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Could 15 be James Donald instead of Leslie Nielsen? 29 = Janet Leigh? 37 = Jeff Richards (see: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0724143/) And now I think 21 is Jane Powell. |
MGM group shot 1954/55
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02. Pier Angeli 03. Debbie Reynolds 04. Louis Calhern 05. George Murphy 06. Cyd Charisse 07. Van Johnson 08. Vic Damone 09. Paul Douglas 10. Howard Keel 11. John Ericson 12. Lauren Bacall 13. Jose Ferrer 14. Leslie Caron 15. James Donald 16. Eva Gabor 17. Merle Oberon 18. Ann Francis 19. Walter Pidgeon 20. Stewart Granger 21. Jane Powell 22. Delores del Rio 23. Russ Tamblyn 24. Edward Purdom/Donald Woods 25. Robert Taylor 26. Elizabeth Taylor 27. Kurt Kasznar 28. George Raft 29. Janet Leigh 30. Grace Kelly 31. Fernando Lamas 32. Ann Miller 33. Lionel Barrymore 34. Donna Reed 35. Ann Blyth 36. Michael Wilding 37. Jeff Richards 38. Spring Byington 39. Joan Fontaine 40. George Sanders 41. Esther Williams |
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History of the Hollywood Plaza Hotel
I just came across this early photo of the Hollywood Plaza Hotel's foyer in a comprehensive article on the Paradise Leased blog about the history of the hotel. It helped me piece together something I've been wanting to do for ages - a timeline of the various incarnations of the restaurant space:
• 1925 to 1928 - Klemtner’s Blue Plate Café • 1928 – 1931 - Pig ‘N Whistle Café • 1931 to 1936 – Russian Eagle Café before it moved to the Sunset Strip. • Dec 17, 1936 to Sept 1937 – Cinnabar • Sept 1937 – It Café (owned by Clara Bow for about a year, then changed management and was taken over by Phil Selznick - David O. Selznick’s uncle) • 1944 – Les Comiques • 1952 - Westerner Lounge-Grill Click HERE to read it. http://www.martinturnbull.com/wp-con...tel-lobby..png |
35 is Ann Blyth. 12 could be Lauren Bacall. 31 is Fernando Lamas
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Could Mr. 13 be Howard Keel?http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...ps7xajwq4j.jpg
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The real shame is that the lobby is now barely more than a couple hundred square feet of linoleum. I don't understand why they couldn't retain the original lobby and give those seniors someplace more interesting to reside. In terms of the great MGM photo: It makes sense that Leslie Nielsen, Walter Pidgeon, and the lovely Anne Francis were present, since they starred in Forbidden Planet together. http://i.imgur.com/WaBX7Q5.jpg http://www.moviemail.com/film/dvd/Forbidden-Planet/ |
I think 35 looks more like Kathryn Grayson. I thought 22 was Dolores del Rio, but I can't find that she was ever under contract to MGM.
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#13 looks like Jose Ferrer.
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Is #24 maybe Edmund Purdom?
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Could MGM number 24 be Donald Woods..... http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...pse23r4y1r.jpg
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Commander Adams - I do, and don't call me Shirley. ;) This is the movie where my user name comes from. |
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OK, everyone in the group photo now has a name (or two) attached. See updated list on this page (above).
I anyone wants to put more effort into confirming the less obvious ones, more power to you :-) |
31 is Fernando Lamas
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The Cinnabar at the Plaza Hotel, Hollywood
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In 1936 one hundred thousand dollars was spent wisely and intelligently to remodel the former Pig 'n Whistle into the gorgeous art deco Cinnabar Restaurant. It was created by G. Albert Landsburgh, the renowned theater architect and designer of theater interiors. A.E. Heinsbergen Studios did the mural work. The Cinnabar was meant to complement the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel's Cine-Grill (both hotels were then owned by the same firm). In 1937, after what seems like the lifespan of a soap bubble, the beautiful Cinnabar dream-space was gutted for the "It Cafe". https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-X...02325%2BPM.jpg paradiseleased https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-V...03020%2BPM.jpg MartinTurnbull Quote:
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-U...15456%2BPM.jpg google maps, 2012 I got a ton of info for that post from that excellent Paradise Leased page (all credited of course). I'm a big fan of that site and also of the Plaza Hotel (not to mention palm trees). |
Another Bank of America by Julius Shulman. These shots show Santa Monica Boulevard, although the address of the bank was 1100 N Western Avenue. This group is titled "Job 1409: Bank of America (Los Angeles, Calif.), 1952".
The Hotel Palomar, now the Palomar Apartments (see below), was at 5473 Santa Monica Boulevard, and Singer Sewing Machine Co was at 5511 Santa Monica Boulevard. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...2.jpg~original http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...3.jpg~original All from Getty Research Institute The bank has either gone or been remodeled, but unlike my previous post, many of the other buildings survive. As mentioned above, the Hotel Palomar is now the Palomar Apartments. It's a shame that the circular details at the top have gone, but the patterns on the lower floors are still there, as is a blade sign where the old coffee shop sign used to be. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...4.jpg~original GSV The old Security First National Bank building has lost a few feet from the top, but otherwise appears to be intact. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...5.jpg~original GSV |
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