAL, GIGANTIC, MAGNANIMOUS, and last but not first, AURORA BOREALIS. [Capitalization Durante's] Four little words that make a sentence—and a sentence that will eventually get me six months." Durante retired from performing in 1972, following

1860-460: The church. In 1968 he recorded 10 spiritual and inspirational songs for the album Songs for Sunday ; it was expanded to 20 selections for a CD release under the same title in 1996. Durante was an active member of the Democratic Party . In 1933, he appeared in an advertisement shown in theaters supporting Franklin D. Roosevelt 's New Deal programs and wrote a musical score titled Give a Man

1922-501: The comic foil in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 's Buster Keaton comedies: Speak Easily (1932), The Passionate Plumber (1932), and What! No Beer? (1933). Although his style of fast-talking comedy did not always mesh smoothly with the mimed visuals of Keaton, their series proved successful enough and might have continued. However, Keaton was experiencing personal problems including loss of control over his movies, alcohol abuse, and

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1984-514: The duo in mid-1947, and the program returned October 1, 1947 as The Jimmy Durante Show . Durante continued the show for three more years and featured a reunion of Clayton, Jackson, and Durante on his April 21, 1948 broadcast. Durante first appeared on television showing up at the end of 1944 on John Reed King's audience participation show on the local New York CBS television station WCBW (now WCBS-TV ). His brief, unannounced, appearance on The Missus Goes a-Shopping seg apparently surprised most of

2046-432: The early 1950s, Durante teamed with sidekick Sonny King , a collaboration that would continue until Durante's death. Several times in the 1960s, Durante served as host of ABC's variety hour The Hollywood Palace , which was taped live (and consequently included ad-libs by the seasoned vaudevillian). His last regular television series paired him with The Lennon Sisters and was titled, appropriately, Jimmy Durante Presents

2108-601: The early 1970s. He narrated the Rankin-Bass animated Christmas special Frosty the Snowman (1969). The television work also included a series of commercial spots for Kellogg's Corn Flakes cereals in the mid-1960s, which introduced Durante to millions of children. One of his last appearances was in a television commercial for the 1973 Volkswagen Beetle , where he proclaimed that the new, roomier Beetle had "plenty of breathin' room... for de old schnozzola!" In 1963, Durante recorded

2170-736: The first Benny Goodman Orchestra . He produced Jumbo , starring Jimmy Durante , at the New York Hippodrome Theatre . For the Fort Worth Frontier Centennial (1936–37), he constructed the huge elaborate dinner theatre Casa Mañana which featured celebrated fan-dancer Sally Rand and the world's largest revolving stage. He produced the Aquacade at the Great Lakes Exposition in Cleveland, Ohio in 1937. Rose

2232-521: The inventor of the Gregg System for shorthand notation. He won a dictation contest using Gregg notation, taking over 150 words per minute, and writing forward or backward with either hand. Billy Rose began his career as a stenographic clerk to Bernard Baruch of the War Industries Board during World War I , and became head of the clerical staff. Later he became a lyricist. In this role, he

2294-538: The junior dachshund with a Durante-like "Augie, my son, my son", and with frequent citations of, "That's my boy who said that!" Many Looney Tunes / Merrie Melodies cartoons had characters based on Durante, using lines like "Umbriago" , "Everybody wants to get into the act" , "I'm mortified!" , "I'm disgustipated" , "Those are the conditions that prevail" , "I got a million of them!" and "Ha-cha-cha-cha-cha-cha" from his films, songs and radio acts. One Harman-Ising short from 1933, Bosko's Picture Show , featured

2356-471: The many distinguished guests what, in the event of war, Rose would have Israel do with these artworks, many of which were modern, steel abstracts, Rose unsmilingly replied, "Melt them down for bullets." From 1949 until 1955, Rose was the owner-operator of the Ziegfeld Theatre . During that time, the theater housed four musicals and five plays. In 1965, he sold the theater to be demolished to make way for

2418-523: The mystery alive until 1966. One theory was that it referred to the owner of a restaurant in Calabash, North Carolina , where Durante and his troupe had stopped to eat. He was so taken by the food, the service, and the chitchat that he told the owner that he would make her famous. Since he did not know her name, he referred to her as "Mrs. Calabash". At a National Press Club meeting in 1966 (broadcast on NBC's Monitor program), Durante finally revealed that it

2480-658: The projects built using money from the Durante Fund was a heated therapy swimming pool at the Hughen School in Port Arthur, Texas. Completed in 1968, Durante named the pool the "Inka Dinka Doo Pool". Durante was deeply religious and a staunch Roman Catholic . In Las Vegas, he was seen regularly after Sunday Mass outside of the Guardian Angel Cathedral, standing next to the priest and greeting parishioners as they left

