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Friday, June 5, 2009

Neato Public Buildings: Firestation With A Slide Pole As The Sign

He May Be On His Knees But He's Not Begging: Billy Haines' Studio and House

The Haines Showroom

"Haines Castle"

(after Billy and Jimmy moved to the West Side, Tallulah Bankhead lived here for years)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Haines

http://www.williamhaines.com/index.php

Problematic Architecture: The Darkroom

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1RvAibZNmg

One of the few remaining famous Programatic buildings from the Good Old Days, the camera is now a Mexican Restaurant (with free Wi-Fi!)

Take A Picture Before Sarah Palin Shoots Him From A Helicopter: Jay Ward Productions

There is a bit of an in-joke, or actually a forgotten joke that goes along with the Bullwinkle statue on the Sunset Strip...When it was put up in the 1960's it was spoofing a giant billboard accross the street for the Sahara Casino, featuring a cowgirl on a motor who twirled and twirld day and night (See Bellow)

The Grauman's Of Porn: Santa Monica Blvd. Pussycat Theatre

FOLLOW THIS LINK...GOOD STUFF

http://www.sandiegoreader.com/weblogs/bands/2008/dec/26/pussycat-theater-history-when-cathouses-ruled-ca-5/

Hollywood Crime SceneL Steps Of The Trocadero RIPPED Out

Hollywood Mob Site: LA Boss Jack Dragna Found Dead At Saharan

Hollywood Crime Scene: Shitfaced Clark Gable Kills Pregnant Woman In Crosswalk

Mr. Tambo Upon Learning We're Moving To Tennessee

Saturday, May 30, 2009

Hollywood Crime Scnes: The Procurement Of Minors: Lee's Drugstore and The Gold Cup

The girls just off the bus got picked up at the fountain on Hollywood and Highland. All major Hollywood Book was made out of the same establishment.

A different kind of same kind of place was The Gold Cup coffee shop at Las Palmas and Hollywood. The neighborhood teemed with 15 and 16 year old boys who ran away before "someone found out." Since they couldn't get in bars, it was the Gold Cup For them. (But the boys had it better off...They got to keep their whole $5 isntead of split it with a pimp!

Rooftops Good For a-Jumping and a-Seancin'!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bess_Houdini

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irene_Lentz#Death

Hollywood Crime Scene: Janis Joplin Overdose

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janis_Joplin#Death

Rent-a-Fascist Police State: Monthly-Weekly-Hourly!

Paul De Longpre's Garden's Today: Check Cashing, Greyhound Terminal, and Methadone Clinic

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_de_Longpr%C3%A9

Hollywood Crime Scene, Multiple Counts: Steve Boardner's Bar

http://www.boardners.com/boardners_story.php

How Hollywood: The Hays Office Established To Keep Sleazy People Away From Hollywood, Ends Up Being Owned By Eddie Nash!

The JUST restored Mary Moll building. It may NOW be recognized as the background in the famous Buster Keaton film Sherlock Jr. when the projectionist steps into the movie screen.

You'll have to follow the links for the rest of the info...This is a VERY important building.

Will Hays, Czar Of All The Rushes

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_H._Hays

The Hays Office (Room 205)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Production_Code

Eddie Nash, Class Act
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Nash

I Would add that if Hays had done his job, I wouldn't have been running all over the City for six months photographing Hollywood Crime Scenes, with TONS more to go!

Where The Underworld Could Meet The Elite, Up On Yucca Street: Site Of The Villa Capri

http://www.hollywoodheritage.org/preservation/Villa%20Capri.html

Hollywood Crime Scene:The Murder Of (Now Ectoplasmic) Victor Killian

Also, while they may have used the Exterior of The Beverly Hills Hotel, for the Hotel California album cover, the INSIDE that was pictured on the back, was the lobby of the Lido.

http://theghoster.net/Main/Kilian.html

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Helpful Hollywood Tourist Hint: Finding The Hollywood Sign

Look around for bright yellow signs reading "NO Access To The HOLLYWOOD SIGN," then follow them, one by one, and they will lead you directly to The Hollywood Sign.

Hill People split me. Imagine People on Hollywood Boulevard puting in signs reading "Graman's Chinese Theatre Located On Santa Monica Blvd." because they wanted to live near The Chinese, but they wanted to throw everyone else off.

My Favorite Fire Escapes In The World: The Louis B. Mayer Building, Breen Office

Unfortunately, the beautiful building was named after one of the most loathsome individuals in Hollywood History (and that is saying A LOT), and was used to house a censorship office! Good looks can only get you so far...