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  • Modern Screen Goes Inside the Sunset Strip’s Mocambo Nightclub

Modern Screen Goes Inside the Sunset Strip’s Mocambo Nightclub

  • Jon Ponder
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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
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

These photos were published in the January 1949 issue of Modern Screen magazine illustrating an article titled, “The Mocambo Affairs,” penned by the Sunset Strip nightclub’s proprietor, Charlie Morrison.

It is rare to find color photos of the club’s interior, which was designed by Tony Duquette.

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