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This week's star at the Hook and Ladder Club, singer Gordon MacRae reminisced with The Star's Frank Rasky about his life 20 years ago when he was a hot item in the movies
This week's star at the Hook and Ladder Club, singer Gordon MacRae reminisced with The Star's Frank Rasky about his life 20 years ago when he was a hot item in the movies

This week's star at the Hook and Ladder Club, singer Gordon MacRae reminisced with The Star's Frank Rasky about his life 20 years ago when he was a hot item in the movies

Date9/24/1974
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0064782F
Gordon MacRae, in Toronto for an engagement at the Hook and Ladder Club, had hearts throbbing around the world with his happy hit musicals with Doris Day
Gordon MacRae, in Toronto for an engagement at the Hook and Ladder Club, had hearts throbbing around the world with his happy hit musicals with Doris Day
3/17/1970
Always on the go, singer-actor Mel Torme this week is performing with Don Johnson's band at Hook and Ladder Club and says in interview with Star staff(...)
Always on the go, singer-actor Mel Torme this week is performing with Don Johnson's band at Hook and Ladder Club and says in interview with Star staff(...)
1/28/1975
Ottawa-born comic impressionist Rich Little last night opened for two weeks at Hook and Ladder Club and critic Peter Goddard says he has added a new dimension to his act
Ottawa-born comic impressionist Rich Little last night opened for two weeks at Hook and Ladder Club and critic Peter Goddard says he has added a new dimension to his act
9/24/1973
Donald O'Connor in Rehearsal. He's at the Hook and Ladder Club for two weeks
Donald O'Connor in Rehearsal. He's at the Hook and Ladder Club for two weeks
10/14/1974
Live entertainment is sweeping the suburbs - from band concerts in the park to the big-name entertainers making up the shower of stars as the Beverly Hills Motor Hotel's Hook and Ladder Club
Live entertainment is sweeping the suburbs - from band concerts in the park to the big-name entertainers making up the shower of stars as the Beverly Hills Motor Hotel's Hook and Ladder Club
2/22/1974
Fats Domino is wading through '50s at Hook and Ladder Club this week and Star staff writer Peter Goddard says his New Orleans rock rolls like sweet th(...)
Fats Domino is wading through '50s at Hook and Ladder Club this week and Star staff writer Peter Goddard says his New Orleans rock rolls like sweet th(...)
5/4/1976
Multi-talented Mel Torme last night opened two-week engagement at the Hook and Ladder club and reviewer Bruce Kirkland found singer at his best in jaz(...)
Multi-talented Mel Torme last night opened two-week engagement at the Hook and Ladder club and reviewer Bruce Kirkland found singer at his best in jaz(...)
11/22/1971
Curled up in black leather pants in her hotel room, Bernadette Lafont yesterday talked with Star staff writer Bruce Kirkland about French movies and directions in connection with the French film week in progress at the Ontario Film Theatre in the Science Centre on Don Mills Rd
Curled up in black leather pants in her hotel room, Bernadette Lafont yesterday talked with Star staff writer Bruce Kirkland about French movies and directions in connection with the French film week in progress at the Ontario Film Theatre in the Science Centre on Don Mills Rd
11/22/1977
Author-Journalist Norman Mailer has recently taken to making movies, quasi-underground films which he produces, directs, writes and stars in himself
Author-Journalist Norman Mailer has recently taken to making movies, quasi-underground films which he produces, directs, writes and stars in himself
8/10/1968
Jim Bailey the singer. He's at Beverly Hills Hotel's Hook and Ladder Club
Jim Bailey the singer. He's at Beverly Hills Hotel's Hook and Ladder Club
5/3/1971
The skill of impressionist Frank Gorshin is seen in his face as he goes through act at the opening of a two-week engagement in the Hook and Ladder Clu(...)
The skill of impressionist Frank Gorshin is seen in his face as he goes through act at the opening of a two-week engagement in the Hook and Ladder Clu(...)
4/17/1972
Mistreatment of women is standard fare for rock videos by such stars as Alice Cooper, below, but movies like The War Of The Roses, left, starring Kath(...)
Mistreatment of women is standard fare for rock videos by such stars as Alice Cooper, below, but movies like The War Of The Roses, left, starring Kath(...)
2/12/1988