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The Story of Hollywood

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by Gregory Paul Williams


  Parsons, Louella, 131, 138, 179, 195, 226, 249, 295

  Parva-Sed-Apta Apartments, 142, 200

  Pass Road, 8, 10, 23, 53

  Pass School, 37

  Passion Play, 112

  Patchwork Girl of Oz, The (L. Frank Baum), 72

  Payton, Barbara, 326

  Peanut Butter Conspiracy, 323

  Peanut Vendors, The, 234

  Pearce, Al, 286

  Penman, Daniel, 26

  Penner, Joe, 257

  Penney, J.C., 212. See also J.C. Penney

  People Are Funny, 285

  Perelman, S.J., 200

  Perino, Alex, 180

  Perry’s Brass Rail, 195

  Perry’s Dance Studio, 234, 296

  Peter the Hermit (Peter Howard), 191, 195

  Petroushka Café, 138

  Peyton Hall, 333

  Philbin, Regis, 319

  Philco Radio Time, 295

  Phillips, MacKenzie, 355

  Photoplay Magazine, 168, 170, 196, 249

  Photoplayers Club, 73

  Piccadilly, 124

  Pick/Vanoff (Sunset Gower Studios), 328

  Pickfair, 133

  Pickford, Mary, 58, 85, 89, 90, 95, 98, 107, 119, 129, 133, 137, 141, 144, 150, 152, 158, 180, 191, 279

  Pickford-Fairbanks Studio, 150, 18

  Pickwick Books, 238, 329, 357

  Pied Pipers, 267

  Pig’n’Whistle Café, 166, 167, 261, 277, 377, 379

  Pilgrimage Play, 242, 329

  Pilgrimage Theatre, 84, 186, 269, 329 See also

  John Anson Ford

  Pinocchio, 22

  Pioneer Broadcasters, 317, 386

  Pistol Packin’ Mama, 267

  Pitt, Brad, 371

  Pitts, Zasu, 258

  Pix Theater, 336. See also Music Box and Henry Fonda Theater

  Players Restaurant, 282

  Playmates, 321

  Plaza Hotel, 141, 142, 166, 177, 259, 273, 286. See also Hollywood Plaza Hotel

  Plaza Pig, 166

  Polar Palace, 231

  Porter, Cole, 282

  Portrait of a Lady, 303

  Postal Telegraph, 131

  Potter, Peter, 286

  Powell, Dick, 188, 231, 236, 249

  Powell, Eleanor, 234

  Powell, William, 180, 211, 227, 256

  Power, Tyrone, Jr., 188

  Power, Tyrone, Sr., 188

  Prabhavananda, Swami, 243

  Presley, Elvis, 166, 296, 321, 369

  Pretty Woman, 346

  Price, Highland, 27

  Prima, Louis, 231

  Procter and Gamble, 358, 364

  Project Area Committee (PAC), 341, 342, 361, 365, 372, 383

  Prospect Avenue, 11, 13, 15, 16, 19, 24, 25, 28, 29, 34, 36, 38, 54, 62. See also Hollywood Boulevard

