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Category: Nightclubs

Photo of the Mocambo's dance floor from a January 1949 article in Modern Screen titled, "The Mocambo Affairs," by Charlie Morrison, the nightclub's proprietor

Modern Screen Goes Inside the Sunset Strip’s Mocambo Nightclub

Photo of the Mocambo’s dance floor from a January 1949 article in Modern Screen titled, “The Mocambo Affairs,” by Charlie […]

The interior of Cafe Trocadero in a photo dated 1937

Go Inside Cafe Trocadero on the Strip in the Early Thirties

From former Los Angeles Times columnist Cecilia Rasmussen, here’s a description of the genesis of Cafe Trocadero, published on Dec. […]

The Players Club, 8225 Sunset Blvd.

Drinks, Dinner and Dancing at the Players Club

The Players Club was unusual among the celebrity nightclubs on the Sunset Strip in that it was owned by a […]

The Pink Pussycat: the Rat Pack’s Favorite Stripper Bar

Opened in the early 1960s by Alice and Harry Schiller, a nice couple from Beverly Hills, the Pink Pussycat at […]

Mocambo: An Elegant Venue for the Top Entertainers of the Day

Like Cafe Trocadero and Ciro’s, the Mocambo was a world-famous nightclub on the Sunset Strip catering to celebrities. Located at […]

Celebrating the upcoming marriage of Nancy Davis (left) to Ronald Reagan, are Jeanne (Biegger) Martin and Dean Martin (right) at Ciro's Nightclub on the Sunset Strip on February 23, 1952.

Ciro’s: The Stars’ Favorite Nightspot for Nearly 20 Years

Louis Adlon, son of the proprietor of Berlin’s Hotel Adlon, opened Hollywood’s first iteration of Ciro’s in 1934. Located on […]

Cafe Trocadero on the Sunset Strip, 1935: From left, Edith Gwynne Wilkerson (wife of Trocadero owner Billy Wilkerson), Jean Harlow, William Powell, William Haines’ husband Jimmy Shields (standing), Anderson Lawler (seated), unidentified man (standing), William Haines, Edith’s sister Marge

Cafe Trocadero Set the Style for Hollywood Glamour on the Sunset Strip

There were dozens of nightclubs operating at various times along the Sunset Strip in its early years – the 1920s […]

Billy Wilkerson: Sunset Strip Tastemaker – and Inveterate Gambler

William R. Wilkerson wore many hats. He was publisher of the Hollywood Reporter, of course, which, along with Variety, has […]

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