noirish Los Angeles - Page 2716

AlvaroLegido · #**54301** Posted **Apr 27, 2020, 7:52 PM**

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Originally Posted by Godzilla

Meanwhile, in 1940, Malibu

https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-CqCVduA0OQ0/U30rsMQIK5I/AAAAAAAAPFc/wf2mLYV6pgY/s1600/Malibu+beach+1940.jpg]

Malibu Inn, circa 1940

https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Si2jl8N8T...u+Inn+1940.png

Thanks helpful Hoss & CBD for the Trancas location. Now it is my turn to bring some Malibu noirish find.
In "The Blue Dahlia" (Alan Ladd & Veronica Lake 1946) we see the same Malibu Inn from the same point of view in the rain by night at 29:05 of the movie.

KevinW · #**54302** Posted **Apr 27, 2020, 9:19 PM**

CBD-- There's one in every family.

Stick to LA History and leave other topics and personal attacks out of this forum. I do unless I see misinformation or am accused of ulterior motives.

ethereal_reality · #**54303** Posted **Apr 27, 2020, 9:20 PM**

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Mystery intersection, Hollywood California. [no date]

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There are some interesting places along the right side of the street.

Let's take a closer look.

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I'm especially intrigued by the Italian restaurant located in a house. ... The sundry store is advertsing theatrical makeup among its many other items.
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ethereal_reality · #**54304** Posted **Apr 27, 2020, 9:49 PM**

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"Woman Leaving the Hollywood Palladium. c1940"

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At first I was going to argue that this wasn't the Hollywood Palladium. .

. . .but on closer inspection it says so right under her feet.

CLOSER INSPECTION

Just think how much that Jimmy Dorsey broadside would be worth today!

I wonder if she's a big band singer. She looks like she means business (in a cheery sort of way)....Maybe the paper she's holding is her contract.

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Albany NY · #**54305** Posted **Apr 27, 2020, 10:02 PM**

[QUOTE=HossC;8903812]

Here's the Trancas Restaurant at 30763 Pacific Coast Highway.

www.pinterest.com

As of May 2016 the building was still there.

ethereal_reality · #**54306** Posted **Apr 27, 2020, 10:10 PM**

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Originally Posted by KevinW

Stick to LA History and leave other topics and personal attacks out of this forum.

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THIS. ...

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HossC · #**54307** Posted **Apr 27, 2020, 10:29 PM**

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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

Mystery intersection, Hollywood California. [no date]

eBay

There are some interesting places along the right side of the street.

I'm especially intrigued by the Italian restaurant located in a house. ... The sundry store is advertising theatrical makeup among its many other items.

The Naples Italian Restaurant was at 1508 N Gower Street in the 1956 CD. Here's a 1939 view of the intersection from the rooftop of CBS Columbia Square. The "Fountain Lunch" sign from e_r's picture is visible at the far left.

hollywoodhistoricphotos.com

CityBoyDoug · #**54308** Posted **Apr 28, 2020, 2:14 AM**

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Originally Posted by AlvaroLegido

Thanks helpful Hoss & CBD for the Trancas location. Now it is my turn to bring some Malibu noirish find.
In "The Blue Dahlia" (Alan Ladd & Veronica Lake 1946) we see the same Malibu Inn from the same point of view in the rain by night at 29:05 of the movie.

Paramount Pictures

Hey Alvaro and Hoss thanks for the helpful links and info on this movie and its location shots.

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ethereal_reality · #**54309** Posted **Apr 28, 2020, 4:54 AM**

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From a short video at framepool

Is anyone familiar with a drive-in called NUTBURGERS?

framepool

It doesn't ring a bell for me.

Hmm. . .nutburgers make me think vegetarian.

I'm familiar with the next venue.

The Vendome on. . .Sunset, I think.

framepool

I am surprised by all the autographs seekers milling about. .....The elegant white car that just pulled up looks like Jean Harlow's car.

Here's a closer look at the sidewalk monkeys.

framepool

It looks like Broderick Crawford is signing some autographs.

The next scene is a gentleman walking into the fantastically designed Sunset Haberdashers.

framepool

At first I thought it was a mausoleum at Forest Lawn! .... (either that or the Pioneer Memorial, downtown) Tne one with the waterfall.

