tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post3374146830737998676..comments2024-03-29T00:34:09.653-07:00Comments on GORILLAS DON'T BLOG: Around HollywoodMajor Pepperidgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09843598326995116014noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-69161817034076171662017-05-21T15:41:49.188-07:002017-05-21T15:41:49.188-07:00Philip Marlowe is in one of those cars on Vine Str...Philip Marlowe is in one of those cars on Vine Street, I'm sure of it.<br /><br />@Steve DeGaetano, that is a great story. <br /><br />Fun to hear everyone's memories. Thank you Major.<br /><br />JG<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-50802654074838818962017-05-20T16:37:23.542-07:002017-05-20T16:37:23.542-07:00Holy smokes, Ken - they used the same invisible pa...Holy smokes, Ken - they used the same invisible paint on my street, too! Chucknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-30162840481290452912017-05-20T11:51:34.828-07:002017-05-20T11:51:34.828-07:00Chuck, It must've been some time ago, because ...Chuck, It must've been some time ago, because we have our street name painted on our street surface just like that too. The only problem is it's invisible in person, so I have to go on Google's street view to be able to see it.K. Martinezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03960970051790617367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-37533250931853709302017-05-20T09:25:06.576-07:002017-05-20T09:25:06.576-07:00Was coming home one evening from downtown LA on th...Was coming home one evening from downtown LA on the Red Line. Maybe 7:00 on a fall evening.<br /><br />The subway broke down at one of the Hollywood stations. I knew it would be a while before it was fixed or I could grab a bus to North Hollywood, so I walked down the block to Musso and Frank's. Took a seat at the bar, surrounded by red naugahyde booths, and asked the aged bartender to mix me the driest gin martini he could make, straight up with an olive. <br /><br />It was delicious, sitting there, reading my copy of the Times and imagining I was a gumshoe in 1950s LA, trying to help some dame get the goods on her lowdown husband. <br /><br />That was the only time I was really happy the subway broke down.Steve DeGaetanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04947550539650692495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-34466721307256805632017-05-20T07:41:03.101-07:002017-05-20T07:41:03.101-07:00When did they paint that giant "Hollywood Blv...When did they paint that giant "Hollywood Blvd" on the street surface?Chucknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-28269235539337619472017-05-20T05:24:53.878-07:002017-05-20T05:24:53.878-07:00I lived in a motel for a month in 1987 on N. Orang...I lived in a motel for a month in 1987 on N. Orange Drive directly across from Hollywood High between Hollywood Blvd. and Sunset Blvd. It was in walking distance of all the major action. There were many interesting characters that I ran into and not just along Hollywood Blvd. I remember seeing Roddy McDowall, Burgess Meredith and Lee Remick when one of the them was receiving a star on the Walk of Fame. They're all gone now. The actors that is.<br /><br />Nice set today. Thanks, Major.<br /><br />K. Martinezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03960970051790617367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-50883455141262908682017-05-20T05:12:50.090-07:002017-05-20T05:12:50.090-07:00The gloom is so strong in that second photo that -...The gloom is so strong in that second photo that - were it not for the Capitol building - it could almost be a street secene from somewhere back east or in the Pacific Northwest. Pegleg Petenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-8117359674762944982017-05-20T04:45:35.501-07:002017-05-20T04:45:35.501-07:00TM: No, I believe the Hollywood Brown Derby would ...TM: No, I believe the Hollywood Brown Derby would be to our right in that picture, just out of frame.<br /><br />I lived in LA for awhile in the 80's and worked at the Egyptian in '85. It had a very big curved screen and a beautiful brass sunburst on the ceiling. Both long gone as I understand. Shame.Scott Lanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10225636456858440089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-91673456206765139542017-05-20T03:06:41.671-07:002017-05-20T03:06:41.671-07:00Now that we've arrived in Hollywood, let's...Now that we've arrived in Hollywood, let's go have lunch at the Brown Derby. Maybe William Holden and Eve Arden will be dining there. The Brown Derby would have been just out of view and to the left in that second pic. I never knew that there was a DuPar's across the street from it. The DuPar's on Ventura Blvd. (in Studio City) and at Farmer's Market in Hollywood are both still open.TokyoMagic!https://www.blogger.com/profile/16340756514811789233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-11298780854594863792017-05-20T00:29:25.919-07:002017-05-20T00:29:25.919-07:00Major-
Hollywood - when it still seemed so 'g...Major-<br /><br />Hollywood - when it still seemed so 'glitzy' and 'classy' - as long as you didn't look too far beneath the surface. <br /><i>Ben-Hur</i> played at the Egyptian Theatre for an incredible two year engagement-! (Those were the days).<br /><br />Trying to date the image of Hollywood & Vine, the green & white two-tone Oldsmobile is a 1956 model, and it appears there's a 1956 Dodge about to head eastbound on Hollywood Blvd. So it's possible this view is from late 1955, or more-likely 1956, or a little later.<br /><br />Thanks, Major, for a look back at Hollywood.Nanookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07255357829181568172noreply@blogger.com