Kidnapping and mysterious deaths follow them as they weave their way through the maze of Hollywood’s movie and TV backroom deals. Suspicion shifts between her husband Peter Smith, and Silver’s three older brothers.Īt every turn Drake and Dolan are lied to or misled. Drake is now embroiled in the murder investigation of Silver Brovor-Smith. Drake wonders why the FBI is on the scene when it looks like a simple case of murder. They deliver the actresses home after the Oscar Awards ceremony, but stumble onto the murder of Silver Brovor-Smith, the mother of one of their charges, actress Holly Becker. Skylar Drake and his partner are hired as bodyguards for two young starlets. Watch the Bugs Bunny Cartoon “Slick Hare” for comedic scenes at the Mocambo (notice the background) Go to: The Mocambo was also parodied mercilessly in the 1947 Bugs Bunny cartoon, “ Slick Hare“.Įarly in 1957, club operator and co-owner Charlie Morrison died at his Beverly Hills, California, home. The Mocambo remained in business for one final year, before closing its doors on June 30, 1958. The building was then sold, reopened as a supper club called The Cloister, and was eventually demolished. Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz were frequent guests at the Mocambo and were close friends of proprietor, Charlie Morrison. The club’s main stage was replicated on the TV series I Love Lucy as the “Tropicana” Club. In 1943, Frank Sinatra made his Los Angeles debut at the Mocambo Club. A trip to the club on any night, might treat you to a room filled with the leading actors: men and women of the motion picture and television industry. With big band music, the club became one of the most popular dinner and dance-till-dawn spots in town. Along the walls were glass cages holding live cockatoos, macaws, seagulls, pigeons, parrots, and colorful pillars through the club. The club’s Latin American-themed decor, designed by Tony Duquette, cost $100,000 (equivalent to $1,663,801 in 2017). When the Mocambo Club opened on January 3, 1941, at 8588 Sunset Blvd, West Hollywood, California, and was an immediate success. The Mocambo Club in West Hollywood, California Because of its popularity, we had to have a scene there in the book! While doing in-depth research into 1950s Hollywood, we came across news that amazed us! The Mocambo Club was a popular club and an intricate part of 1950s Hollywood night life. Our new book, GAME TOWN, is set in Hollywood and exposes a scandal that rocks the Toy Companies in Los Angeles. My husband Will Zeilinger and I co-write the Skylar Drake Murder Mysteries, a hardboiled detective series that takes the reader to 1950s Los Angeles and other areas of the West. Janet is visiting today to talk about their latest book and the research that led them to this mystery. Janet Elizabeth Lynn and Will Zeilinger write a mystery series called the Skylar Drake Murder Mysteries.
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