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You make an interesting observation. Yet there is evidence seemingly pro and con regarding American Ave having utility poles running down its center line - at least where it intersected with Ocean Blvd. Long Beach Blvd. (formerly American Ave) is certainly wide enough to have supported (at one time) utilities running down its center. (Remember, Acres of Books is on Long Beach Blvd in that area, so perhaps there is a random image or two taken years gone past. Do we have addresses for Hotel Metropole or Hotel Olsten - pictured in the original BRR post? Also, it is probably not determinative of location, but note on the original image at the drug store named "American Pharmacy."):shrug: The Source lists only "American Ave," although it may have intended to include "Ocean" from American. Or, it may be that both wide streets once sported utility poles in their respective medians - but we have seen few such images of the American Ave? Note the image from LAPL described as "View of downtown Long Beach where Ocean Boulevard meets American Avenue." 1920s http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics45/00072450.jpghttp://jpg3.lapl.org/pics45/00072450.jpg Note the Mission Theater in the above image. Here is what LA Movie Palaces has to say about the Mission's address being located on American Way/Ave Long Beach Blvd.: Quote:
Acres of Books, Long Beach Blvd. https://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/...um/5103479.jpghttps://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/...um/5103479.jpg Long Beach - Then and Now. http://longbeachseen.com/?cat=16 Ocean - then and now. http://longbeachseen.com/wp-content/...OCEAN-OLD1.jpg http://longbeachseen.com/wp-content/...OCEAN-OLD1.jpg While on the subject of Long Beach, this image of an earthquake damaged sidewalk clock was encountered. 1933 http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics45/00057396.jpghttp://jpg2.lapl.org/pics45/00057396.jpg |
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Desert Sun, Number 32, 21 November 1947 http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...anteclair1.jpg California Digital Newspaper Collection This is from Ida Lupino: A Biography by William Donati. The Louis referred to in the text is Louis Bromfield. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...anteclair2.jpg books.google.com Finally, an incident from Lucy A to Z: The Lucille Ball Encyclopedia by Michael Karol. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...anteclair3.jpg books.google.com I'd nearly given up when I remembered some screengrabs I posted of 1940s restaurants in post #17699. Sadly, the video now appears to be private, so I can't go back for a larger image. Take a look at the Sphinx Club in the top-right - it appears to be the same building. There was a Sphinx Club at 8477 Sunset Boulevard, which Tourmaline posted pictures of (when it was the Clover Club) in post #70545, but that's a different building. Then I found an article at jhgraham.com which says that the Sphinx Club briefly operated at 9236 Sunset Boulevard, which may be the one in the photo below. That address is very close to Dead Man's Curve which FredH posted about above. Today, there's a shiny office building there. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...3.jpg~original YouTube |
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HossC, I, too, have been trying to find an address for this location and, like you: "The references I've found so far seem to be dated between 1947 and 1950." The lay of the land in the photograph doesn't seem to me it would be at the 9236 Sunset Boulevard address. Doheny is 9000 and the roads dip and curve heading west after that--just doesn't seem right to me. If those are numbers on the awning in the photo, too, it doesn't seem to indicate it would be the 8477 address, either, though that definitely is the same building as the Sphinx club you posted. Quote:
It's so exclusive you have to "know" the address to find it! The only reference I've come up with online is an April 26, 1947, Billboard magazine with a short blurb announcing: "Harold Stern ork held over indefinitely at Hollywood's Chanteclair Restaurant." I'm guessing ork means orchestra? There's also this photo that doesn't help much. Caption: Deanna & Felix at the Chanteclair Restaurant in Hollywood. http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/42/99/83/newpeo10.jpg That's Deanna Durbin and her second husband, Felix Jackson. There's also a 1947 Getty Images photo of Joan Fontaine and her husband William Dozier at the Chanteclair here: http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/ne...re-id535084146 She was married to William Dozier? The "Batman" producer? (Yes, she was, from 1946-1951.) There's a few other celebrity photographs of people at the Chanteclair you can find. Here's a noirish connection: The blogspot Noirsville has a page about the 1949 film TRAPPED: http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yg0wzuV8KA...Pg/trapped.jpg From Noirsville: "Meg Dixon (Barbara Payton) is Stewart's (Lloyd Bridges) blonde gal pal with benefits. She's been biding her Tris down time trolling for tips by flashing her pins and breasts as a skimpily attired Chesterfield cigarette girl in the Chanteclair, an LA nightclub. Agent John Downey (Hoyt) is undercover as a dapper dan, putting the moves on her and tipping ten spots for decks of cigarettes. Whether it was filmed at the actual nightclub or not, it doesn't say, but here's a couple screen grabs from Trapped: http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LWOHoJQsC5.../trap%2B07.jpg http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZWr5vQ-pZq.../trap%2B08.jpg Another interesting note from the page: "The finale at the Los Angeles Trolley Car barn is a classic." IMDB says: "During the chase scene, the car driven by Agent Downey and Jack Sylvester passes the Alto-Nido Apartments (1851 N. Ivar Street, Hollywood, California) seen in Sunset Boulevard. Although the location isn't identified, another exterior shot from Trapped: http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-73A2slY7ps.../trap%2B35.jpg |
E_R, this brief L.A. Times quote would explain why your Chanteclair search kept bringing up the Tam O'Shanter:
The original restaurant--the country tavern facade fronting on Los Feliz Boulevard--was established at this location by Lawrence Frank and Walter Van de Kamp, of Lawry's Restaurants fame. The family still owns and operates the Tam O'Shanter, making it one of the oldest single-concern-owned restaurants in Los Angeles. The restaurant has gone through several changes of name over the years. Originally it was called Montgomery's Country Inn, becoming the Chanteclair about a year later. It became the Tam O'Shanter Inn in 1925. Then in 1967 the name was changed to Great Scot, but six years ago, it went back to Tam O'Shanter. http://articles.latimes.com/1988-06-...-o-shanter-inn |
Seeing as we've had a couple of Long Beach posts in the past 24 hours, here are some pictures from Julius Shulman's "Job 12: Federal Department Store (Long Beach, Calif.), 1947". I've picked four out of the six available.
http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original This appears to be the electrical department. Note the cashier at the rear. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...2.jpg~original This may be a reverse shot of the first picture, although the small display stand almost in the center appears to be missing from the other view. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...3.jpg~original I'll finish the Shulman photos with this one from the clothing department. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...4.jpg~original All from Getty Research Institute I haven't located any exterior pictures of the store, but I did find an address. This advert from the 1948 Long Beach CD lists The Federal Store at 630 Pine Avenue. There's no sign of the store today, so does anyone have a picture? http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...5.jpg~original www.lbpl.org |
Thanks so much for shedding some light on the mystery pic of the 'Chanteclair' HossC and Martin_Pal!
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Would expect some info on "Tom-Tom," but no such luck . . . so far. Meanwhile, SanChez Studebaker at 1350 American Ave. looks like it morphed into James Motor Center by 1962. (Or is it Jamestown??) Quote:
More on utility poles 215 American Avenue, circa 1928, we see the Pacific Southwest Building. This is at the corner of American Ave, and Broadway. http://encore.lbpl.org/iii/cpro/app?...blob&suite=defhttp://encore.lbpl.org/iii/cpro/app?...blob&suite=def |
MGM Records
While watching a Tom Petty documentary on Netflix, I took a screen grab of another lost recording studio on Sunset Blvd that I don't believe we have seen on NLA, MGM Records. I've always been curious about the building since it's address was so prominently displayed on my old singles and LPs:
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h2...r/IMG_5467.jpghttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt0965382/ https://www.nifty-music.com/images/l...1972-white.jpg The building today: http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h2...15.29%20PM.pngGSV |
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MGM Records had offices further west on Sunset at 9255, so I'm guessing the 7165 location was strictly a sound studio...right? It's difficult to find detailed information and dates. Billboard, January 7, 1967 http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640...923/fMQtfd.jpg https://books.google.com/books?id=CS...levard&f=false Here's the 9255 location. It's known as the Sunset-Doheny Building [1962 by architects Dan Saxon Palmer + William Krisel] http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...922/ZygJ6J.jpg https://www.you-are-here.com/sunset/sunset_doheny.html I've never noticed the 'diamond'-design on the corners of this building before. -very nice touch. _ |
I so wanted to figure out the location of the extremely-noirish looking 'Alibi Club'. (did you notice....there's also a conveniently located MOTEL next door)
Originally posted by BifRayRock http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...924/rgbyBU.jpg detail And where exactly is this 'Hardware' store?....it almost looks like it's above the club. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640...922/aPwDeI.jpg micro-detail In the 1956 city directory I found.... An Alibi 'Room' at 6808 Pacific Blvd in Huntington Park A 'Little' Alibi at 5942 1/2 North Figueroa. And 'The Alibi' at 5353 Crenshaw. And in the 1961 Van Nuys directory...I found 'The Alibi' at 16026 Sherman Way. ...but no 'Alibi CLUB' :( & none of these locations appear to match the 'Alibi Club' that appears in BRR's photograph. |
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Now, how about a different type of well. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...923/P6MGl0.jpg http://pictures.historicimages.net/P...000&id=7880673 "Drilling of helium well near Los Angeles progresses, Dr. Mercer is shown in foreground." [June 1931] reverse of photo with hand-written info and date stamp(s) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...923/Dvncxy.jpg http://pictures.historicimages.net/P...000&id=7880674 Any idea where HELIUM WELLS were drilled in the Los Angeles area? __ |
[QUOTE=HossC;7583336]The Chanteclair Restaurant was on Sunset Boulevard, although finding an address has proved difficult. The references I've found so far seem to be dated between 1947 and 1950, and often refer to it with terms like "the famous Chanteclair Restaurant".
Finally, an incident from Lucy A to Z: The Lucille Ball Encyclopedia by Michael Karol. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...anteclair3.jpg books.google.com The Los Angeles Public Library is not much help here either, except for a picture of Dezi's head wound with a sappy blurb from the Herald-Examiner. http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p...psrusyfvkp.jpg LAPL Photograph caption dated September 23, 1949 reads, "Bandleader Desi Arnaz suffered a 1 1/2 inch scalp wound when a waiter dropped a tray of turkey dishes on him at a Sunset Strip night club last night. But he was 'doing nicely today, thank you.' With such comfort as provided by his wife, luscious Lucille Ball, he couldn't help recovering." The accident occurred at the Chanteclair Restaurant. |
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ER - This is another picture from the same photo shoot: http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p...psvshjb8mk.jpg http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/co...id/27929/rec/2 According to this, Dick Whittington traveled 40 miles for the photo shoot. I guess that would be a round trip. That really doesn't do a whole lot to pin down the location though. |
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Per the original wide image, the Alibi Club and its neighbors were apparently located on Route 66 in California. One of those neighbors "Yor-Way" appears to have been part of a supermarket chain. A list of those markets, should it exist, might offer a a clue or two. (Have not located such a list, but it might be included as part of one of "Yor-Way's" newspaper ads.:hmmm:) http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/o...9.jpg~original |
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Any other juicy mortuary stories you might have up your sleeve? ;) __ |
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Bristolian, I just found this 1940s matchbook of yet another 'Alibi'. 'The Alibi' at 115 American Avenue, Long Beach. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...924/IrlBgw.jpg http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1940s-Matc...item2106f7a2c2 http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...923/fbhc7L.jpg :previous: I love this guy with all the smooches on him. Boy is he's ever going to be in trouble when he gets home! __ He better have an alibi. ;) Quote:
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-although there's a bit of an discrepancy On the bill there was a 6 dollar surcharge added for traveling "Out of City", but there's also a space for "Out of City 15 miles" which was left blank. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...922/LIFOce.jpg usc -perhaps Mr. Whittington gave them a break on the mileage (smart business move on his part) ________ Here's the complete bill for purists. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...924/YbcIrN.jpghttp://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...924/Av4QDE.jpg http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/co...id/27929/rec/2 but no address of the Helium Well. __ |
One more thing...
Here are some close ups from the set of photographs that FredH found in the USC archives. I didn't realize you could SEE helium. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...923/VE3Huf.jpg detail http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/924/Nh70Sh.jpg detail What prey-tel are they looking at? __ |
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