Photo Gallery: Stanley Kubrick’s Gritty Images of 1949 Chicago

[cookie]

http://flavorwire.com/174891/photo-gallery-stanley-kubricks-gritty-images-of-1949-chicago

 

[Tomasso]

I posted the Pump Room pic a while back but it seems to have been lost in the recent forum shakeup. He shot forty rolls in Chicago, many are at the Library of Congress.



http://www.loc.gov/search/?q=kubrick stanley&fa=digitized:true

 

[flyfishark]

Photo 7 of Cookies' list is the Pump Room. I remember when Nat King Cole's brother was the pianist there. When you wouldn't dream of walking in without your finest suit. When some celebrity--local or international--was always in "Booth One." The cocktails were never-ending, and the food was actually good. I was there for the 60th Anniversary celebration. It sure isn't what it used to be.

 

[Gene]

Amazing photos, thanks for posting!

 

[Lincsong]

Do the high end stores still have models that come out and wear dresses for the lady customers?

 

[Tomasso]

the Pump Room.. . When some celebrity--local or international--was always in "Booth One.

You have to switch trains in Chicago when traveling between LA and NY. Ernie Byfield, the owner of the Pump Room, got the idea to send a car to pick up the stars and bring them to the restaurant for a free meal during their layover. He'd even put them up at the Ambassador East if they wanted to freshen up or even stay for a few days, all on the house. On any given day there was as much star power in that joint than anyplace in the world. It even had its own PR machine with Irv Kupcinet interviewing celebs every night for his international newspaper column.

When you wouldn't dream of walking in without your finest suit.

At least one guy did.

 

[Lincsong]

At least one guy did.

Good for the management! Phil Collins was a dweeb.

 

[Story]

Kubrick's take on 1940's New York
http://www.retronaut.co/2011/11/new-york-1940s-by-stanley-kubrick/

 

[Mrs Chaddsley_Corbett]

Rather touching and very sweet

http://www.retronaut.co/2011/11/goodbye-at-pennsylvania-station-1944/

 

[Steve]

Kubrick is one of my all-time heroes, almost more for his photography than for his film. Everything he did was superlative.