#brown derby

[gatabella]

Clark Gable and Marlene Dietrich at the Brown Derby, c.1935

[nerds-yearbook]

The Flash (Barry Allen) went to Hollywood to appear in a movie about the Flash in The Flash 118, cover date February 1961. However, they only wanted him for the action scenes. They had the actor Steve Palmer protray the Flash for the majority of the film. Barry soon started to fear someone on the set was trying to kill Palmer. ("The Doomed Scarecrow" "The Midnight Peril" The Flash 118, DC Comic Event)

[outlawpetegsc]

Inside The Beverly Hills Brown Derby .

[bygone-hollywood]

Interior of the Beverly Hills Brown Derby

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

COFFEE SHOPS & HOLLYWOOD HOT SPOTS ON THE HISTORIC WEST SIDE -- I'LL HAVE THE SOUP OF THE DAY & A BROWN DERBY SPECIAL.

PIC(S) INFO: Mega spotlight on a vintage menu design for The Brown Derby Coffee Shop, on Wilshire in West Los Angeles, CA, USA, c. 1957.

OVERVIEW: "Opened in 1926, the original restaurant at 3427 Wilshire Boulevard remains the most famous due to its distinctive shape. Whimsical architecture was popular at the time, and the restaurant was designed to catch the eye of passing motorists. The Brown Derby name originated from a Malverne, New York-based restaurant of the same name that had been a popular hang-out for vaudevillians in the 1920s. It was founded by Wilson Mizner as a small cafe, across the street from the popular Hollywood hot spot the Cocoanut Grove at the Ambassador Hotel. Wilson was the front man; Herbert K. Somborn owned the property and Jack L. Warner put up the money. Wilson Mizner sat in booth 50 almost every day.

The cafe was successful enough to warrant building a second branch later. The original, derby-shaped building was moved in 1937 to 3377 Wilshire Boulevard at the northeast corner of Wilshire Boulevard and Alexandria Avenue, about a block from its previous location (and directly across the street from the Ambassador Hotel).

In September 1980, the restaurant closed without warning. Local preservationists unsuccessfully tried to stop the building from being bulldozed, but the demolition was completed in November and replaced by a parking lot."

-- VINTAGE MENU ART

Source: https://vintagemenuart.com/products/the-brown-derby-coffee-shop-hollywood-1957.

[misterlemonztenth]

12-23-23 | The original Brown Derby restaurant opened on Wilshire Blvd. in Los Angeles in 1926. via hollyboywood. misterlemonztenth.tumblr.com/archive

[mariocki]

The Saint: The Convenient Monster (5.6, ITC, 1966)

"Mr. Templar, what's your interest in this?"

"Well, let's say I have not bought an ailing hotel on the banks of Loch Ness and I've not been retained to boost Scottish tourism."

"Are you going to help Mrs. Bastion catch the monster?"

"If there is a monster and Mrs. Bastion's after it, then it's the monster who'll need help."

"What's your next move, Mr. Templar?"

"Lunch."

"Oh, one more thing, Mr. Templar: do you believe in the monster?"

"Does the monster believe in me?"

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