Recently shared by 思航 on Wechat is this piano performance of Shanghai Jockey Champs, composed by M. Bakaleinikoff, the 1920s cabaret star of Shanghai.

Mikhail Romanovich Bakaleinikoff (1890-1960), from a musical family, started his career in pre-revolutionary Moscow. In 1918, he was touring in Harbin with his musical theatre The Bat and decided ( Read more... )

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There is an online archive of the literary magazine Kokain. Eine Moderne Revue from 1925:



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View of Blood Alley from Avenue Edward VII toward Rue du Consulat. We see the signs for Royal Café, Crystal, Fantasio Café, Laci; there also were New Ritz, International Kitchen & Bar, Little Navy Bar, Chez Lazare, New Deal (Shelton's), Shanghai Bar and New Manhattan...


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