Bill Miller's Riviera Nightclub, Fort Lee, 1950s Florentine America was an ocean liner

America was an ocean liner built in 1940 for the United States Lines and was designed by the noted American naval architect William Francis Gibbs

Its motto was FOR HEALTH'S SAKE - EAT FISH

It was to be the biggest terminal in the world

believing that fine wines enhance the enjoyment of good cuisine

" The rugby football club's annual ball was a real feast

Bill Miller's Riviera Nightclub, Fort Lee, 1950s Florentine America was an ocean linerThe Riviera nightclub in Fort Lee, New Jersey, was built on a cliff top overlooking the Hudson River and within sight of the George Washington Bridge and the bright lights of Manhattan. The club was known as America's Showcase in the 1940s because stars such as Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis performed here. Opened in 1937 as Ben Marden's Riviera Russian born impresario Bill Miller bought the nightclub in the late 1940s. It only operated