by Cindy | Mar 20, 2025 | Atlantic City, Atlantic County, Entertainment, Features, History, South Jersey
By Bruce Klauber Bandleader Alex Bartha had the longest run of any performer in the history of Atlantic City show business. The big issue with that statement is that only a very few people know who Bartha was. George T. Simon, who chronicled the histories of hundreds...
by Cindy | Mar 13, 2025 | Atlantic City, Atlantic County, Features, History, South Jersey
By Bruce Klauber Atlantic City locals refer to it as “The Monument.” Visitors frequently view it as something that makes one of the entrances to Atlantic City a traffic challenge. And hundreds of thousands of residents and visitors drive or walk by having no clue what...
by Cindy | Mar 6, 2025 | Atlantic City, Atlantic County, Entertainment, Features, History, South Jersey
By Bruce Klauber He was once Elvis Presley’s number one rival. In later years, he was the butt of jokes and heavily criticized for recording cover versions of songs originally performed by Black artists, and he never performed in a casino. Yet he has sold almost 50...
by Cindy Fertsch | Feb 27, 2025 | Atlantic City, Atlantic County, Entertainment, Features, History, South Jersey
By Bruce Klauber It’s almost impossible to believe that the same man who produced classic American motion pictures like “Touch of Evil” and “Written on the Wind,” also directed low-grade, exploitation films like “Sex Kittens Go to College.” But such was the career of...
by Cindy Fertsch | Feb 13, 2025 | Atlantic City, Atlantic County, Entertainment, Features, History, South Jersey
By Bruce Klauber The Ritz Condominiums, at Iowa Avenue and the Boardwalk, is the last of Atlantic City’s grand hotels still standing. And it’s still thriving. Yes, portions of hotels like the Dennis and Haddon Hall are still in use as part of Bally’s and Resorts...
