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.
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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality
'mystery' location.
Chanteclair Restaurant Hollywood California, 1940's
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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.
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:
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:
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: