by David Goodis
202.11 Horney and Menninger] Karen Horney (1885–1952), German-American neo-Freudian psychoanalyst, author of The Neurotic Personality of Our Time (1937) and New Ways in Psychoanalysis (1939); Karl Menninger (1893–1990), American psychiatrist, founder of the Menninger Clinic in Topeka, Kansas, and author of Man Against Himself (1938) and other works.
229.38 Noro Morales] Norosbaldo Morales (1912–1964), Puerto Rican pianist and bandleader; his hit rumba recordings included “Serenata Ritmica” (1942).
246.33 Rover Boy] The Rover Boys were protagonists of a long series of boys’ adventure novels beginning with The Rover Boys at School (1899).
264.20–21 Charlie Chaplin . . . the Klondike] In The Gold Rush (1925).
264.25 listening to Bob Hope] Bob Hope appeared on NBC radio’s The Pepsodent Show Starring Bob Hope from 1938 to 1948; under different names the show continued broadcasting until 1955.
265.8 Theodore’s] French restaurant formerly located at 4 East 56th Street.
290.18 Governor Winthrop desk] Slanted-top desk of eighteenth-century origin, named for Governor John Winthrop, seventeenth-century governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
295.36 Van Johnson] Movie star (1916–2008) whose films included A Guy Named Joe (1943) and Week-End at the Waldorf (1943).
THE BURGLAR
357.19 Guy Lombardo] Canadian-American bandleader (1902–1977), associated from 1924 onwards with his band The Royal Canadians.
366.36–367.2 Betty Grable . . . Dick Haymes] Grable and Haymes co-starred in the Technicolor musicals Diamond Horseshoe (1945) and The Shocking Miss Pilgrim (1947).
369.2–3 the library, the big one on the Parkway] The Parkway Central Library at 1901 Vine Street, which opened in 1927.
THE MOON IN THE GUTTER
524.11 Marin] John Marin (1870–1953), American artist best known as a landscape painter in oils.
STREET OF NO RETURN
621.36 Tenderloin] Philadelphia red-light district centered on Vine Street from 8th to 11th streets.
649.22 Jeffries] James J. Jeffries (1875–1953), world heavyweight champion from 1899 to 1905. He came out of retirement in 1910 to contend unsuccessfully with Jack Johnson.
698.28 when Bob Hope comes on] See note 264.25.
753.25–26 Firpo . . . Dempsey] World heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey defeated Argentinian challenger Luis Ángel Firpo on September 14, 1923, at the Polo Grounds in New York.
776.5 Ripley] Robert Ripley (1890–1949), creator of the newspaper series Ripley’s Believe It or Not!, dedicated to odd and exotic information, which evolved subsequently into radio and television programs.