  Prowse, Juliet, 327

  Purviance, Edna, 108

  Pyne, Joe, 319

  Queen for a Day, 289

  Queer People, 191

  Radio Actors Exchange (Rate Boards), 260

  Radio Room, The, 264, 265

  Raft, George, 155, 190, 199

  Rainbow Dance Studio, 370

  Raisin in the Sun, The, 303

  Ralph’s Markets, 347

  Ramakrishna Order of India, 243

  Rambova, Natacha (Winifred Shaughnessy), 124, 130, 136, 139

  Ranch Market, 318

  Rand, Sally, 265

  Randall Motor Club Building, 333

  Rapp, J.B., 13, 17

  Rappe, Virginia, 107

  Rate Boards, 261. See Radio Actors Exchange

  Rathbone, Basil, 149, 188

  Rawls, Lou, 320

  Ray, Aldo, 327

  Ray, Charles, 96, 197

  Raye, Martha, 231, 261

  Reagan, Ronald, 166, 209, 236, 263, 281, 335, 340

  Reap the Wild Wind, 270

  Rector Hotel, 142, 143, 346, 347

  Red Cross, 90

  Red Skelton Show, 262

  Reeves, Keanu, 361

  Regent Hotel, 141. See also Hastings Hotel, 141, 143, 188, 323

  Reid, Wally, 87, 96, 120, 246

  Reinhardt, Max, 250

  Reliance Film Company, 67

  Renaissance Hotel, 374

  Republic Studios, 236, 239

  Revier, Harry, 67

  Rexall Drugstore, 207, 209

  Reynolds, Debbie, 327, 370, 374

  Rhythm Boys, 180

  Rhythm on the Range, 241

  Rich, Sanford, 32, 45, 53

  Richards, George, 281, 282

  Rickles, Don, 302

  Riddle, Nelson, 301

  Righteous Brothers, 321

  Rimes, LeAnn, 374

  Rings Music Store, 266

  Rin-Tin-Tin, 129, 131, 150

  Riordan, Richard (L.A. City Mayor), 349, 356, 366, 367, 368, 370

  Riots (1992), 348

  Ripley’s Believe it or Not “Odditorium”, 342

  Ritz-Carlton Hotel, 176

  RCA Records, 315, 368

  RKO Studio, 247, 248, 299

  Roach, Hal, 62, 132, 141, 188, 288

  Robards, Jason, 148, 310

  Roberti, David (California State Senator), 343, 365

  Roberts, O.E., 13, 55

  Robertson-Cole Studio, 87

  Robertson’s Department Store, 117, 124, 170, 174, 312

  Robin Hood, 119, 120

  Robinson, Edward G., 335

  Rogers, Ginger, 188, 209, 273, 282

  Romero, Cesar, 188, 303

  Room at the Top, 329

  Rooney, Mickey, 243, 286

  Roos Brothers, 214, 357

  Roosevelt, Franklin D., 191, 285

  Roosevelt Hotel, See Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel Rose Garden Idea, The, 177

  Rose, Stanley, 196, 235, 236, 238

  Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, 279

  Rugrats, 360

  Rule, Elton, 319

  Runyon Canyon, 314, 359

  Runyon, Carmen, 168

  Russell, Jane, 298, 302

  Russell, Rosalind, 209

  Russian Artcraft Club, 227

  Russian Eagle, 229, 230

  Sackett Hotel, 18, 19, 24, 37, 44, 45, 60

  Sackett, Horace, 19

  Salome, Where She Danced, 273

  Salvation, Army, The, 361

  Sam Kress’s Cafe, 132

  Sam Spade, 252

  Samuel Goldwyn Foundation, 331

  San Fernando mission, 5

  San Patrizio, 168, 284, 313–314

  San Pedro, 9, 364

  Sans Souci, 64, 174

  Sanders, George, 249

  Santa Claus Lane, 155, 277, 374

  Santa Fe Railroad, 191

  Santa Monica Boulevard, 9

  Santa Monica Mountains, 3

  Sardi’s, 205, 229, 272, 302, 325

  Saroyan, William, 235, 238

  Sartov, Henrik, 92

  Save Hollywood Our Town (SHOT), 336, 337

  Scharfe, Walter, 328, 341

  Schenck, Joseph, 98, 107, 129, 137, 139, 141, 144, 149, 150, 174, 236, 242, 281, 298

