Yesterday, Alison Martino added this photo to her Facebook page. It’s a screengrab from a 1951 movie called “Hollywood Story” which is worth watching for its many Los Angeles locations. In this shot, Richard Conte is coming out of a restaurant called La Rue. It was at 8631 Sunset Blvd on the Sunset Strip and was opened by Hollywood Reporter owner, Billy Wilkerson, who also owned a number of restaurants, notably Café Trocadero and L’Aiglon. La Rue was a very upscale French restaurant that he opened on April 22nd, 1944. One report I read said that stars sat in gold leather booths(!!) under a pair of huge crystal chandeliers which were so elaborate they had to be cleaned by crystal specialists from San Francisco.
Lois S. said: “Google maps, turned around view from the address listed for La Rue. It is still so lovely!”
This is roughly how that location looked in August 2022.
Once again Martin the current photo looks so dumpy compared to what it looked like in 1951. So sad to see this happening in Hollywood.
Look again, John. I had the wrong address! I think you’ll like how it currently looks!
It is much better Martin, but I still think the 51 photo was much classier,
The current photo is the same building the La Rue restaurant was in and looks the same. The old photo is what’s across the street.
The “current” view is definitely not an improvement on the original!