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What a sad end.... It took a year for the neighbor to become concerned? http://images.starpulse.com/news/blo...ckers-home.jpgstarpulse.com Not exactly 10086 Sunset Boulevard, but somehow familiar.... Per the Times: "Over time it had become dilapidated, exposed in some places to the elements." https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_d...80223%20AM.jpgIMDB A Google image search reveals several pictures of Allison Hayes labeled with Yvette's name. Just for the record, Yvette wasn't the 50-foot woman. That was Allison Hayes, hot on the trail of the steamy couple above (Vickers and William Hudson as Hayes's husband. Btw, he had a sad end, too--died of the drink at age 49. https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_d...81842%20AM.jpgPlayboy |
another fallen actress from an earlier period with a noir connection to sunset boulevard as well........
Marie Prevost http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...the_Screen.jpg Source: Wikipedia As Norma Desmond waxes poetic about her days in the mack sennet bathing beauties, she muses on how marie prevost always stepped on her feet. Marie as a Sennet bathing beauty http://photos.shebloggedbynight.com/...rdsize=400x511 Source: She Blogged by Night but of course she is most famous for this; She was a winner That became a doggie's dinner. She never meant that much to me. Oh, poor Marie. Nick Lowe's misspelled homage to her, (the song is titled Marie Provost) On January 21, 1937, at the age of 38, Prevost died from heart failure brought on by acute alcoholism and malnutrition. Her body was not discovered until January 23, after neighbors complained about her dog's incessant barking. A bellboy, who ignored the note Prevost posted on the door asking that no one knock on the door more than once, finally forced the door open. Prevost was found lying face down on her bed, her legs marked with tiny bites. Prevost's pet dachshund, Maxie, had nipped at her legs in an attempt to wake her up. Her funeral (which was paid for by Joan Crawford) at the Hollywood Memorial Cemetery was attended by Crawford, Clark Gable, Wallace Beery, and Barbara Stanwyck among others. In February 1937, it was discovered that Prevost's estate was valued at only $300 prompting the Hollywood community to create the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital to provide medical care for employees of the television and motion picture industry. For her contribution to the motion picture industry, Marie Prevost has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6201 Hollywood Boulevard. the building where she and her dachshund resided was the aftonian located at 6230 Afton Place http://www.findadeath.com/Deceased/p...t/aftonian.jpg Source: Find a Death some details of the entry http://www.findadeath.com/Deceased/p...anentrance.JPG Source: Find a Death http://paradiseleased.files.wordpres.../scan00041.jpg Source: Paradise Leased Marie on the cover of Movie Weekly 1921 http://photos.shebloggedbynight.com/...dsize=original Source: She Blogged by Night http://www.morethings.com/music/nick...revost-200.jpg Source: More Things http://www.morethings.com/music/nick...revost-205.jpg Source: More Things http://paradiseleased.files.wordpres...08a81d0bdc.jpg Source: Paradise Leased oh poor marie.................................... |
Marie, Marie, Marie
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_d...42452%20PM.jpgdearoldhollywood.com
But in sunnier times, there was 810 N. Camden in the Hills of Beverly: https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_d...42533%20PM.jpgdearoldhollywood.com Actually, though sans Marie, it's still with us: https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_d...43707%20PM.jpgGoogle Street View |
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If you look carefully you will see three sets of trolley tracks. The track that the birney car is on is the local line track. The two tracks in front are for the main lines going to and from Los Angeles and Venice Beach. |
Here's a webpage that has pictures of some neat old art deco buildings in LA, mostly theaters and a few highrises - http://bibliodyssey.blogspot.com/200...t-deco-la.html
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Interesting (to me anyway) is that directly across the street from Marie Prevost's apartment building is an exact duplicate of her building.
