A Dramatic Story of Jazz-Mad Youth at Play! (Print Ad- Gazette and Bulletin, ((Williamsport, Penn.)) 3 September 1930)
The wild and wasteful younger generation goes on the jazz mad speedway in this Fox picture (Print Ad- Syracuse Journal, ((Syracuse NY)) 25 July 1930)
WILD SPEED! WILD SPENDING! WILD PARTIES! WILD THRILLS! Youth, Pep and Joy! (Print Ad- Syracuse American, ((Syracuse, NY)) 27 July 1930)
From IMDb.
Sounds great. Surprised it didn’t win Best Picture.
Is this at the crossing of 26th?
I tried looking up “Deller’s Theatre”, but found nothing.
One can no longer see the Western hills anymore from this vantage point; just tall trees on the left, still full of cars in the center, and a Burgerville on the right where the billboard is in today’s photo.
My father was born in Feb. of this year in Iron Mountain MI.
In the distance near the center left is a large sign for “Geller’s Theatre” on Milwaukie ave. south of Powell which for many year has been the Aladdin Theater. The sign for Gellers Theatre rose to a height of 64 feet when they opened on December 22, 1927 as a second run theater. In October of 1932 it was announced the theater would become first run house and the name was changed to Geller’ “Aladdin Theater”
I see the Geller’s Theater sign in the distance. I didn’t know the Aladdin had a previous incarnation!
Oh, okay . . “Geller’s” – not “Deller’s”. That explains it!
I wonder if this was just after SE Powell was widened and thats why lane markings are not in yet? That bill board or part of it would make a great clue if the contest was ever started again. (Hint hint)
On the NE corner of 26th and Powell is Cleveland High School, from which I graduated in 1953. My mother, by coincidence, attended the same school when it was then The High School of Commerce . On the NW corner was a Signal gas station. I recall gas at around 25-30 cents/gallon. The big park was on the SW corner and on the SW corner were one story apartments (as best I recall). Next to the Signal gas station on 26th to the N and directly across from the high school during the early 50’s (longer?) was a malt/burger shop where students gathered, don’t recall the name. During this period the prevailing teen vices were cigarettes and beer. At the bottom of SE Powell was Cleveland’s car hang-out, Bell’s Drive-In (now a dance spot I understand?). Ah, those were the days my friend (I think that’s how the line goes).
Great image! Tracks of the former Woodstock trolley line in the foreground. This is one street car line I’d like to see more photos of.
I’ve never seen one of those over head suspended RR crossing signs before.
Photo was likely taken in the morning because all three gas holder tanks are at or near the top level. Those tanks were filled at night then slowly descended during the day as gas was used. Telescoping tanks.
One of those rooftops to the left of Geller’s is probably my grandmother’s house, 12th & Franklin.
Interesting stuff. I attended Brooklyn Grade School and graduated from Cleveland in 1954. We lived on 14th and Franklin for a time and then later we lived on 11th, right behind the Aladdin theater. I sold papers on the corner of Milwaukie and Powell, the sight of a drugstore. Like Don Tucker, class of 53, I well remember the malt shop and Bell’s drive-in. My granddaughter, Camille Burgoine graduated from Cleveland this Spring, class of ’24. My granddaughter Noel will be a sophomore in the fall. I believe the scheduled for demolition or renovation in the not to distant future.
Dick Burgoine
Thanks for the memories Don Tucker & Richard Burgoine! I have a question for you both…
I’ve long admired the story of Hazel Ying Lee, a pioneer pilot who broke barriers as an American woman of Chinese descent. Born in 1912, she would have graduated from Commerce/Cleveland High School about the time of today’s photos.
I know she died in service in 1944, and you graduated a decade later, but I was just curious…was there ever any mention, memorial, plaque or honoring of Hazel while you attended high school? I’d ask that same question to anyone that attended CHS in any decade…
Here she is, circa 1930…legendary person. Just loved to fly.
Pre-Hayes Code Wild Company.
From Wikipedia (spoiler alert):
Wastrel Larry Grayson constantly drains his wealthy father Henry Grayson’s fortune to spend the money in a speakeasy where singer Sally Curtis entertains. Gangster Joe Hardy tells Sally to befriend Larry so that he can pin a murder rap on the young man. Larry winds up getting framed for the shooting murder of nightclub owner Felix Brown (Lugosi), and his wealthy father turns him over to the police. A criminal trial results in the young man receiving a suspended sentence and a lengthy lecture about how “partying and jazz music” can lead to the downfall of youths.
Thorn I didn’t find any stories about Cleveland HS giving recognition to Hazel Ying Lee, but the Oregonian in February 1933 published a story about 20 year old Aviatrix Hazel Ying Lee who already had 50 hours of flight time that included solo flights. At the time of the story Hazel had been working in the stockroom and was an elevator operator at H. Liebes & Co. store. The 1930 US Census shows that the Lee family was living at 67-1/2 Fourth st N. (221 NW 4th)
The Oregonian in December 1961 published list of 1,592 names that were to be engraved on the Black Granite Wall of Multnomah County Veterans that was to be placed at Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The name Hazel Lee was on that list, along with Victor Ying Lee who was Hazel’s brother who was kill in Europe during WW II. The purpose of printing these names was to correct any errors or omissions of the names before engraving.
