<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" > <channel> <title> Comments on: A packed Cocoanut Grove nightclub at the Ambassador Hotel on Wilshire Blvd hosts the 12th Academy Awards on the night of February 29, 1940 </title> <atom:link href="https://martinturnbull.com/2025/02/17/a-packed-cocoanut-grove-nightclub-at-the-ambassador-hotel-on-wilshire-blvd-hosts-the-12th-academy-awards-on-the-night-of-february-29-1940/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /> <link>https://martinturnbull.com/2025/02/17/a-packed-cocoanut-grove-nightclub-at-the-ambassador-hotel-on-wilshire-blvd-hosts-the-12th-academy-awards-on-the-night-of-february-29-1940/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-packed-cocoanut-grove-nightclub-at-the-ambassador-hotel-on-wilshire-blvd-hosts-the-12th-academy-awards-on-the-night-of-february-29-1940</link> <description></description> <lastBuildDate>Tue, 18 Feb 2025 03:22:07 +0000</lastBuildDate> <sy:updatePeriod> hourly </sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency> 1 </sy:updateFrequency> <generator>https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2</generator> <item> <title> By: Martin Turnbull </title> <link>https://martinturnbull.com/2025/02/17/a-packed-cocoanut-grove-nightclub-at-the-ambassador-hotel-on-wilshire-blvd-hosts-the-12th-academy-awards-on-the-night-of-february-29-1940/#comment-410195</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Martin Turnbull]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 18 Feb 2025 03:22:07 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://martinturnbull.com/?p=31412#comment-410195</guid> <description><![CDATA[In reply to <a href="https://martinturnbull.com/2025/02/17/a-packed-cocoanut-grove-nightclub-at-the-ambassador-hotel-on-wilshire-blvd-hosts-the-12th-academy-awards-on-the-night-of-february-29-1940/#comment-410193">Al Donnelly</a>. You're right, Al. That plate looks dangerously close to the edge of the table!]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://martinturnbull.com/2025/02/17/a-packed-cocoanut-grove-nightclub-at-the-ambassador-hotel-on-wilshire-blvd-hosts-the-12th-academy-awards-on-the-night-of-february-29-1940/#comment-410193">Al Donnelly</a>.</p> <p>You’re right, Al. That plate looks dangerously close to the edge of the table!</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title> By: Al Donnelly </title> <link>https://martinturnbull.com/2025/02/17/a-packed-cocoanut-grove-nightclub-at-the-ambassador-hotel-on-wilshire-blvd-hosts-the-12th-academy-awards-on-the-night-of-february-29-1940/#comment-410193</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Al Donnelly]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 17 Feb 2025 20:12:20 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://martinturnbull.com/?p=31412#comment-410193</guid> <description><![CDATA[Image 3, Table 23 at left end…a plate is just hanging over the edge. They guy across seems to be looking at it wondering how long until it hits the floor.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Image 3, Table 23 at left end…a plate is just hanging over the edge. They guy across seems to be looking at it wondering how long until it hits the floor.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title> By: Martin Turnbull </title> <link>https://martinturnbull.com/2025/02/17/a-packed-cocoanut-grove-nightclub-at-the-ambassador-hotel-on-wilshire-blvd-hosts-the-12th-academy-awards-on-the-night-of-february-29-1940/#comment-410191</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Martin Turnbull]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 17 Feb 2025 18:33:36 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://martinturnbull.com/?p=31412#comment-410191</guid> <description><![CDATA[In reply to <a href="https://martinturnbull.com/2025/02/17/a-packed-cocoanut-grove-nightclub-at-the-ambassador-hotel-on-wilshire-blvd-hosts-the-12th-academy-awards-on-the-night-of-february-29-1940/#comment-410188">Mary Hogg</a>. I'm thinking either (a) the celebrities were all seated down the front (as is the case these days, too, or (b) the ceremony wasn't has celebrity-driven as it is these days.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://martinturnbull.com/2025/02/17/a-packed-cocoanut-grove-nightclub-at-the-ambassador-hotel-on-wilshire-blvd-hosts-the-12th-academy-awards-on-the-night-of-february-29-1940/#comment-410188">Mary Hogg</a>.</p> <p>I’m thinking either (a) the celebrities were all seated down the front (as is the case these days, too, or (b) the ceremony wasn’t has celebrity-driven as it is these days.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title> By: Gordon Pattison </title> <link>https://martinturnbull.com/2025/02/17/a-packed-cocoanut-grove-nightclub-at-the-ambassador-hotel-on-wilshire-blvd-hosts-the-12th-academy-awards-on-the-night-of-february-29-1940/#comment-410189</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Gordon Pattison]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 17 Feb 2025 17:28:44 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://martinturnbull.com/?p=31412#comment-410189</guid> <description><![CDATA[Looks like Bob Hope seated behind Judy when she is speaking.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Looks like Bob Hope seated behind Judy when she is speaking.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title> By: Mary Hogg </title> <link>https://martinturnbull.com/2025/02/17/a-packed-cocoanut-grove-nightclub-at-the-ambassador-hotel-on-wilshire-blvd-hosts-the-12th-academy-awards-on-the-night-of-february-29-1940/#comment-410188</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Mary Hogg]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 17 Feb 2025 16:27:07 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://martinturnbull.com/?p=31412#comment-410188</guid> <description><![CDATA[Where are all the celebs? Interesting! Looks to be mostly the ‘suits’. Different power dynamic in those days. It does look like Mickey Rooney standing up on the left side of the second photo. And in the third photo it looks like Frank Capra over on the far left, and in uniform, so that photo must be from a ceremony a few years later, as the stage is slightly different in that shot and some palm trees are missing. Other than that, I don’t recognize a soul.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Where are all the celebs? Interesting! Looks to be mostly the ‘suits’. Different power dynamic in those days. It does look like Mickey Rooney standing up on the left side of the second photo. And in the third photo it looks like Frank Capra over on the far left, and in uniform, so that photo must be from a ceremony a few years later, as the stage is slightly different in that shot and some palm trees are missing. Other than that, I don’t recognize a soul.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title> By: john </title> <link>https://martinturnbull.com/2025/02/17/a-packed-cocoanut-grove-nightclub-at-the-ambassador-hotel-on-wilshire-blvd-hosts-the-12th-academy-awards-on-the-night-of-february-29-1940/#comment-410186</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[john]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 17 Feb 2025 14:44:54 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://martinturnbull.com/?p=31412#comment-410186</guid> <description><![CDATA[Looks very reminiscent of the movie The Shining. Those folks sure must have had a grand time that evening.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Looks very reminiscent of the movie The Shining. Those folks sure must have had a grand time that evening.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> </channel> </rss>