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Identifier	clloy_050
Title	The Wall of Fame, Earl Carroll's Theatre-Restaurant, Hollywood, California.
Creator	Unknown
Date Published	1948
Subject (Topic)	Theaters--California--Los Angeles; Restaurants--California--Los Angeles; Celebrities--20th century;
Subject (Name)	Earl Carroll's Theatre-Restaurant (Los Angeles, Calif.); Carroll, Earl;
Subject (Place)	Sunset Boulevard (Los Angeles, Calif.); Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.);
Type	image
Form/Genre	Postcards
Physical Description	1 postcard : Color ; 9 x 14 cm.
Institution	Department of Archives and Special Collections, Loyola Marymount University Library.
Collection Identifier	http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt9489r2nz
Country of Creation	US
Copyright Status	public domain
Copyright Statement	http://library.lmu.edu/dlp/copyright.htm
Publisher	Western Publishing & Novelty Co.
Place of Publication	Los Angeles, Calif.
Language	eng
Description	A partial view of the "Wall of Fame" featured on the outer wall of Earl Carroll's Theatre-Restaurant. To the right are the entrance to the Theatre-Restaurant and a large neon sign showing actress Beryl Wallace. Signatures on the wall include Joan Bennett, Don Ameche, Rosalind Russell, Myrna Loy, Charles Boyer, and Clark Gable, among others.
Historical Background	Songwriter Earl Carroll opened his Theatre-Restaurant in December of 1938 at 6230 Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood. The exterior featured a giant neon portrait of actress Beryl Wallace, Carroll's longtime companion, and a "Wall of Fame" on the outside wall where actors and actresses had inscribed their names. The theater boasted two revolving stages, three floating stages, and disappearing platforms, and could accommodate up to one thousand people. The theater was sold after Carroll and Wallace died in a plane crash in 1948, and the site was used for a succession of theaters and night clubs including the Hullabaloo club, the Aquarius Theatre, and in 2004, the Nickelodeon Theater.
Additional Printed Matter	On back: "On this famous wall, are plaques bearing the signatures of many celebrities of stage, screen, and radio."
Publisher's Identifier	Publisher's serial number: 8B-H519; Series number: 853
Additional Notes	Date from publisher's serial number; Printed using the C.T. Photochrom process; Printed on linen textured paper.
Metacollection Identifier	http://digitalcollections.lmu.edu
Source	Werner Von Boltenstern Postcard Collection