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Karyl Norman

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below, Vitaphone shots in "Types," and "Silks and Satins" 1928

Vitaphone Data

   

According to This Site, it is unknown if any of these Vitaphones still exist...

comments about his sexuality

Below, from Finocchio's Program, ~1940s

Brooks Peters did Wonderful Blogs
Click for This One

Clippings

I'm starting with my fave...from 1931

1920

   

1921

Things get juicy at this point.....are the clippings disguising the truth?
Either way, they sure happened upon a story worth a whole Lot of press.

  

1922

Discussing "Creole Fashion Plate"

  

      

Click for full size scan of above article
and the one below

  

  

1923

  

  

1923

1924

   

1925

1926

   

Note: is the below ad saying there were actual recording discs sold of Norman's songs?!
(well, actually the ones named were not His songs...)

1927

   

1928

Above, from This Site

      

1929

  

   

Pansy Club !

...but it wasn't open long

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below, 1937

  

1938

Mother

1939

1940

  

   

(June 13, 1897 – August 25, 1947)

Karyl Norman Miscellaneous

Karyl Norman in 1940 Census (Detroit)

  For more on Karyl Norman see my section on this book,
by clicking here.

And Click Here for a superb article on Karyl Norman by Brooks Peters