And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Friday, April 3, 2020
Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra attend the opening night performance of Eddie Fisher at the Cocoanut Grove, Hollywood, California. (1961)
Actually, the Cocoanut Grove was adjoining the Ambassador Hotel, just east of downtown L.A., not in Hollywood. After being open from 1921-1985, it was demolished in 2005-6, to make room for a new public school complex.
I got to tour the mezzanine Green Room upstairs, where the Rat Pack would hang out between sets, and they had a secret view slot to view the performance going on, to see where the act on stage was, and thus enter right on cue.
Also saw the actual Presidential Suite, the ballroom, and the kitchen where RFK was assassinated.
Actually, the Cocoanut Grove was adjoining the Ambassador Hotel, just east of downtown L.A., not in Hollywood. After being open from 1921-1985, it was demolished in 2005-6, to make room for a new public school complex.
ReplyDeleteI got to tour the mezzanine Green Room upstairs, where the Rat Pack would hang out between sets, and they had a secret view slot to view the performance going on, to see where the act on stage was, and thus enter right on cue.
Also saw the actual Presidential Suite, the ballroom, and the kitchen where RFK was assassinated.
All gone now.
shrimp and comfort. meal for a king
ReplyDeleteThat’s Joey Bishop in the background. So much talent in one quick snap
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