Las Vegas celebrities and stars from the last 30 years, captured in time by photographer Robert Scott Hooper at Vegasretro
The Photography of R. Scott Hooper!
  About Us   |   Entertainers   |   Glamour Girls   |   Vegas Visitor   |   Production Shows   |   Vegas Views  

Shop for Las Vegas souvenirs
 ENTERTAINERS

 Magicians
 Variety
 Comedians
  Woody Allen 1
  Charlie Callas 1
  Godfrey Cambridge 1
  Sid Caesar 1
  Sid Caesar 3
  Jimmy Durante 1
  Jimmy Durante 2
  Frank Gorshin 1
  Bob Newhart 3

 Musicians
 Singers & Dancers

 GLAMOUR GIRLS

 AROUND TOWN

 VEGAS VISITORS

 PRODUCTION SHOWS

 VEGAS VIEWS

 VINTAGE PLAYBOYS

 COLLECTABLES


View the Las Vegas entertainer photos and other items in your shopping cart

Site Map
About Us
About The Prints
RScottHooper.com
Friends
Copyright
Home





Photo of Jimmy Durante playing piano on Las Vegas stage in 1968

   
Gallery Prints   Click For Details  
8 x 10   $50

11 x 14   $100


Jimmy Durante 1

Master Showman
One of Vegas' all time favorites, Jimmy Durante could do anything. The singer/dancer/comedian known as the great "Schnozzola", began his career as a piano player at parties on the Lower East Side of New York. From vaudville to radio, TV and movies Jimmy's talent and personality brought him fans from around the world. One of Durante's famous quotes about success: "Be awfully nice to them going up, because you’re gonna meet them all coming down."

Jimmy Durante 1

Taken on Location at Frontier Hotel, Las Vegas
Shot 1968

Comments:
"inka dinka do guy" by: joann
@ 05:51:12 pm on March 19 2009
this guy could go all night entertaining and never give up. you are the greatest of all times. my family and i have sit many times together in front on of the tube ( a small tube in the 50"s) watching such a great entertainer. he was one of the greatest. we miss him and send our love - good night mrs. calabash whereever you are. ( and by the way who is mrs. calabash?)
 
"Mrs. Calabash!" by: rsh
@ 04:54:59 am on April 16 2009
According to the book, "Hollywood Trivia," (Greenwich House, 1984), by David P. Strauss, Jimmy Durante's famous "Mrs. Calabash" sign-off referred to his first wife, Jeanne Olson. Calabash was the name of a Chicago suburb they both liked.
 

Add Your Comments






Send an email to a friend inviting them to view this webpage! They can see all the photos of Las Vegas in it's prime at Vegas Retro.


Keep up to date on all the great news about Las Vegas photographs and Vegas Retro, join our mailing list.

Stock photos available for publication
All images copyright Robert Scott Hooper

Contact information for your glamour shot Provocative Portrait by R. Scott Hooper.


Get information about the Las Vegas photos and fine art Stock photo can be purchased from this source for stock photography For technical problems and other misc site issues contact our webmaster. Or just maybe you might need a really cool database driven site of your own...these are the guys to design it for you!

Vegas Entertainers | Las Vegas Shows | Collectables
Vegas Area Photos | Showgirls | Glamour Photography | Vegas Visitor Newspaper Photos
Site Map | Archive Quality Prints | About Us

© 2002 Hooper Productions All Rights Reserved.




For other great shopping sites, visit My-Vegas.com



August 24th 2023, 02:47PM.