Ruth Virginia Bayton

Some French celebrities attended, including Maurice Chevalier, Sacha Guitry, Yvonne Vallée, the Dolly Sisters, and Josephine Baker.

[3] The revue was taken to the Apollotheater in Vienna for the winter, before being rearranged into a new version with skimpier costumes and more American performers such as Ben Tyber and Louis Douglas under the title Wissen Sie Schon.

[4] She appeared in the tableau Der Gott und Die Bajadere, dancing nude except for a silver loincloth in front of a large statue of Buddha, this time with a salary of $600.

There are many stories from Berlin of a handsome Spanish Marquis who would appear with Bayton late at night in the streets of the Friedrichstrasse and under the shadows of the Unter den Linden.

[citation needed] After an appearance in the French resort town Biarritz to perform for a charity event at the Chateau-Basque, Bayton accompanied the Spanish actor Valeriano Ruiz Paris into Barcelona to open his revue Not-Yet at the Teatro Cómico.

The following month, she travelled to Madrid to star in Noche Loca at the Teatro Maravillas[5] with a white American orchestra, a salary of $800, and musical scores composed by the famous Francisco Alonso.

[6] That winter, before she could accept Louis Douglas's offer to appear in his Black Follies revue at the Teatro Comedia, Paul Derval, director of the Folies Bergère, invited her to return to Paris for the new season, as Josephine was leaving for a world tour.

At the Concert Mayol cabaret in late November, Bayton was again dancing beside Marie Dubas in Cochon Qui Sommeille (The Slumbering Pig).

[citation needed] In January, Ada 'Bricktop' Smith, left behind her old establishment of the Grand Duc and opened Chez Bricktop's on the Place Pigalle.

In December 1930, as France prepared itself for the upcoming Exposition Coloniale, Bayton returned to New York to try her luck back in America showcasing her talents that were well-received in Europe.

Back in the United States, Bayton bought an apartment in the Sugar Hill district near Harlem, but was immediately invited to return to France to accompany Noble Sissle's orchestra at the Restaurant des Ambassadeurs.

Bayton became aware of a rumor that suggested that Sissle's band would only be permitted to fulfill the second half of its booking if 50 percent of its personnel were replaced with French artists.

Bayton's time away from the stage brought her back into the nightlife; she appeared in some of Harlem's popular establishments like Savoy Ballroom and the Smalls Paradise in Ethel Baird's Revue.

In early 1932, Bayton was offered a role in a floorshow at a ritzy Broadway cabaret and struck it rich again when she foiled a holdup and was rewarded handsomely.

She subsequently got into an argument with one of the tenants, John Burtt, the white director of the Lafayette Theatre; the altercation ended in Bayton's beating him with a dog chain from one of her numerous pets.

They were most enthusiastic about the return of their "belle creole," but the depression arrived in Europe that winter, causing the economy to fall apart and bringing public demonstrations across France.

In January 1935, Bayton and Carpenter joined the Compañía Argentina de Revistas y Espectáculos Musicales and appeared in the revue, "A Menina Brasileña, Prefiero La Girl Porteña" at the Teatro Porteño.

The following year, Bayton toured throughout Argentina, appearing in particular at the Boîte La Marina alongside the Spanish ballerina, Reina Mora in Rosario in May 1936.

Investigating Judge for Criminal Matters in the capital of Argentina, Dr. Antonio L. Beiuti, is quoted calls and summons Ruth "Virginia" Bayton, so that within thirty days, computed from the first publication of this, appear to be right in the cause for false testimony that followed, failing to declare rebellious if not done."

On January 6th, 1943, the Diario Critica reported an incident where the singer, Horacio Mork and two other accomplices stole alcohol and some of Bayton's possessions from the cabaret.

She maintained a residence in New York for a few months before relocating to Los Angeles, where she married Lawrence Henry and established a home in Long Beach on East 19th Street.