A Jazz Age Love Story | Irish America
Ellin Mackay and Irving Berlin. Photo: Library of Congress By Michael Burke, Contributor Irving Berlin and Ellin Mackay put aside their differences in culture, background, and age to form one of the best-known, enduring and loving relationships in New York social history. At the same time, the stories of the Berlin and Mackay families, which both started with brave immigrants taking a chance in America, are not so different as they first appear. ℘℘℘ Their whirlwind romance caused a media feeding frenzy on both coasts and extended as far as Europe, keeping the p...