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resemblance of the (unbuilt) office building above to Coulters on Wilshire by Stiles O. Clements: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_d...10210%20AM.jpgLAPL We've discussed Coulters before, but I recently came across this interesting ad in the Times from 1937: https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_d...84105%20PM.jpgLos Angeles Times Perhaps the death of the founder's wife that year had something to do with the rumors. It seems that her son-in-law, Dr. Robert McReynolds, who ran the company and was known for his interest in architec- ture, pushed forward with the new building on the Miracle Mile. Sadly it was demolished in the early '80s. |
i love a parade!
charles linbergh motorcade parade at 10th and broadway 1927 http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5027/...b965455d_o.jpg Source: LAPL harry truman riding in a presidential motorcade down browadway between 5th and 6th 1948 http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5147/...05e35732_o.jpg Source: Corbis Images adlai stevenson ticker tape parade 8th and spring 1952 http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5264/...b49ce706_o.jpg Source: LAPL to make sure that equal time is given to both candidates, IKE ticker tape parade on spring street 1952 http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics27/00048153.jpg Source: LAPL |
sardi's became zardi's?:???:
looking west on hollywood boulevard from vine 1956 http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5061/...98f9660f_o.jpg Source: LAPL |
i have been looking for like forever for a photograph of the Mickey Cohen backed nightclub Slapsy Maxie's, named for fighter and sometime bit part actor, Maxie Rosenbloom.
the club was located at 5665 wilshire boulevard between the years of 1943 and 1950, the former site of the wilshire bowl nightclub. http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5261/...66dd823d_o.jpg Source: LAPL The location of the nightclub is the North East Corner of Wilshire and masselin, the future site of van de kamps wilshire coffee shop http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics25/00062149.jpg Source: LAPL anyway, without further adieu, i present to you slapsy maxie's, 1943 http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5304/...7f089940_o.jpg Source: Southern California Architectural History 1947 after it had been remodeled http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5109/...7ecd2382_o.jpg Source: Southern California Architectural History cartoon advertisement for slapsy maxie's http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5141/...a9c302f6_b.jpg as an added bonus on the southern california architectural history site, (http://so-cal-arch-history.com), i stumbled upon the only dead front on, full elevation photograph that i have ever seen of the john lautner designed googie coffee shop smack up next to schwab's on sunset at crescent heights. http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Pmjd5_C6-M.../s1600/003.jpg Source: Southern California Architectural History all in all, a pretty good day! |
http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/5621/la1231slapsy1.jpg
matchbook ebay http://img803.imageshack.us/img803/1...231slapsie.jpg matchbook ebay Before the Wilshire Bowl location Slapsy Maxies was located at 7165 Beverly Blvd. Today it is the Beverly Cinema. http://img714.imageshack.us/img714/7...axiesonbev.jpg google street view |
Here's another photo of the Wilshire Bowl before Slapsy Maxies took over da joint.
http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/4...irebowl1pc.jpg rppc |
Ticker Tape Parades.
Look how close people could get to the cars.
Try stepping off the curb now......You'd be in a headlock before shoe leather touched pavement. (Assuming parade watchers still wore leather shoes, which they don't.) I'm not suggesting to go back to those days.....but it is interesting to note. |
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OK, that settles it. With all those sumptuous ladies on the menu, and that moose mural on one wall, the Paris Inn would definitely be my favorite "spot" in old L.A.! :tup: -Scott EDIT: Yay! I found the menu for Scandia! (Thanks, gsj!) It's from 1981, which would have been right around the last time my family went there. Sure enough, I added up the total for what we all would have ordered, and the tab (before tip) came out to $98.50 for dinner and drinks. Ouch! and Yum! at once! *chuckle* Always liked this cute little viking bull on the menu, right next to my favorite beef dish. ^^ https://otters.net/img/lanoir/scandiamenu_detail.jpg LAPL Menu Collection |
L. A. Noire Gets the Push in NYC
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_d...0504011306.jpgGaylord Wilshire Fine Photography
And in the Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/08/ar...5+wvJ3QHtkN9iQ |
the menu for the formal grand opening of the restaurant in the Hotel Clark. January 20th, 1914
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All the menus are G R E A T!! Thanks for posting them gsj.
Here is a Biltmore Hotel brochure with an interesting layout of the ground floor. http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/469...rebrochure.jpg |
Berkeley Square
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I've been putting together a blog on my favorite vanished L.A. neighborhood, Berkeley Square: http://berkeleysquarelosangeles.blogspot.com/ Stories about the rest of the houses to come.... |
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