Rowland Scherman’s 1960 Cino Photos

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Photographer ROWLAND SCHERMAN who took THIS famous image of BOB DYLAN, also took THESE priceless photos of the Caffe Cino in 1960.

These two pictures are of Mister Scherman himself in 1960–the right-hand one is a publicity shot of him as “Billy Donahue,” pop singer. Hear “Billy’s” hit “Oh, Darling” HERE.

JOE CINO in 1960–Photographer ROWLAND SCHERMAN says: “If I had known the future, I would have kept a camera on him all the time. As it is, I just have the one. But it does help sum him up” The cylinders at the right are the chimes Joe rang before announcing a show. See my mural of him ringing them HERE.

Unidentified play: LARRY LOONIN writes of these two photos that they might be “newspaper headline shows” which…(ran) for about 10 minutes between the other plays of the evening…I would xerox about five or six copies of a “crazy story” from the Daily News (usually) and hand it out to members of the audience right after the first show of the evening….

….Michael O’Donoghue would usually play one of the characters (usually the bad guy) and two or three, sometimes more audience members would play the other characters either saying the lines quoted in the newspaper article or often ad-libbing.” (e-mail Oct. 6, 2009)

Unidentified play. 3rd from left, JOE DAVIES, 4th, CHARLES LOUBIER. Read CHARLES’ memories of Joe’s life and death, last two entries on this PAGE.

Unidentified players (man possibly CHARLES LOUBIER). Read CHARLES’ memories of Joe’s life and death, last two entries on this PAGE.

FRED WILLARD with unidentified player.

Unidentified player

JOE DAVIES in an unidentified play

FRED WILLARD and unidentified friend.

Unidentified patrons

Actress SHIRLEY STOLER

ROWLAND SCHERMAN writes on 7/14/09: “Bottom photo of the girl with the cup is my old Bohemian friend Judy Berkowitz. The architypical Village beatnik .”

Unidentified patron (sitting across from SHIRLEY STOLER, says photographer ROWLAND SCHERMAN)