The Bea Blog consists of diaries and letters written by my grandmother Bea Cohen Rubin (1899-1985) and other members of her family. For more information about Bea and how this blog came about, see Blog Archive under 2013/June/Part I -- Intro and 1913.
In June 1931 my grandmother Bea Cohen Rubin sails to Europe on the SS New York along with:
her mother, Pauline Cohen
her sister, Marion Cohen
her daughters, Jean (7) and Ande (5) Rubin
Her husband, Milton Rubin, joins them later and returns with them in September, again on the SS New York.
Here are the passenger lists for their voyage on the Atlantic:
Notice the listing of "Grill Room Chef, TONY" (the only member of the staff to go by one name and all upper case).And of course there's an orchestra leader, band leader, and motion picture operator.
I see some familiar names, including one celebrity-to-be – the young actress Mildred Natwick (1905-1994) (traveling with her mother and sister). She was just getting started in her career in 1931 and it's unlikely that Bea and her family would have known of her.
Natwick is remembered for small but memorable roles in several John Ford film classics, including 3 Godfathers (1948), She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949), and The Quiet Man (1952). She played Miss Ivy Gravely, in Alfred Hitchcock's The Trouble with Harry (1955), and a sorceress in The Court Jester (1956).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mildred_Natwick
Finally, some photos from Montreux, Switzerland, where Bea and Co. spent most of that summer:
Top: Marion and Pauline in their car
Bottom: Bea (center) with Jean (l) and Ande (r)
