Zelda: The Magazine of the Vintage Nouveau

Zelda Magazine Issue 26 is Available Now!

Due to printer issues, the last issue of Zelda Magazine was late off the presses, but it’s available for purchase now! We’ve got an outstanding collection of articles, interviews, and reviews for anyone interested in Jazz Age lifestyle, art, music, and culture!

In issue 26: FOX MOVIETONE NEWS COCKTAIL: Reviving a cocktail from Sloppy Joe’s; MAXWELL DEMILLE: Hollywood’s Pioneer Showman and Impresario; CARTER DEHAVEN AND FLORA PARKER: From Broadway to Hollywood; AMELIA FOXTROT: PHONOGRAPH DJ: An interview with Zelda Magazine; GARBAGE MINK: DOIN’ THE RACCOON: The Zelda Guide to Fashion; DORIAN DIETRICH: THE WEIMAR VAMP: The Zelda Magazine Interview; A BRIEF HISTORY OF MOTION PICTURE STILLS PHOTOGRAPHY: by Don Spiro; PAUL BRENNAN: RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARCHIVES; The Zelda Interview By Jimmy Vargas; REDISCOVERING A BEST SELLING AUTHOR OF THE JAZZ AGE: URSULA PARROT, THE ORIGINAL EX WIFE; by Marsha Gordon; SAGE ADVICE: ASK MR. BURTON: Your burning questions answered by NYC’s favorite dandy!; VINTAGE CITY 101: BERLIN, GERMANY: Your Vintage Guide to The City of the Golden Twenties; THE RECIPE BOX: The Consolidated Library of Modern Cooking And Household Recipes; ON THE TOWN: Snapshots of This Year’s Vintage Nightlife and Events: Were you there?I

Pre-Order Zelda Issue 26 for 2024!

Due to printer issues, the upcoming issue of Zelda Magazine will not ship until after the New Year. But you can pre-order it now!

In issue 26: FOX MOVIETONE NEWS COCKTAIL: Reviving a cocktail from Sloppy Joe’s; MAXWELL DEMILLE: Hollywood’s Pioneer Showman and Impresario; CARTER DEHAVEN AND FLORA PARKER: From Broadway to Hollywood; AMELIA FOXTROT: PHONOGRAPH DJ: An interview with Zelda Magazine; GARBAGE MINK: DOIN’ THE RACCOON: The Zelda Guide to Fashion; DORIAN DIETRICH: THE WEIMAR VAMP: The Zelda Magazine Interview; A BRIEF HISTORY OF MOTION PICTURE STILLS PHOTOGRAPHY: by Don Spiro; PAUL BRENNAN: RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARCHIVES; The Zelda Interview By Jimmy Vargas; REDISCOVERING A BEST SELLING AUTHOR OF THE JAZZ AGE: URSULA PARROT, THE ORIGINAL EX WIFE; by Marsha Gordon; SAGE ADVICE: ASK MR. BURTON: Your burning questions answered by NYC’s favorite dandy!; VINTAGE CITY 101: BERLIN, GERMANY: Your Vintage Guide to The City of the Golden Twenties; THE RECIPE BOX: The Consolidated Library of Modern Cooking And Household Recipes; ON THE TOWN: Snapshots of This Year’s Vintage Nightlife and Events: Were you there?I

ZELDA FOR THE HOLIDAYS!

FIVE ISSUE BUNDLE: ISSUES TWENTY TO TWENTY-FIVE!
Five issues for the price of one!

And more! Click on “Purchase Zelda” for the current issue and many back issues. And Issue 26 is coming soon!

Broncho Billy & Friends Silent Film Festival Sept. 29-Oct.1

BRONCHO BILLY & FRIENDS SILENT FILM FESTIVAL 2023

Bay Area Film Making in the Silent Era

Friday, September 29 to Sunday, October 1

Come visit the EDISON THEATER, Home of the NILES ESSANAY SILENT FILM MUSEUM

37417 Niles Blvd, Fremont, CA 94536

SPECIAL FESTIVAL HOURS FOR THE MUSEUM AND STORE

Friday 6:00 – 7:30 pm; 11:00 am – 5:00 pm Saturdays & Sunday

WEEK END PASSES $59 includes a ticket to all shows, reserved seating and the Niles Walking Tour CLICK HERE to order passes

Tickets for all festival screenings:

$8 Museum Members

$10 Non-Members

“Greats of Jazz and Vaudeville Victrola Trolley” Tour of Woodlawn Cemetery in NYC, with Phonographic DJ MAC!

If you live in the NYC area, consider coming on my Greats of Jazz and Vaudeville Victrola Trolley Tour of Woodlawn Cemetery in The Bronx. You’ll visit the graves of some famous entertainers, including and DJ MAC will play a record on my Victrola at each stop. It would be a pleasure to have you be part of this immersive experience!