  Schenck, Nicholas, 149, 236

  Schindler, Rudolf, 205

  Schlesinger, Leon, 190

  Schloesser, Dr. Alfred (Castle), 59, 64, 69, 77, 83, 90, 168, 174, 198

  Schoenberg, Arnold, 235

  School of the Open Gate, 83

  Schulberg Budd, 190

  Schulberg, B.P., 190

  Schulbnerg, Ad, 190, 227, 235

  Schwab Building, 371, 378

  Schwab’s Men’s Store, 135, 378

  Screen Actors Guild (SAG), 199, 229, 236, 241, 281, 342, 349

  Screen Guild Theatre, 249, 258

  Screen Industries Club, 140

  Screen Playwrights, 236

  Screen Secrets, 185

  Screen Writers Guild (see also Writers Guild), 199, 236, 238

  Screenland Magazine, 107

  Scrivener’s, 309

  Seacrest, Ryan, 374

  Security Trust and
Saving, 105, 184, 246, 331, 351

  Security Trust, 154

  See How the Movies Are Made, 127

  See, Carolyn, 329

  Seeds, The (rock band), 321

  See’s Candy Store, 321

  Selig, Colonel, 62, 68

  Selig Polyscope Company, 57

  Selma Avenue, 16

  Selznick, David O., 180, 188, 222, 284

  Selznick, Lewis, 190

  Selznick, Myron, 188, 190, 196, 214

  Sennes, Frank, 294

  Sennett, Mack, 68, 88, 90, 227, 298, 302

  Seven Seas, 233, 234

  Seward, William, 8

  Shaw, Artie, 240

  Shawn, Ted, 83, 124

  Shea, Joe, 381

  Shearer, Norma, 162, 214

  Shearing, George, 302

  Sheets, Millard, 317

  Sheik The, 110

  Shelly’s Mann Hole, 329

  Shelton Apartments, 144, 340

  Sherman, Moses, 28, 29, 36, 52, 53

  Shore, Dinah, 276, 295

  Short, Bobby, 264, 376

  Short, Elizabeth, 302

  Shrine Auditorium, 299

  Shubert Theater, 374

  Sidney, Sylvia, 188

  Siegel, Benjamin (Bugsy), 236

  Silbert, Edward, 202

  Silver Theatre, 258

  Silvers, Matt, 215

  Sinatra, Frank, 274, 275, 276, 295, 296, 301, 310

  Sinclair, Upton, 195

  Six Mile House, 18, 19 See also Casa Cahuenga

  Skelton, Red, 262, 290

  Skippy in Hollywood, 258

  Slavitch, Nick, 261

  Slim Gordon’s, 282

  Smashing Pumpkins, 376

  Smedra, Ira, 347

  Smith, Anna Nicole, 372

  Smith, Kate, 257

  Snow White Café, 216

  Somborn, Herbert, 98, 179

  Son of Sheik, The, 144

  Sondergaard, 280

  Song O’ My Heart, 168

  Song of Bernadette, The, 235

  Sound Machine, The, 323

  Sousa, John Phillip, 147

  Southern Pacific Railroad, 9

  Spada, James, 275

  Spears, Britney, 378

  Spelling Productions, 349

  Spelling, Aaron, 328

  Spider Kelly’s, 231

  Spielberg, Steven, 358

  Squaw Man, 67, 302

  St. Denis, Ruth, 83, 124

  St. Francis Hotel, 142, 323, 352, 382

  St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 134, 311

  Stanley Warner, “Home of Cinerama”, 298

  Stanwyck, Barbara, 188, 227, 229, 250, 262, 282

  Staples, 360

  Star Shoes, 377, 380

  Starbright Pediatric Network, 358

  Stardust, 180

  Stardust Ballroom, 291, 360, 361

  Stars Over Hollywood, 257

  Stella Adler Academy, 344

  Stern & Goodman Mercantile Company, 48

  Stern, Eugene, 141

  Stern, Jacob, 46, 67, 92, 103, 104, 141, 141, 147, 168, 206

  Stern, Jacob Mrs., 49

  Stevens, Connie, 355

  Stevenson, Christine Wetherill, 84, 112

  Stevenson, George, 28, 70, 119

  Stevenson, Peggy (L.A. City Councilwoman), 318, 329

  Stewart, James, 207, 221, 273

  Stone, Cliffie, 286

  Stone, Fred, 221