Vintage Portland 
From IMDb.
Sounds great. Surprised it didn’t win Best Picture.
Is this at the crossing of 26th?
I tried looking up “Deller’s Theatre”, but found nothing.
One can no longer see the Western hills anymore from this vantage point; just tall trees on the left, still full of cars in the center, and a Burgerville on the right where the billboard is in today’s photo.
My father was born in Feb. of this year in Iron Mountain MI.
In the distance near the center left is a large sign for “Geller’s Theatre” on Milwaukie ave. south of Powell which for many year has been the Aladdin Theater. The sign for Gellers Theatre rose to a height of 64 feet when they opened on December 22, 1927 as a second run theater. In October of 1932 it was announced the theater would become first run house and the name was changed to Geller’ “Aladdin Theater”
I see the Geller’s Theater sign in the distance. I didn’t know the Aladdin had a previous incarnation!
https://oregontheaterproject.uoregon.edu/theaters/gellers-theatre
No lanes markings on Powell Blvd.
Oh, okay . . “Geller’s” – not “Deller’s”. That explains it!
I wonder if this was just after SE Powell was widened and thats why lane markings are not in yet? That bill board or part of it would make a great clue if the contest was ever started again. (Hint hint)
On the NE corner of 26th and Powell is Cleveland High School, from which I graduated in 1953. My mother, by coincidence, attended the same school when it was then The High School of Commerce . On the NW corner was a Signal gas station. I recall gas at around 25-30 cents/gallon. The big park was on the SW corner and on the SW corner were one story apartments (as best I recall). Next to the Signal gas station on 26th to the N and directly across from the high school during the early 50’s (longer?) was a malt/burger shop where students gathered, don’t recall the name. During this period the prevailing teen vices were cigarettes and beer. At the bottom of SE Powell was Cleveland’s car hang-out, Bell’s Drive-In (now a dance spot I understand?). Ah, those were the days my friend (I think that’s how the line goes).
Great image! Tracks of the former Woodstock trolley line in the foreground. This is one street car line I’d like to see more photos of.
I’ve never seen one of those over head suspended RR crossing signs before.
Photo was likely taken in the morning because all three gas holder tanks are at or near the top level. Those tanks were filled at night then slowly descended during the day as gas was used. Telescoping tanks.
One of those rooftops to the left of Geller’s is probably my grandmother’s house, 12th & Franklin.
Interesting stuff. I attended Brooklyn Grade School and graduated from Cleveland in 1954. We lived on 14th and Franklin for a time and then later we lived on 11th, right behind the Aladdin theater. I sold papers on the corner of Milwaukie and Powell, the sight of a drugstore. Like Don Tucker, class of 53, I well remember the malt shop and Bell’s drive-in. My granddaughter, Camille Burgoine graduated from Cleveland this Spring, class of ’24. My granddaughter Noel will be a sophomore in the fall. I believe the scheduled for demolition or renovation in the not to distant future.
Dick Burgoine
Thanks for the memories Don Tucker & Richard Burgoine! I have a question for you both…
I’ve long admired the story of Hazel Ying Lee, a pioneer pilot who broke barriers as an American woman of Chinese descent. Born in 1912, she would have graduated from Commerce/Cleveland High School about the time of today’s photos.
Hazel Ying Lee, Oregon Encyclopedia
I know she died in service in 1944, and you graduated a decade later, but I was just curious…was there ever any mention, memorial, plaque or honoring of Hazel while you attended high school? I’d ask that same question to anyone that attended CHS in any decade…
Here she is, circa 1930…legendary person. Just loved to fly.
Pre-Hayes Code Wild Company.
From Wikipedia (spoiler alert):
Wastrel Larry Grayson constantly drains his wealthy father Henry Grayson’s fortune to spend the money in a speakeasy where singer Sally Curtis entertains. Gangster Joe Hardy tells Sally to befriend Larry so that he can pin a murder rap on the young man. Larry winds up getting framed for the shooting murder of nightclub owner Felix Brown (Lugosi), and his wealthy father turns him over to the police. A criminal trial results in the young man receiving a suspended sentence and a lengthy lecture about how “partying and jazz music” can lead to the downfall of youths.
Thorn I didn’t find any stories about Cleveland HS giving recognition to Hazel Ying Lee, but the Oregonian in February 1933 published a story about 20 year old Aviatrix Hazel Ying Lee who already had 50 hours of flight time that included solo flights. At the time of the story Hazel had been working in the stockroom and was an elevator operator at H. Liebes & Co. store. The 1930 US Census shows that the Lee family was living at 67-1/2 Fourth st N. (221 NW 4th)
The Oregonian in December 1961 published list of 1,592 names that were to be engraved on the Black Granite Wall of Multnomah County Veterans that was to be placed at Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The name Hazel Lee was on that list, along with Victor Ying Lee who was Hazel’s brother who was kill in Europe during WW II. The purpose of printing these names was to correct any errors or omissions of the names before engraving.