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Speakeasy Cinema

Article published 17th Nov 09
Format: Cinema
Genre: Art House

Mary Louise Cecilia "Texas" Guinan was a saloon keeper, actress and entrepreneur. Having made her silent film debut in The Wildcat, she took advantage of Prohibition in New York by opening a speakeasy called the 300 Club in a basement on 54th Street. She earned $700,000 in ten months in 1926 selling drinks to George Gershwin, Reggie Vanderbilt and Walter Chrysler.

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