This shot of the Sunset Strip showing us the Chateau Marmont and The Players nightclub is from 1955 – back when, evidently, Sunset Boulevard wasn’t jam-packed with traffic like it is now. (I have parking envy of that light green car in the middle.) That billboard on the right is advertising a musical group called The Tabletoppers, who were appearing at The Players at the time. Actually, I’m surprised The Players was still around. Director Preston Sturges opened it in 1940 but wasn’t perhaps the smartest businessman in town when it came to running profitable nightclubs. I suspect this might be one of the last photos of it before it disappeared entirely. (The place is now called Pink Taco.) You can read more about The Players here: