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Ciro’s Nightclub 8433 Sunset Boulevard, on the Sunset Strip, circa 1940, the year it opened.
Ciro’s Nightclub at 8433 Sunset Boulevard, on the Sunset Strip, circa 1940, the year it opened. When Billy Wilkerson of the Hollywood Reporter opened Ciro’s, he raised the bar for glamorous Hollywood nightclubs. We often see photos of the exterior, … Continue reading
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The Famous Door nightclub, 875 Vine Street, Hollywood, featuring Fats Waller, circa mid 1930s
The Famous Door nightclub stood on Vine Street, Hollywood, some time in the 1930s. Apparently, they were very proud of the fact that Fats Waller came to play there. This Famous Door was a west coast incarnation of the Famous … Continue reading
A glowing night shot of the Earl Carroll Theater on Sunset Boulevard.
I love this night shot of the Earl Carroll Theater! It stood on Sunset Blvd, just east of Vine, and opened on Christmas day, 1938 and featured with a cast of 60 girls as well as dazzling lighting made from … Continue reading
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Popular nightclub Slapsy Maxie’s at 5665 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles
Slapsy Maxie’s was a popular nightclub, which stood at 5665 Wilshire Boulevard (east of Fairfax, it had previously been the Wilshire Bowl) and run by prizefighter Max Rosenbloom although the moneyman behind it was really top L.A. gangster, Mickey Cohen. … Continue reading
Front entrance to the Hollywood Canteen, Vine St., Hollywood, 1942
While my advance readers are reading book 3 – “Citizen Hollywood” – for feedback, I’m working on book 4. There are a number of scenes that take place at the Hollywood Canteen so I’ve been googlizing around the web for … Continue reading
Ciro’s nightclub on the Sunset Strip in 1941, a year after its opening.
Here is a view of Ciro’s nightclub in 1941, a year after its opening. Originally built by Billy Wilkerson, the owner of the Hollywood Reporter, Ciro’s was the most glamorous nightclub on the Sunset Strip and featured a Pompeii Room … Continue reading
When in Los Angeles, dance at the Ambassador Cocoanut Grove
Who’s up for a tea dance at the Cocoanut Grove nightclub in the Ambassador hotel on Wilshire Boulevard? I’ll meet you there – I’ll be the one chatting with the cigarette girl (she lets me have Chesterfields for cheap!)
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Frank Sennes Moulin Rouge nightclub on Sunset Boulevard – the “Showplace of the World”
In 1953 the Moulin Rouge opened on Sunset Boulevard in what used to be Earl Carroll’s and which was, at the time, the biggest nightclub, restaurant and showroom in America. At the time this shot was taken, it was where … Continue reading
Fatty Arbuckle’s Plantation Café, Washington Blvd., Culver City, late 1920s
Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle’s Plantation Café, Washington Blvd., Culver City, was opened by Fatty Arbuckle on August 2nd, 1928, six years after his rape scandal. The nightclub was designed by Cedric Gibbons from MGM. On opening night, Mabel Normand sent her … Continue reading
Filthy McNastys on the Sunset Strip, 1970s
Can you believe that in the 1970s there was a club on the Sunset Strip actually called Filthy McNastys??? You probably would if I told you that these days that club is known as The Viper Room.