September 11, 2014 /

The Cocoanut Grove at the Ambassador Hotel, redesigned by Mary Jeffras in 1934

Who danced and dined here? Just about everybody. A couple from the 1930’s:

The room was redesigned in 1934 by Mary Jeffras:

The crowd could have contained anyone… Joan Crawford, Clara Bow, Charlie Chaplin, Cary Grant…

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2 Comments

  1. laniersmith
    November 11, 2012

    “Pasadena Mr. Main….leave it alone” …remember that late night scene in the Coconut Grove in …what was the name of that movie about Esther Blodgett?

  2. Gallivanta
    September 12, 2014

    Worrying about those furry cuffs getting in the soup.;)

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