  Storer House (Frank Lloyd Wright), 98

  Stravinsky, Igor, 235

  Streets of Paris, The, 264

  Streisand, Barbra, 364

  Strictly Dishonorable, 177

  Strip Polka, 267

  Stromberg, William, 214

  Strong, Wheat, Riggs & Barnett, 147, Strothers Mortuary, 186, 310, 358, 359

  Studio Club, 89, 361, 362

  Studio Directory, 184

  Studio Theatre, 202, 203, 204

  Sturges, Preston, 177, 211, 284

  Sturtevant, Edmond, 30

  Sunset Bowling Center, 233

  Sunset Gower Studios, 328, 385

  Sunset Inn, 124

  Sunset Room, 377

  Swanson, Gloria, 78, 89, 95, 96, 98, 107, 130, 179, 180, 216, 258, 296

  Swing Club, The (AKA Club 17), 234

  Swingers, 371

  Sycamore Canyon, 4

  Sydney, Sylvia, 190

  Symphonies Under the Stars, 112

  Taft, A.Z. Jr., 103, 104, 135, 141, 153, 154, 293

  Taft Building, 135, 185, 186, 188, 190, 199, 259, 285, 286, 298, 382

  Taft, Alfred Z., 26, 45, 293, 294

  Taft, Gretrude, 26

  Taft, Mary, 26, 242, 293

  Talmadge, Constance, 96

  Talmadge, Norma, 96, 98, 107, 137, 139, 180, 242

  Tandy, Jessica

  Tanguay, Eva, 214, 215

  Tarzan and the Lion Man, 190

  Tarzan the Untamed, 98

  Tatum, Art, 264

  Taylor, Elizabeth, 299

  Taylor, Robert, 188, 227, 250, 262, 282

  Taylor, William Desmond, 108

  Tearle, Conway, 226

  Technicolor Laboratories, 239, 241

  Teenage Fair, 322

  Television Academy, 291, 360, Television City, 300, 302, 386

  Temple Beth-el, 124, Temple Israel of Hollywood, 154, 310

  Temple, Shirley, 219, 226, Ten Commandments, The, 127, 128, Thalberg, Irving, 89, 99, 161

  Thai cuisine, 325

  Thai Town, 363

  Theosophists, 60, 83, 168

  Thief of Bagdad, 128

  This is Your Life, 296, 302

  Thomas, Bob, 280

  Thoren, 67

  Three Stooges, 127

  Thrifty Drugs, 310

  Three Weeks (Elinor Glyn), 110

  Tick Tock Restaurant, 216, 337

  Tijuana Brass, 320

  Tik-Tok Man of Oz, The, 65, 71

  Timberlake, Justin, 378

  Time Magazine, 272

  Tin Woodsman of Oz, The, 93

  Tiny Naylor’s, 309, 333

  Toad-in-the-Hole, 188, Toberman Hall, 60, 89, 90, 113, 124

  Toberman, Charles E., 46, 60, 69, 70, 72, 75, 77, 78, 81, 93, 100, 103, 117, 120, 124, 132, 137, 138, 144, 147, 148, 151, 155, 174, 186, 208, 211, 269, 270, 272, 304–305, 311, 318, 325, 331, 343, 362, 387

  Toberman, John, 46, 60

  Todd, Mike, 298

  Todd, Thelma, 229

  Toluca Lake, 227

  Topsy and Eva, 157

  Tortilla House, 323

  Tracey and Hay, the Dancing Jewels of America, 370

  Tracy, Spencer, 250

  Travis, Merle, 286

  Triangle Studio (D.W. Griffith), 87

  Trizec-Hahn, 366, 367, 373, 374, 375, 376

  Trocadero, 229, 231 See also La Boheme

  Tropics, The, 233

  Troupers, 140

  Trumbo, Dalton, 235

  Truth or Consequences, 285

  Tucker, Sophie, 215, 265

  Turk, Stella, 327

  Turner, Lana, 209, 231, 240, 241, 266

  Tynan, Roxanne, 381

  U.S.-Mexican Peace Treaty, 6

  Ullman, George, 334, 341

  Ultra Lounge, 382

  Uncle Tom’s Cabin, 157

  Union Pacific Railroad, 191

  United Artists, 150, 339

  United Servicemen’s Organization (USO), 269, 310

  United Studios, 149

  Universal City, 80 See also Laemmle, Carl

  Universal Studio, 62, 64, 71, 87, 150, 227, 238, 273, 285. See also Laemmle, Carl

