American Folk Figure. In 1933 he was being promoted as "the smallest bellboy in the world" (as he stood only 48 inches tall) by the Hotel New Yorker. He met advertising man Milton Biow, who gave him a dollar to "locate Philip Morris." Not knowing that Philip Morris was a cigarette, he walked through the hotel, shouting "Call for Philip Mor-rees." Thus began a career with a lifetime contract. He always appeared in his short jacketed bellboy outfit, and was the company's "living trademark." He was heard on live radio programs on some of the most watched television shows of the 1950s and 1960s, such as "I Love Lucy" and "Candid Camera." He never married, and lived with his mother until her death in the 1960s.
American Folk Figure. In 1933 he was being promoted as "the smallest bellboy in the world" (as he stood only 48 inches tall) by the Hotel New Yorker. He met advertising man Milton Biow, who gave him a dollar to "locate Philip Morris." Not knowing that Philip Morris was a cigarette, he walked through the hotel, shouting "Call for Philip Mor-rees." Thus began a career with a lifetime contract. He always appeared in his short jacketed bellboy outfit, and was the company's "living trademark." He was heard on live radio programs on some of the most watched television shows of the 1950s and 1960s, such as "I Love Lucy" and "Candid Camera." He never married, and lived with his mother until her death in the 1960s.
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ROVENTINI
JOHN L. EVA MANTIA
1910 - 1998 1915 - 1983
DANTE ADELINE
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