International Bar Fly, Playboy Club Thatched Barn, Elstree, 1960s Sizes:A3+ (329x483mm, 13x19 inch) Archival Print (Unframed) and with a rather smart

and with a rather smart poodle offering a basket of flowers as a gift

Josephson opened this second Cafe Society on 58th street for “ uptown folks” but it was forced to close after his brother Leon refused to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee and it was wrongly claimed that the restaurant was a hotbed of Communist activity

which was located at 1678 Broadway

Its crown has slipped slightly from those heady days but it remains a destination restaurant

he emigrated to the US in 1920 and won a scholarship to Rhode Island School of Design

International Bar Fly, Playboy Club Thatched Barn, Elstree, 1960s Sizes:A3+ (329x483mm, 13x19 inch) Archival Print (Unframed) and with a rather smartFor a short period in the 1960s the Thatched Barn a landmark hotel on the outskirts of London became a very short lived Playboy Club. Close to Elstree Film Studios, the thinking must have been that stars would flock to the club and attract well to do locals as well. It was not to be, and the club closed down and the Thatched Barn returned to being a conventional hotel. An outpost of the legendary Harry's New York Bar in the club was supposed to be