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Actress/Singer Janet Blair Visits Donn in Waikiki

February 13, 2021February 13, 2021 donnbeach 0 Comments janet blair, nick mayo

Actress and Big Band Singer Janet Blair visits Donn along with her second husband, tv producer Nick Mayo. they married

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Columnist Leonard Lyons Visits Donn in 1949

February 13, 2021February 13, 2021 donnbeach 0 Comments leonard lyons, new your post, the lyons den

Noted for his syndicated column The Lyons Den in the New York Post, he was a world traveler. Wikipedia page:

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Irving Berlin visits Waikiki Beachcomber

February 12, 2021February 13, 2021 donnbeach 0 Comments irving berlin

Irving Berlin visits Don the Beachcomber’s in Waikiki December 1950. Note everyone is drinking out of actual bamboo. Their marriage

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Bandleader Freddy Martin Visits DtB

February 12, 2021February 21, 2021 donnbeach 0 Comments bandleader, don the beachcomber, donn beach, freddy martin, waikiki

January 7th, 1951 bandleader Freddy Martin visits Don the Beachcomber on Waikiki. Donn and Freddy are about the same age.

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1956 Cabaret Quarterly

February 12, 2021February 21, 2021 donnbeach 2 Comments

Is that Jayne Mansfield? Looks like some fun times at the Cabaret… Really fun times… But we’re here for their

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New Donn of Tiki Trailer

August 10, 2022August 10, 2022 donnbeach 0

I’ll be in Anaheim on September 17th for a fundraiser for the documentary. Details HERE.

A Letter to Bob Van Dorpe – Aug 1974
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A Letter to Bob Van Dorpe – Aug 1974

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About Us

Writing Tiki history books is a labor of love. Every trip to dig through a photo album or scrap book can cost thousands of dollars. Buying images on eBay, etc. is money spent for something that may never be used, but you have to get it or it's lost. I'm doing it when and how I can.

The history is slipping away. Friends and associates of Donn Beach are still out there. Those who lived it are passing from this earth and taking the incredible stories with them. Their photo albums are tossed. The time is now.

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