2542-481: The songs known to bear his name as a lyricist.... But tales rumble on ... that Billy could feed and toss in a remark and monkey around, but that others did most of the writing." Lyricists might have been willing to tolerate a Rose credit grab because Rose was very successful at promoting "his" songs. He went on to become a Broadway producer, and a theatre/nightclub owner. In June 1934, he opened Billy Rose's Music Hall at 52nd Street and Broadway in New York City with

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2604-473: The staff as well as the audience. Arrangements were made in the late afternoon for him to pop into camera range, which he did with the reported agility of a tele vet. Billboard magazine reviewed the appearance: "Without script, rehearsal or make-up he went on and gave a top performance, proving that a star of Durante's caliber shines in any entertainment medium. Aware of camera angle importance, Schnozzle played his profile for all its irregularity. His ad libbing

2666-595: The then-married Holm, who left her husband for Rose. The couple married in 1939. Following the 1939 World's Fair, Rose asked John Murray Anderson , who had staged the Aquacade , to recommend a choreographer for a new show at the Horseshoe. Anderson recommended Gene Kelly , then performing in William Saroyan 's One for the Money . Rose objected that he wanted someone who could choreograph "tits and asses," not "soft-soap from

2728-488: The well-known (at that time) 1924 Edna Ferber novel So Big featuring a Durante caricature on the cover. The "so big" refers to his nose, and as a runaway criminal turns the corner by the book, Durante turns sideways using his nose to trip the criminal, allowing his capture. In Hollywood Daffy , Durante is directly depicted as himself, pronouncing his catchphrase "Those are the conditions that prevail!" In The Mouse-Merized Cat , Catstello (a Lou Costello mouse) briefly

2790-524: The word became his nickname. Durante was born on the Lower East Side of New York City. He was the youngest of four children born to Rosa (née Lentino) and Bartolomeo Durante, both immigrants from Salerno , Campania , Italy. Bartolomeo was a barber. Durante served as an altar boy at St. Malachy Roman Catholic Church , known as the Actor's Chapel. Durante dropped out of school in seventh grade to become

2852-416: The young, brush cut Moore brought Durante an even larger audience. "Dat's my boy dat said dat!" became an instant catchphrase , which would later inspire the cartoon Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy . The duo was one of the nation's favorites for the rest of the decade. Their Armed Forces Radio Network Command Performance with Frank Sinatra remains a favorite of radio-show collectors today. Moore left

2914-597: Was also based on Durante. In Mickey Mouse Works , a character named Mortimer Mouse (voiced by Maurice LaMarche ) was based on Durante, complete with the "ha-cha-cha!". One of the main characters in Terrytoons' Heckle and Jeckle cartoon series also takes to imitating Jimmy in 1948's "Taming The Cat" ("Get a couple of song birds today..."). Since Durante's death, his songs have featured in several films. Dan Aykroyd and Kim Basinger performed impressions of Durante from The Man Who Came to Dinner , singing "Did You Ever Have

2976-503: Was an American impresario , theatrical showman , lyricist and columnist . For years both before and after World War II , Billy Rose was a major force in entertainment, with shows such as Billy Rose's Crazy Quilt (1931), Jumbo (1935), Billy Rose's Aquacade (1937), and Carmen Jones (1943). As a lyricist, he is credited with many songs, notably " Don't Bring Lulu " (1925), " Tonight You Belong To Me " (1926), " Me and My Shadow " (1927), "More Than You Know" (1929), " Without

3038-494: Was an American comedian, actor, singer, and pianist. His distinctive gravelly speech, Lower East Side accent , comic language-butchery, jazz-influenced songs, and prominent nose helped make him one of the United States' most familiar and popular personalities of the 1920s through the 1970s. He often referred to his nose as the schnozzola ( Italianization of the American Yiddish slang word schnoz , meaning "big nose"), and

3100-722: Was cast as Rose. The 1962 film Billy Rose's Jumbo , starring Doris Day , depicted the original Broadway show staged by Rose. Although he was not involved in the making of the film, a contractual stipulation made it mandatory that his name appear in the title. Saul Bellow's novella, The Bellarosa Connection , depicts Billy Rose as a benevolent figure helping Jewish people to escape the Nazis in Europe. Posthumous credits Jimmy Durante James Francis Durante ( / d ə ˈ r æ n t i / də- RAN -tee , Italian: [duˈrante] ; February 10, 1893 – January 29, 1980)

3162-404: Was diminutive in stature. When he attended a show, his practice was to book four seats: one for himself, one for his date, and the two in front of those so he would have an unobstructed view. In 1929, he married Fanny Brice, who went on to star in the 1931 Broadway production of Billy Rose's Crazy Quilt . The marriage ended in divorce in 1938. In 1938, he opened Billy Rose's Diamond Horseshoe ,

