{"id":5373746,"date":"2023-04-07T14:30:16","date_gmt":"2023-04-07T14:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.life.com\/?p=5373746"},"modified":"2023-04-07T14:30:19","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T14:30:19","slug":"wild-manhattan-nights-a-peek-inside-the-latin-quarter-1949","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.life.com\/history\/wild-manhattan-nights-a-peek-inside-the-latin-quarter-1949\/","title":{"rendered":"Wild Manhattan Nights: A Peek Inside The Latin Quarter, 1949"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In its <a href=\"https:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=9kwEAAAAMBAJ&amp;pg=PA127&amp;dq=Latin+quarter&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwigzY6oi5P-AhUBkIkEHSfyD_UQ6AF6BAgKEAI#v=onepage&amp;q=Latin%20quarter&amp;f=false\">Nov. 21, 1949 issue<\/a> LIFE gave big play to a story centered around a Manhattan nightspot called the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Latin_Quarter_(nightclub)\">Latin Quarter<\/a>, and breathlessly announced a trend in nightclub entertainment of &#8220;pretty girls who display as much flesh and as little covering as the law allows.&#8221; LIFE was so scandalized that it ran pages of photos from inside the club, including shots of dancing girls backstage, wearing even less than they did onstage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The photos by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.life.com\/photographer\/george-silk\/\">George Silk <\/a>captured the whole boisterous scene, which included not just chorus girls but also singers and a comic named Frank Libuse, who pretended to be a waiter while delivering slapstick merriment to upscale patrons in the white tablecloth setting. The Latin Quarter was located in Times Square\u2014just a couple blocks from the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1271_Avenue_of_the_Americas\">Time &amp; Life Building<\/a>, which may help explain how the club caught the attention of LIFE&#8217;s editors. But the club was undoubtedly a big deal, and in its heyday welcomed such legendary entertainers as Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald and Milton Berle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If the shows at the Latin Quarter sound like what you might expect to see in Las Vegas rather than in New York City, there may be a reason for that. LIFE&#8217;s story on the club ran in the days before Las Vegas had entered its <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Las_Vegas_in_the_1950s\">major boom period in the 1950s<\/a>. (And if you look at this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.life.com\/destinations\/las-vegas-photos-from-the-gambling-capital-of-the-world-in-1955\/\">LIFE story on Las Vegas from 1955<\/a>, you can see that what sprouted in the desert bore strong resemblance to what the Latin Quarter was offering). While the LIFE piece on the Latin Quarter was intended to report on a trend of the moment, it also captured an element of New York culture that, like the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Brooklyn_Dodgers\">Brooklyn Dodgers<\/a> for example, was about to move west.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Latin Quarter closed in 1969, and the space went through various incarnations as a theater and nightclub before it was torn down in 1989. On that location you can now find a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marriott.com\/en-us\/hotels\/nycrt-renaissance-new-york-times-square-hotel\/overview\/\">hotel<\/a>, perfectly situated for visitors who want to seek entertainment in the transformed and family-friendly Times Square. <\/p>\n\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_6425cde3b7724\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=5373747 desc=\"\" caption=\"George Silk\/Life Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"Comic Frank Libuse, pretending to be a waiter, shot water at patrons seated at the Latin Quarter nightclub, New York City, 1949.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/30180045\/00717509-965x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Comic Frank Libuse, pretending to be a waiter, shot water at patrons seated at the Latin Quarter nightclub, New York City, 1949.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">George Silk\/Life Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_6425d03fb7732\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=5373761 desc=\"\" caption=\"George Silk\/Life Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"Comic and fake waiter Frank Libuse would &quot;accidentally&quot; brush patrons with a potted palm, Latin Quarter, New York City, 1949.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/30180145\/111075572-1024x978.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Comic and fake waiter Frank Libuse would &#8220;accidentally&#8221; brush patrons with a potted palm, Latin Quarter, New York City, 1949.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">George Silk\/Life Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_6425d04db7733\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=5373762 desc=\"\" caption=\"George Silk\/Life Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"Frank Libuse, a comic who pretended to be a waiter, Latin Quarter, New York City, 1949.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/30180149\/111075577-1024x978.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Frank Libuse, a comic who pretended to be a waiter, Latin Quarter, New York City, 1949.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">George Silk\/Life Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_6425ced9b7726\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=5373749 desc=\"\" caption=\"George Silk\/Life Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"Ernestine Mercer, who sang Cole Porter at the Latin Quarter, New York City, 1949. LIFE&#039;s description of her performance said &quot;Added attraction is Miss Mercer&#039;s neckline, which keeps receding as a partner (left) throws money at her.&quot;\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/30180051\/00717511-999x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Ernestine Mercer, who sang Cole Porter at the Latin Quarter, New York City, 1949. LIFE&#8217;s description of her performance said &#8220;Added attraction is Miss Mercer&#8217;s neckline, which keeps receding as a partner (left) throws money at her.