Polly Adler

Hello There! My name is Polly Adler. Many of you may never have heard of me. From 1920 to 1945 I ran one of the most notorious houses in NYC. My clientele ranged from bootleggers to society boys. The media seemed to love and loath me and cops could never make an arrest stick. I saw my work as a business nothing more. I had a front row view to the underworld, middle and high in my parlor. Everyone "came to Polly's": Lucky Luciano, Dutch Schultz (who used my house as his headquarters during his war with Mad Dog Coll) George McManus, members of high society and the famous Algonquin Round Table. I published my memoirs A House is Not a Home in 1953 and it was turned into a major motion picture. So stick around, have a drink and enjoy yourselves!