Bill Miller's Riviera Nightclub, Fort Lee, 1950s

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Bill Miller's Riviera Nightclub, Fort Lee, 1950sThe Riviera nightclub in Fort Lee, New Jersey, was built on a cliff top overlooking the Hudson River and within sight of the George Washington Bridge and the bright lights of Manhattan. The club was known as America's Showcase in the 1940s because stars such as Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis performed here. Opened in 1937 as Ben Marden's Riviera Russian born impresario Bill Miller bought the nightclub in the late 1940s. It only operated

was built on a cliff top overlooking the Hudson River and within sight of the George Washington Bridge and the bright lights of Manhattan

Wildly successful

situated directly across the Boulevard du Montparnasse from Le Dôme

This nightspot in the Brill Building evoked the atmosphere of the South Pacific

at the tender age of four

" With a sense of subtlety

It is often called "Old Sober" due to its reputation as a hangover cure

It became a school and eventually fell into disrepair

"Producer Darryl Zanuck holding court

On one memorable night

"Tiny" Naylor (the nickname Tiny came from him being six foot four and weighing 325 pounds) started Biff's (his son's name) in 1948

Winston Churchill