&#8221;<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">George Silk\/Life Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_6425d073b7736\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=5373765 desc=\"\" caption=\"George Silk\/Life Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"Latin Quarter, New York City, 1949.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/30180159\/111075594-1024x978.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Latin Quarter, New York City, 1949.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">George Silk\/Life Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_6425cecdb7725\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=5373748 desc=\"\" caption=\"George Silk\/Life Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"Latin Quarter, New York City, 1949.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/30180048\/00717510-982x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Latin Quarter, New York City, 1949.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">George Silk\/Life Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_6425d05bb7734\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=5373763 desc=\"\" caption=\"George Silk\/Life Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"Latin Quarter, New York City, 1949.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/30180152\/111075584-1024x978.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Latin Quarter, New York City, 1949.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">George Silk\/Life Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_6425cf39b772d\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=5373756 desc=\"\" caption=\"George Silk\/Life Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"The Latin Quarter, New York City, 1949.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/30180125\/111075474-1024x661.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">The Latin Quarter, New York City, 1949.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">George Silk\/Life Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_6425cf02b7729\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=5373752 desc=\"\" caption=\"George Silk\/Life Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"The Latin Quarter, New York City, 1949.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/30180107\/00717514-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">The Latin Quarter, New York City, 1949.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">George Silk\/Life Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_6425d0abb7737\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=5373766 desc=\"\" caption=\"George Silk\/Life Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"Latin Quarter, New York City, 1949.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/30180204\/111075620-1024x978.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Latin Quarter, New York City, 1949.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">George Silk\/Life Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_6425d014b772f\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=5373758 desc=\"\" caption=\"George Silk\/Life Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"The Latin Quarter, New York City, 1949.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/30180133\/111075506-1024x661.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">The Latin Quarter, New York City, 1949.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">George Silk\/Life Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_6425cee9b7727\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=5373750 desc=\"\" caption=\"George Silk\/Life Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"Chorus girl-singer Linda Lombard rested her legs after a tough night on stage at the Latin Quarter, New York City, 1949.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/30180057\/00717512-1024x718.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Chorus girl-singer Linda Lombard rested her legs after a tough night on stage at the Latin Quarter, New York City, 1949.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">George Silk\/Life Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote 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Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"Singer Linda Lombard backstage at the Latin Quarter, New York City, 1949.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/30180120\/111075472-661x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Singer Linda Lombard backstage at the Latin Quarter, New York City, 1949.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">George Silk\/Life Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_6425cf19b772b\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=5373754 desc=\"\" caption=\"George Silk\/Life Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"Singer Linda Lombard, backstage at the Latin Quarter, New York City, 1949.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/30180116\/111075469-661x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Singer Linda Lombard, backstage at the Latin Quarter, New York City, 1949.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">George Silk\/Life Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_6425d020b7730\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=5373759 desc=\"\" caption=\"George Silk\/Life Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"Backstage at the Latin Quarter, New York City, 1949.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/30180136\/111075526-661x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Backstage at the Latin Quarter, New York City, 1949.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">George Silk\/Life Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_6425d0bbb7738\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=5373767 desc=\"\" caption=\"George Silk\/Life Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"Latin Quarter, New York City, 1949.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/30180207\/111075629-1024x978.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Latin Quarter, New York City, 1949.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">George Silk\/Life Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In its Nov. 21, 1949 issue LIFE gave big play to a story centered around a Manhattan nightspot called the Latin Quarter, and breathlessly announced a trend in nightclub entertainment of &#8220;pretty girls who display as much flesh and as little 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