  Universal Studio Tours, 324

  UPA, 290

  Urban Land Institute, 373

  Urquidez, Tomás, 7. See also Casa Don Tomás

  USC School of Cinema, 370

  USO (United Servicemen’s Organization), 269

  Valdez, José, 10

  Valdez, Teofilo, 10

  Valentino, Rudolph, 74, 88, 96, 97, 108, 110, 127, 128, 130, 136, 139, 144,
145, 293

  Vallee, Rudy, 257, 272, 286

  Vampira, 310, See also Nurmi, Maila

  Van de Kamp’s store and café, 216, 378

  Van Doren, Mamie, 365

  Vanities, 196

  Variety, 185, 305, 337, 339

  Vasquez, Tiburio, 10

  Vedanta Society, 243

  Velez, Lupe, 188

  Velvet Rope, 321

  Verdon, Gwen, 265

  Vern Alm Service Station, 216, 217

  Vesuvius, 282, 381

  Vidor, King, 77, 147

  Villa Capri, 301

  Villa Carlotta, 131

  Vine Street Improvement Association, 103, 117, 134, 136, 381

  Vine Street Theatre, 147, 148, 184, 250. See also Wilke’s Vine Street Theater and CBS Radio Playhouse

  Vinyl (nightclub), 379

  Vista Del Mar, 12, 34

  Vista Theatre, 71, 121, 326. See also Bard’s Playhouse

  Vitagraph, 62, 149

  Vitaphone, 150

  Vogue Magazine, 371

  Vogue Theatre, 205, 216, 223, 339

  Von Sternberg, Joseph, 89, 129, 229

  Von Stroheim, Erich, 89, 92, 284

  W6XAO-TV, Channel 1, 287, 288

  Wachs, Joel (L.A. City Councilman), 352

  Wakeman, Caroline, 25, 29, 45, 49

  Wakeman Ranch, 25

  Walk of Fame, 311, 312, 344, 349, 350, 356, 363, 364, 385

  Wallich’s Music City see Music City

  Wallichs, Glenn, 249, 266, 267

  Wallis, Hal, 195

  Walsh, John, 383

  Walt Disney Company, 328, 342, 377

  Wampas Baby Stars, 122, 170

  Wampas Club Orchestra, 135

  Wampas Frolics, 122

  Wanger, Walter, 273, 284

  Ward, Baxter (L.A, County Supervisor), 343, 344

  Warner Brothers Cartoons, 285

  Warner Brothers Studio (Bronson Avenue and Sunset Boulevard), 149, 231

  Warner Brothers Studio (Burbank), 149, 227, 268, 281, 320, 324

  Warner Brothers, 149, 153, 159, 166, 214, 246, 275

  Warner, Harry, 159, 236

  Warner, Jack, 107, 119, 129, 144, 150, 179, 190, 242, 246, 274, 298, 335

  Warner, Sam, 159

  Warner’s Hollywood Theatre, 159, 160, 196, 184, 188, 220, 223, 247, 280, 298, 365, 370

  Warner’s (Vitagraph Studio), 150, 292

  Washington Mutual, 369

  Washington, Denzel, 360–361

  Wattles, Gurdon, 48, 310

  Wayne, John, 139, 166, 188, 282

  Weak Sisters, 147

  Weid, Ivar, 16

  Weill, Kurt, 201

  Weismuller, Johnny, 365

  Welch, Raquel, 319, 328

  Weld, Tuesday, 355

  Welk, Lawrence, 319, 328

  Welles, Orson, 268, 274, 329

  Welsh, Bill, 287, 289, 291, 332

  Werfel, Otto, 235

  West, Mae, 127, 142, 186, 211, 223, 272, 334, 365

  West, Nathanael, 200, 238

  Western Association of Motion Picture Advertisers, 122

  Western Union, 72, 131

  Westinghouse, 357

  Westmore, Ern, 209, 233, 241

  Westmore, Frank, 241, 323

  Westmore, George, 209

  Westmore, John, 95

  Westmore, Perc, 209, 233

  Westwood, 227, 239, 324, 364

 

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