On November 10, 1940, Monte Prosner opened a new club called the Copacabana, which Walter Winchell referred to as the "latest click at 10 East 60th Street." The club became the number one hot spot among a hybrid crowd of sports figures, stars of stage & screen, jockey's, prize fighters, oil barons, gangsters, politicians, columnists, Wall Street and 7th Ave. A place where moguls would all mix together - shaken not stirred. "Every night was New Year Eve."

--Brie Austin,  The Great American Supper Club

Many argue over the opening date of the Copacabana. Some say October 30th, some January of the following year. Most, however, have settled on November 10, 1940.  This was a time when the country was falling out of depression and the New York City supperclub reigned.  Glitz and glamor were the ingredients in its potion.  Much like this story, Hollywood, New York and Europe became one at its white covered tables.  

And now without further ado --  "Tender is the Night"