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The Players Club and Chateau Marmont, Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, circa 1940s
Without a motorcar to help us, it’s hard to pinpoint when this photo of The Players Club and Chateau Marmont on the Sunset Strip was taken. Movie director, Preston Sturges, opened the nightclub in 1940, so I’m guessing it’s not … Continue reading
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The Igloo ice cream store, 4302 West Pico Blvd, Los Angeles, circa 1928
If you’re going to open an ice cream store, why wouldn’t you build it in the form of an igloo? Makes perfect sense to me. The Igloo ice cream store stood at 4302 West Pico Boulevard, not too far from … Continue reading
Charlie Chaplin’s Italian villa-inspired building at 624 S. La Brea Ave, Los Angeles, circa late 1920s
The location on La Brea Ave most famously associated with Charlie Chaplin is his film studios at 1416 N. La Brea Ave, which he built in 1917 and which now home to Jim Henson’s Muppets. But at 624 S. La … Continue reading
Carl’s Drive-in restaurant at the corner of S. Figueroa and S. Flower Streets, Los Angeles, 1941
Carl’s Drive-in restaurant stood at the corner of S. Figueroa and S. Flower Streets which would have been a great location as it was right near both the campus of the University of Southern California and the L.A. Memorial Coliseum. … Continue reading
Trancas Restaurant, 30763 Pacific Coast Highway, Malibu Beach, circa 1950
These days, Malibu is a long stretch of expensive beach houses lining the shore, but back in the 1950s, when this photo was taken, it wasn’t much more than a bunch of scattered buildings. Trancas Restaurant, which we can see … Continue reading
McDonnell’s drive-in restaurant, corner of La Brea Ave and Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles, 1930
McDonnell’s was a mini chain of around half a dozen drive-in restaurants around Los Angeles in the first half of the 20th century, when many places like this had very tall towers to help them stand out. This one was … Continue reading
Airplane Café, Ventura Blvd, San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles, 1927
I guess if you stuck a pair of (too short) wings on either side and a propeller at the front, you get to call your joint the Airplane Café. Apparently this place was somewhere on Ventura Blvd, which is the … Continue reading
Gotham Delicatessen, 7050 Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood, as seen in RKO’s “Nocturne” (1946)
Yesterday, I watched a second-rate film noir from RKO called “Nocturne” (1946) because it starred George Raft and I wanted to see what the guy most famous for knocking back roles that made Humphrey Bogart a star was like. Turns … Continue reading
Looking east along Hollywood Boulevard toward Carl Laemmle’s building on the Vine Street corner, 1931
This is a screen-grab from a British short called “Round About Hollywood” which travels around Hollywood in 1931 in a two-color process known as Cinecolor. As the camera approaches the Hollywood and Vine intersection, it passes that building on the … Continue reading
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Perino’s restaurant, 4101 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, circa 1950
One of the more upscale restaurants on the Los Angeles social scene was Perino’s. It started out in 1932 at 3927 Wilshire Blvd before moving up the street to 4101 Wilshire in 1950. The two cars we can see in … Continue reading