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Originally Posted by Martin Pal
What a find Scott Charles! I'm assuming that's an actual signature?
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I'm
assuming it is authentic, based on two factors:
One, both of my parents were Hollywood beat reporters, and while they both were
acquainted with a number of stars, they only referred to a few of them as “my friend”. My dad always used this appellation for Sinatra. And whenever
Gilda would come on TV my dad would always say “there's my old friend, Glenn Ford”. He only used the title “friend” for a handful of actors.
Two, as both my parents were Hollywood reporters, I truly doubt my dad would have saved anything as banal as a form letter. In addition to that, the signature is clearly done in fountain pen; it's not a stamp, or anything like that.
Here's my mom (the Japanese lady) at one of these events with Groucho:
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Originally Posted by Martin Pal
About "The Garden of Eden."
Since the High Hopes song (which won the Best Song Oscar for 1959, by the way) was just released around this time, by Capitol Records, and the movie was to come out about three weeks later, and the fact that Sinatra mentions "Capitol Records" in this letter, I'm thinking this was a promotion party that Capitol Records arranged for the song or the movie or both, and The Garden of Eden isn't an actual place in Los Angeles, but just what they called the promotional party as it was the name of the Hotel they were trying to save in the film. It was a promotional thing. The location probably kept a secret, hence transportation provided from the Puccini location in Beverly Hills. It might've been something arranged at the Capitol Records building
Just a guess.
Also, and I have no idea, but maybe the stationery that was written on was also used in the movie as a prop? I haven't seen the movie since VHS was in vogue.
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Very interesting hypothesis,
Martin Pal, and I believe you are probably correct! I think I'll rent the movie on Amazon to see if I can pick up any more clues.
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Originally Posted by Noir_Noir
Here's a mad suggestion for the secret party location.
If you search the RSVP phone number (HO 2 - 0580) on the invitation letter, it's only listed once, in 1960 for 583½ N. Windsor Blvd.
In the same building at 583 lives a woman named Eden Ryl.
rescarta.lapl.org
So the guests can mingle out in Eden's garden - The Garden Of Eden.
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WOW!
The coincidence with the phone number is too great! Seriously though, how odd!