In 1953, the nightclub formally known as the Earl Carroll Theater got a makeover when Frank Sennes reopened it as the Moulin Rouge at 6230 Sunset Blvd and presented Las Vegas style shows. Sennes smartly kept the huge, iconic neon portrait of entertainer Beryl Wallace, which helped make the place an instant landmark. The red-and-white car parked out front is a 1955 Oldsmobile, so let’s call this photo mid-1950s.
It was the “showplace of the world” doncha know!
Repainted as the Aquarius for Quentin Tarantino’s “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” the place is now sandwiched between two apartment buildings. This image is from November 2021:
I remember it as the Aquarius. I went to see Zoot Suit there when I was in high school.
I saw Hair when it originally played there in the late 60’s.
ditto, what memories this provides.
I happened to be looking through the imdb credits of an actress named Rose Hobart, when I came across a movie from 1940 titled A Night at Earl Carroll’s. I haven’t seen it, but if some scenes were filmed at the night club, I’d sure like to. Among other things Earl Carroll plays himself!
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032843/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_38