Lastly we see an A & P Grocery Store with a Thrifty's.

framepool

To watch the 1:22 video click on the link below.

http://footage.framepool.com/de/shot...w-schuhabdruck

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Lorendoc · #**54310** Posted **Apr 28, 2020, 6:03 AM**

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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

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Lastly we see an A & P Grocery Store with a Thrifty's.

framepool

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Very cool movie. The SW corner of Sunset and Fairfax has a RiteAid where you can still get Thrifty ice cream.

USC digital library

Looks like pretty much the same building:

GSV

GaylordWilshire · #**54311** Posted **Apr 28, 2020, 11:33 AM**

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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

The next scene is a gentleman walking into the fantastically designed Sunset Haberdashers.

framepool

At first I thought it was a mausoleum at Forest Lawn! .... (either that or the Pioneer Memorial, downtown) Tne one with the waterfall.

I'm sure we've seen the Sunset House Haberdashers on NLA before--it was later the Hollywood Reporter Building and that of the LA Weekly--but I couldn't find any old posts.

LAT Jan 3, 1938

Martin Turnbull (which is why I'm sure we've seen the SH before)

odinthor · #**54312** Posted **Apr 28, 2020, 12:35 PM**

gsv

Looking pretty scruffy these days, alas. The street arrow is saying, "Hey, look!"

ethereal_reality · #**54313** Posted **Apr 28, 2020, 3:51 PM**

Wow! It's still standing and recognizable.

How did I not know this?

AlvaroLegido · #**54314** Posted **Apr 28, 2020, 5:49 PM**

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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

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"Woman Leaving the Hollywood Palladium. c1940"

CLOSER INSPECTION

Just think how much that Jimmy Dorsey broadside would be worth today!
I wonder if she's a big band singer. She looks like she means business (in a cheery sort of way)....Maybe the paper she's holding is her contract.

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Funny, she looks like Jo Stafford who sang the same years with brother Tommy !

nadeau · #**54315** Posted **Apr 28, 2020, 8:10 PM**

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Originally Posted by odinthor

gsv

Looking pretty scruffy these days, alas. The street arrow is saying, "Hey, look!"

It was slated for demolition as part of the enormous Crossroads of the World redevelopment project, but there was enough influence to save it. https://la.curbed.com/2015/5/29/9955...-redevelopment

BDiH · #**54316** Posted **Apr 28, 2020, 8:32 PM**

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Originally Posted by nadeau

It was slated for demolition as part of the enormous Crossroads of the World redevelopment project, but there was enough influence to save it. https://la.curbed.com/2015/5/29/9955...-redevelopment

Billy Wilkerson walked out of his offices at the Hollywood Reporter one day and went to the corner at Sunset and Highland, turned right and stopped at the Top Hat malt shop and met Judy Turner, who was ditching her typing class at Hollywood High. He gave her his business card and thus began the career of Lana Turner.

KevinFromTexas · #**54317** Posted **Apr 29, 2020, 6:00 AM**

http://abakusplace.blogspot.com/search/label/california

CaliNative · #**54318** Posted **Apr 29, 2020, 10:23 AM**

[QUOTE=Godzilla;8902178]

Source indicates Eleventh and Flower Streets.

Meanwhile, in 1940, Malibu

https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-CqCVduA0OQ0/U30rsMQIK5I/AAAAAAAAPFc/wf2mLYV6pgY/s1600/Malibu+beach+1940.jpg]

^^^
I could be wrong, but the station wagon in the parking lot on the left (below Trancas sign) looks early 1950s. Difficult to say for sure.

HossC · #**54319** Posted **Apr 29, 2020, 1:39 PM**

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Originally Posted by CaliNative

I could be wrong, but the station wagon in the parking lot on the left (below Trancas sign) looks early 1950s. Difficult to say for sure.

My original reply included a quote saying "The Trancas Restaurant was built in 1949 after the Malibu Trading Post, on the same location, burned down.", so the 1940 date for the Malibu photo appears to be wrong.

ethereal_reality · #**54320** Posted **Apr 29, 2020, 2:25 PM**

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framepool

NUTBURGERS is mentioned in Aldous Huxley's Brave New World.

Brave New World [1932]

I'm still looking for the NUTBURGERS address.

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