Photo enhancement by Donna Hill.

The photographer who took this circa 1960 shot was probably standing outside Grauman’s Chinese Theatre when he snapped the Roosevelt Hotel (where the very first Academy Awards ceremony took place.) The Cinegrill was a wonderful cabaret room that always attracted great talent. The main attraction that week was Liberace’s violinist brother, George, who I knew appeared on Liberace’s TV show but didn’t know he was popular enough to headline his own show. (I couldn’t find any information on the act appearing with him, Lewis & Sanchez. Has anybody reading this heard of them?)

**UPDATE** – They were Syd Lewis and Arturo Sanchez. You can learn more about them here.

The Roosevelt Hotel in December 2020: