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Originally Posted by BDiH
Sorry, I don't know who owned the place. I have color home movies of the exterior of the Hangover from the early 1940s when my mother's boyfriend, Bob Laine (Downbeat's pianist of the year, 1945), was playing there. She was living at the Alto Nido, next door to Bonita Granville, at the time. In the late 1930s and early 1940s, her favorite clubs were the Jade (where Steve Boardner tended bar) on Hollywood Boulevard, Fred Harvey's on Cahuenga, Don the Beachcomber (when Don Beach tended bar) on McCadden and the little piano lounge on Ivar where Nat Cole played before becoming famous. Her two favorite restaurants were Musso-Frank and the Gotham. Earl Carroll's was top-drawer, while the Florentine Gardens was a step down.
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First, thanks for that evocative paragraph.
Pertaining to what I bolded above:
I don't know if you're interested, but occasionally the American Cinematheque at the Egyptian Theatre as well as AMPAS, either at the Pickford Center or at the Goldwyn on Wilshire, have programs where people can come in and bring their "home movies" and they're shown to audiences the same day. Talk about fascinating! (Sometimes dull, of course, it's a mixed bag.)
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The Jade! Your mother might have been able to answer the question of what was on the roof of this building!
Bruce Torrence
And also what was in a "
Pink Jest" cocktail!
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Two more photos, dated 1928, of the GOTHAM at Hollywood Blvd. and Sycamore.
Bruce Torrence
Bruce Torrence