Tag Archives: Concert Mayol

Dolly Tree and Spain

The British born costume and fashion designer Dolly Tree in addition to being prolific in London and the regions in the 1920s had a great vogue in Paris and a great love of being in the French capital. But it is also clear that she developed a strong affinity and love for Spain and Barcelona in particular.

Continue reading Dolly Tree and Spain

Frisco (Joslin Bingham)

Joslin Bingham was known simply as ‘Frisco’ and became one of the most celebrated performers in Paris during the Jazz Age of the 1920s and then replicated his success in London in the 1930s. He was a jack of all trades, a fixer and a man behind the scenes who helped many black artists in Paris and London including Josephine Baker,  Bricktop and Adelaide Hall.

Continue reading Frisco (Joslin Bingham)

Dolly Tree Interview in the Daily Express 26th January 1922

I recently found a detailed interview with Dolly Tree in the Daily Express from January 1922 in the British Newspaper Archive. This feature was not available during the research for my biography Dolly Tree: A Dream of Beauty and so the information it provides was not included. So here is the text and commentary as it does show some invaluable and interesting points.

Continue reading Dolly Tree Interview in the Daily Express 26th January 1922

Crysede and Dolly Tree

Sometime in mid 1921 the theatrical costume designer Dolly Tree became associated with the famous Cornish textile company Crysede and the owner Alec Walker.

Continue reading Crysede and Dolly Tree

The Outrageous Rocky Twins

The Outrageous Rocky Twins

The Rocky Twins were deliciously handsome, outrageous and lived life to the full but never maximized their obvious talent and so never really attained star status. They were a pair of Norwegian brothers who made a name for themselves in the Jazz Age as dancers in the Paris music hall in the late 1920s at the tender age of eighteen. Their act took Paris by storm because in one of their numbers, they dressed up in drag and imitated the famous Dolly Sisters who had just retired. Their unique performance enabled them to star in stage shows all over Europe and America and at the same time their good looks became highly sought after by connoiseurs of the body beautiful of either sex.

Continue reading The Outrageous Rocky Twins