Tag Archives: Nightclubs
Box of matches from Ciro’s nightclub, Sunset Strip, Los Angeles
I’ve never been a smoker, and have no actual need for a box of matches from Ciro’s, nevertheless, I want one.
Undated postcard of the Ambassador’s Cocoanut Grove nightclub, Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles
I don’t have a date for this postcard of the Ambassador’s Cocoanut Grove nightclub, but it looks to me like it was taken at the peak of its popularity, which was the 1920s or maybe the 30s. the Cocoanut Grove … Continue reading
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American Storage Building at the intersection of Beverly Boulevard and N Virgil Ave, Los Angeles, 1928.
In this 1928 photo, we’re looking at the intersection of Beverly Boulevard and N Virgil Ave. What I find amazing here is that the gorgeously ornate high-rise on the left is the American Storage Building. All that gorgeous architectural eye … Continue reading
List of Los Angeles nightclubs and bars from a telephone book, circa 1940s or 1950s
B & R Cafe Bal Tabarin Cafe Samba Club Band Box Cafe Billy Berg’s Billingsley’s Bocage Room Tom Breneman’s Holllywood Restaurant Burgundy Room Cafe Angelo Caliente Cafe Earl Carroll Theatre-Restaurant Casablance Happy-Hacker Ciro’s Club Algiers Club Babalu Club Cobra Club … Continue reading
Ciro’s tiny dance floor on the Sunset Strip, Los Angeles
Whenever I think of the legendary nightclubs of the 30s, 40s and 50s, I imagine huge dance floors filled by people who actually know how to cha-cha, foxtrot, and waltz. So I was surprised when I came across this photo … Continue reading
Interior Of Ciro’s nightclub, West Hollywood, 1950
Interior shots of nightclubs are surprisingly rare. When the celebrity crowd went out, they wanted to be able to let their hair down—i.e. get a bit tipsy without having to worry if some photographer was going to capture them at … Continue reading
Ciro’s Scroll where celebrities were asked to sign (on the Sunset Strip, Los Angeles, circa 1940s)
I’ve been researching Hollywood history for my novels for 10 years now, and this is the first time I’ve come across the existence of the Ciro’s Scroll. I’m guessing it hung on the wall? Near the entrance? Does anybody reading … Continue reading
Interior of Ciro’s nightclub on the Sunset Strip in Los Angeles
I wish once—just once—I could have been one of those lucky people got to sit at one of these tables. This is the interior of Ciro’s nightclub on the Sunset Strip. When I think of the caliber of performers I … Continue reading
Clover Club, 8477 Sunset Blvd on the Sunset Strip, circa 1930s
This imposingly austere and not-very-welcoming building used to sit at 8477 Sunset Blvd, where La Cienega ends at Sunset. Over the 1920s and 30s, it wore a succession of names: the Sphinx Club, Club Sokoloeff, the Hahn Club, but in … Continue reading
Joni James greet crowds at Ciro’s, Sunset Strip, 1953
This isn’t a view of the Sunset Strip we normally see: from the rooftop of Ciro’s (now The Comedy Store.) This was taken in 1953, when the Strip wasn’t nearly quite so built up as it is now. That’s singer … Continue reading