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3224-409: Was fast and funny". From 1950 to 1951, Durante was the host once a month (alternating with Ed Wynn , Danny Thomas , and Jack Carson ) on NBC's comedy-variety series Four Star Revue , airing on Wednesday evenings at 8 p.m. Jimmy continued with the show until 1954. Durante then hosted a half-hour variety show, The Jimmy Durante Show , on NBC from October 2, 1954, to June 23, 1956. Beginning in

3286-474: Was in the film's closing credits. Both are included on the film's best-selling soundtrack. Durante also recorded a cover of the well-known song " I'll Be Seeing You ", which became a trademark song on his 1960s TV show and was featured in the 2004 film The Notebook . He wrote a foreword for a humorous book compiled by Dick Hyman, titled Cockeyed Americana . In the first paragraph of the "Foreword!", as Durante called it, he describes meeting Hyman and discussing

3348-472: Was indeed a tribute to his wife. While driving across the country, they stopped in Calabash, a name she had loved. "Mrs. Calabash" became his pet name for her, and he signed off his radio program with "Good night, Mrs. Calabash." He added "wherever you are" after the first year. Durante married his second wife, Margaret "Margie" Little, at St. Malachy Roman Catholic Church in New York City on December 14, 1960. As

3410-553: Was interred at Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California. Durante is known to most modern audiences as the character who narrated the 1969 animated special Frosty the Snowman . He also performed the title song of the 1968 comedy-adventure movie Monte Carlo or Bust! (titled Those Daring Young Men in Their Jaunty Jalopies in the U.S.) over the film's animated opening credits. While his own career in animation

3472-508: Was limited, Durante's distinctive voice, looks, and catchphrases earned him numerous depictions and allusions in animation. He was caricatured as early as 1933, alongside Buster Keaton in the Ub Iwerks cartoon Soda Squirt . Director Tex Avery presented him as a persecuted turkey in the MGM cartoon Jerky Turkey . In MGM's Tom and Jerry cartoons with father-and-son bulldogs Spike and Tyke , Durante

3534-457: Was not immediately expected, Durante was touring in New York at the time and returned to Los Angeles right away to complete the funeral arrangements. Durante's radio show was bracketed with two trademarks: "Inka Dinka Doo" as his opening theme, and the invariable signoff that became another familiar national catchphrase: "Good night, Mrs. Calabash, wherever you are." For years, no one knew who Mrs. Calabash referred to, and Durante preferred to keep

3596-409: Was published in New York by Simon & Schuster . The book was illustrated, including the cover of the numbered and signed first edition of 1,500 copies, by Salvador Dalí whom Rose met while producing events at the 1939 World's Fair. Following the publication of Wine, Women and Words Rose appeared on the cover of Time magazine on June 2, 1947. In 1946, he began publishing a series of ads for

3658-502: Was quoted as saying, "in many cases they are obscene junk much on the level with dirty comic magazines." From 1959 until his death in 1966, he was also the owner–operator of the Billy Rose Theater . During that time the theater housed four plays, one musical, one revue , three ballets, and twenty-nine concert performances. After his death, the theater retained its name, and remained in the ownership of his estate until 1978, when it

3720-587: Was referenced with a raspy voice and an affectionate "Dat's my boy!" In another Tom and Jerry short, Surf-Bored Cat , a starfish lands on Tom's head, giving him a big nose. He then proceeds with Durante's famous "Ha-cha-cha-cha" call. The 1943 Tex Avery cartoon What's Buzzin' Buzzard featured a vulture with a voice that sounded like Jimmy Durante. Hanna-Barbera continued to use the Durante voice (imitated by Doug Young ) in Hanna-Barbera 's Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy cartoons, Doggie Daddy invariably addressing

3782-465: Was renamed Jimmy Durante's Jazz Band. By the mid-1920s, Durante had become a vaudeville star and radio personality in a trio named Clayton, Jackson and Durante. When the trio played Broadway's famed Palace Theater during the week of June 4, 1928, Betty Felsen 's production of Ballet Caprice headlined the bill. Lou Clayton and Eddie Jackson , Durante's closest friends, often reunited with Durante in subsequent years. Jackson and Durante appeared in

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3844-542: Was renamed. Today, it is the Nederlander Theatre . In 1965, Rose was offered, but declined, the role to oversee the 1964 New York World's Fair towards its conclusion. Rose was a wealthy man when he died of lobar pneumonia at his vacation home in Montego Bay, Jamaica , at the age of 66. At the time of his death, his fortune was estimated at $ 42 million ($ 377 million in 2023 dollars), which he left entirely to

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