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Originally Posted by Martin Pal
I don't recall seeing this 1937 photo before:
The Players Club and the Chateau Marmont. The Players (lettering reversed) looks like it has parking up the hill somewhere, I can't imagine. (Roxbury Rd. street sign at right.)
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The billboard appears to be showcasing Victor Vincent (?) in the Playroom. |
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This is still the Depression era and people had very little money. When WW II happened, people had money but few places to spend it. In the late 1940s you had to wait hours to get a table in a restaurant. The boom-time came in the 1950s.