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How Celebrities Drank and Dined in the Golden Age of Hollywood Unveiled in New Exhibit
Out With the Stars at the Hollywood Heritage Museum features menus, signs and items from the Golden Age of celebrity restaurants and nightclubs.
Angie Schneider, director of the museum that is housed in the historic Lasky-DeMille Barn across from the Hollywood Bowl, is working to bolster its programming with exhibits featuring rare items from entertainment collectors, such as the recent MGM 100th anniversary showcase. One highlight is the menus and ephemera with colorful art deco graphics from historic eateries including Clara Bow’s It Café, Thelma Todd’s Sidewalk Cafe, Sardi’s, Ciro’s, Perino’s and Pig n’ Whistle. A display is devoted to Don Dickerman’s Pirates’ Den — a wild 1940s theme nitery with celebrity partners including Gary Cooper, Bing Crosby, Erroll Flynn, Rudy Vallee, Fred MacMurray and Hope.
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