{"id":22116,"date":"2021-04-11T08:26:19","date_gmt":"2021-04-11T15:26:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/?p=22116"},"modified":"2021-04-11T14:46:56","modified_gmt":"2021-04-11T21:46:56","slug":"looking-west-along-hollywood-blvd-from-graumans-chinese-theatre-to-the-roosevelt-hotel-circa-1960-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/2021\/04\/11\/looking-west-along-hollywood-blvd-from-graumans-chinese-theatre-to-the-roosevelt-hotel-circa-1960-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Looking west along Hollywood Blvd from Grauman\u2019s Chinese Theatre to the Roosevelt Hotel, circa 1960"},"content":{"rendered":"<h6 style=\"text-align: right;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"22121\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/2021\/04\/11\/looking-west-along-hollywood-blvd-from-graumans-chinese-theatre-to-the-roosevelt-hotel-circa-1960-2\/looking-west-along-hollywood-blvd-from-graumans-chinese-theatre-to-the-roosevelt-hotel-circa-1960-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Looking-west-along-Hollywood-Blvd-from-Graumans-Chinese-Theatre-to-the-Roosevelt-Hotel-circa-1960-1.jpg?fit=564%2C800&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"564,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}\" data-image-title=\"Looking west along Hollywood Blvd from Grauman\u2019s Chinese Theatre to the Roosevelt Hotel, circa 1960\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Looking-west-along-Hollywood-Blvd-from-Graumans-Chinese-Theatre-to-the-Roosevelt-Hotel-circa-1960-1.jpg?fit=212%2C300&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Looking-west-along-Hollywood-Blvd-from-Graumans-Chinese-Theatre-to-the-Roosevelt-Hotel-circa-1960-1.jpg?fit=564%2C800&ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-22121\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Looking-west-along-Hollywood-Blvd-from-Graumans-Chinese-Theatre-to-the-Roosevelt-Hotel-circa-1960-1.jpg?resize=564%2C800&ssl=1\" alt=\"Looking west along Hollywood Blvd from Grauman\u2019s Chinese Theatre to the Roosevelt Hotel, circa 1960\" width=\"564\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Looking-west-along-Hollywood-Blvd-from-Graumans-Chinese-Theatre-to-the-Roosevelt-Hotel-circa-1960-1.jpg?w=564&ssl=1 564w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Looking-west-along-Hollywood-Blvd-from-Graumans-Chinese-Theatre-to-the-Roosevelt-Hotel-circa-1960-1.jpg?resize=212%2C300&ssl=1 212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 564px) 100vw, 564px\" \/><\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: right;\">Photo enhancement by Donna Hill.<\/h6>\n<p>The photographer who took this circa 1960 shot was probably standing outside Grauman\u2019s Chinese Theatre when he snapped the Roosevelt Hotel (where the very first Academy Awards ceremony took place.) The Cinegrill was a wonderful cabaret room that always attracted great talent. The main attraction that week was Liberace\u2019s violinist brother, George, who I knew appeared on Liberace\u2019s TV show but didn\u2019t know he was popular enough to headline his own show. (I couldn\u2019t find any information on the act appearing with him, Lewis & Sanchez. Has anybody reading this heard of them?)<\/p>\n<p>**UPDATE** – They were Syd Lewis and Arturo Sanchez. You can learn more about them <a href=\"https:\/\/cdnc.ucr.edu\/?a=d&d=DS19651203.2.91&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN--------1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Roosevelt Hotel in December 2020:<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"22118\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/2021\/04\/11\/looking-west-along-hollywood-blvd-from-graumans-chinese-theatre-to-the-roosevelt-hotel-circa-1960-2\/dec-2020-7\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Dec-2020-2.png?fit=1328%2C982&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1328,982\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}\" data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Dec-2020-2.png?fit=300%2C222&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Dec-2020-2.png?fit=640%2C473&ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-22118\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Dec-2020-2.png?resize=640%2C473&ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"473\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Dec-2020-2.png?resize=1024%2C757&ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Dec-2020-2.png?resize=300%2C222&ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Dec-2020-2.png?resize=768%2C568&ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Dec-2020-2.png?w=1328&ssl=1 1328w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo enhancement by Donna Hill. 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