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n the trip north from Memphis to Ripley the journey passes through the small community of Covington. I had time to explore, so I drove in a few blocks and parked at the town square. As I walked around with my camera and monopod I received quite a few stares. Undeterred I found lots to photograph, including this renovated Ritz theater. It makes me think of the Irving Berlin tune written and published in 1929.
“In the original version it told of the ritzy airs of Harlemites parading up and down Lenox Avenue. For the 1946 film, the strutters became well-to-do whites on Park Avenue. The patronizing, yet admiring satire of the song is shifted, then, and mellowed in the process.” - John Mueller
