The New Deal

(September 2015)

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"The New Deal" (Table of Contents: 3)

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Includes title page, half-title page, front matter, and first chapter divider.

["Come see the hottest new show in Manhattan --" [Chapter 1]] (Table of Contents: 4)

The New Deal / comic story / 26 pages (report information)

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Genre

drama; crime

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Frank O'Malley (bell boy); Uncle Pack; Gil (bell boy); Theresa Harris; (hotel maid); Jack Helmer (gangster); Nina Booth (hotel guest)

Synopsis

During the Great Depression, Frank works as a bell boy at the Hotel Waldorf-Astoria, and also helps his uncle sell apples on the street. Theresa is a maid at the Waldorf, and is also a player at the Federal Theatre Negro Unit in Harlem. Frank panics when gangster Jack Helman checks in -- he owes Jack $400 from a poker game. He's also smitten with Nina Booth when she checks in.

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Bell boy; bell hop; bellboy; gangster; Great Depression; hotel; Manhattan; New York City

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Chapter 2

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["Okay, then, tomorrow night --" [Chapter 2]] (Table of Contents: 6)

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Frank O'Malley (bell boy); Gil (bell boy); Theresa Harris (hotel maid); Jack Helmer (gangster); Nina Booth (hotel guest); Mrs. Pendelton (hotel guest); Detective Trask; Oscar Tschirky (hotel manager)

Synopsis

When Mrs. Pendleton loses a valuable jewel-studded collar for one of her dogs, she viciously attacks the innocent Theresa. Nina Booth defends Theresa, and makes sure that she does not suffer any repercussions from the hotel. But Theresa is perplexed as to why Nina favors her so.

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Bell boy; bell hop; bellboy; dog; gangsters; Great Depression; hotel; Manhattan; New York City

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Chapter 3

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Genre

drama; crime

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Frank O'Malley (bell boy); Theresa Harris (hotel maid); Nina Booth (hotel guest); Orson Welles (cameo); Canada Lee (cameo)

Synopsis

Theresa discovers that Nina has been stealing jewelry in the hotel. Theresa and Frank decide that he will fence the items she has now stolen from Nina, and they will split the take. Frank brings Theresa's share to her after the rehearsal of Voodoo Macbeth in Harlem. Since he is white, other cast members regard him with suspicion.

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Bell boy; bell hop; bellboy; Great Depression; Harlem; hotel; jewel thief; jewellery; jewelry; Manhattan; New York City

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Chapter 4

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["It's a sensational take on the classic..." [Chapter 4]] (Table of Contents: 10)

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drama; crime

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Frank O'Malley (bell boy); Uncle Pack; Theresa Harris (hotel maid); Nina Booth (hotel guest); Detective Trask; Oscar Tschirky (hotel manager)

Synopsis

Frank and Theresa plan to steal the rest of Nina's loot, but Theresa overhears that Frank's fence was actually a police plant, and the police are closing in. After a confrontation in Jake Helmer's room, Nina, Frank and Theresa decide to join forces, and to flee together. As their taxi rushes past, Frank tosses Uncle Pack his bell boy's cap, filled with cash.

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Bell boy; bellboy; bellhop; burglar; Great Depression; hotel; jewel thief; jewellery; jewelry; Manhattan; New York City

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Jonathan Case is an Eisner-winning cartoonist whose work includes graphic novels, prose, and paintings.

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