More info at www.woodlawn.org/conservancy/tours-events/

Zelda Magazine is proud to be a sponsor of the GOTHAM JAZZ FESTIVAL (2023)

The twenties roar again at the 5th annual GOTHAM JAZZ FESTIVAL a full day of dancing, lounging, n’ listening to over twenty of NYC’s best hot jazz & swing bands… well over 100 musicians!

Sunday, April 16, 2023

1:00 PM – 11:59 PM

Downtown Assoc. Club (DTA)

60 Pine Street New York, NY, 10005

Tickets now on sale at

Gotham Jazz Fest

The Dean Mora Orchestra at the Cicada Club New Year’s Eve Eve!

Los Angeles friends of Zelda Magazine: The Magazine of the Vintage Nouveau!

The amazing Dean Mora is the featured musician in the current issue of Zelda (issue 25), and is the bandleader for the legendary Cicada Club’s New Year’s Eve Eve Party! Put on your fanciest and come dance through the decades!

Information at https://www.cicadaclub.com/show.asp?id=21465

Marsha Hunt (1917-2022)

After an eighty year career in Hollywood, the great Marsha Hunt passed away this year, on September 7th, at age 104. She was interviewed for the now sold out issue second issue of Zelda Magazine by Marc Chevalier.

Although the first four issues of Zelda are out of print, issues 5 through 25 are still for sale! Just click on “Purchase Zelda” and collect them all!

ISSUE 25 OF ZELDA MAGAZINE IS NOW AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE!

We are proud to announce the newest issue of Zelda Magazine for 2022, just in time for the holidays!

This is our second annual issue, and we have some terrific content for you! Start off right with Garret Richard’s notes on a Knickerbocker Cocktail and read all about the risqué “California Nightingale,” actress Betty Blythe. Ilise Carter, author of “The Red Menace: How Lipstick Changed the Face of American History,” answers questions about lipstick in the Jazz Age, and Zelda reveals facts about contrasting collared shirts. Jimmy Vargas interviews Dylan Brookes of the Australian Art Deco Avalon Restaurant and Cocktail bar, and we feature interviews with burlesque star Clara Coquette, band leader Dean Mora, and Coney Island USA’s new artistic director Adam “Realman” Rinn.

We travel to the mid-Atlantic to guide you through the Art Deco buildings and early 20th Century arts and culture of municipal neighbors Allentown and Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. As usual, Mr. Burton offers sage advice on vintage community matters, and we present snapshots from Jazz Age events from around the world. Finally, we highlight a few recipes from 1934’s “The Presto Book of Menus and Recipes” by Della Thompson Lutes.

Lastly, please consider all our sponsors for gifts, activities, fashion, and other delights!

Cheers to you, and have a wonderful 2022!

Issue 24 of Zelda Magazine is now available for purchase!

catalog_5.5inx8.5in_v ARTICLES FEATURED IN OUR CURRENT ISSUE:

And we have news: After twelve years of publishing Zelda Magazine, this twenty fourth issue of Zelda is our first annual issue. This is a historic time as we seem to be in the final stages of the COVIID pandemic, and we have decided to publish Zelda annually.

Just as we came out of a pandemic a century ago, it will take time to adjust to a new way of normalcy. New technology and social attitudes have changed the way we can research and enjoy jazz age life, and we hope this magazine continues to encourage you to appreciate the best things of the past and look forward to the future. See friends, enjoy a vintage cocktail, and listen to some old jazz while you page through the articles in this issue.

We start with researcher and historian Garret Richard’s take on Trader Vic’s tropical tequila classic cocktail, El Diablo, followed by Eff’s Style Emporium’s review of the allure of that vintage summer fabric, Palm Beach Cloth. We have interviews with Jazz-Age-style singer Greg Poppleton and New York burlesque star Dandy Dillinger. We’ll catch up on the undertakings of Philadelphia bandleader, Drew Nugent and we’ll learn about the history of the Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum.

We’ll learn from Queen Esther how influential accomplishments people of color have gone unacknowledged, and Mr. Burton will enlighten us about appreciating vintage style without vintage values. We’ll introduce you to the sites of jazz age arts and culture in Atlanta, Georgia, and our Recipe Box feature about the U. S. Department Of Agriculture’s Circular 109 from 1918, “Cottage Cheese Dishes,” appropriately shows how to enjoy tasty recipes in hard times, and with social activities returning, we are thrilled to showcase various Jazz Age and Prohibition-era events that our readers have attended in “On The Town.”

Lastly, please take a look at all our sponsors for activities, fashion, and other delights!

Cheers to all our readers!