'mystery' theater
[I figured out the theater toward the end of the post / I decided to leave the post as is because these slides are quite exceptional.]
Here are more slides taken by the man that was stationed at Camp Pendleton in the 1950s. [the same man that took the Mona Freeman / Grauman's Chinese Theater pics].
His daughter [the seller] says he visited Hollywood and Los Angeles numerous times while on leave.
The first person we see is Eddie Fisher.
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This is what I call a CLOSE UP!
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I think the banner might hold some clues. (but
KRNT is a radio station out of Des Moines Iowa
)
He snapped this one right in his face. OUCH!
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This next slide gives you a good look at the stage stairs. It doesn't appear to be a fancy place.
Dog Act
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Dean Martin
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Jerry Lewis
Lewis & Martin
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lots of chipped paint.
I was just beginning to toy with the idea that this might be a 'road show' in some other town
when ROBERT MITCHUM shows up!
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There was also this guy doing some kind of Popeye impersonation.
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In our last slide we see Jerry Lewis, and numerous other people, taking off in a limo.
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here's Jer
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and a
very nice looking lady in the front seat (actually the middle seat)
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This is Des Moines.
-not Hollywood. sorry.
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At least all the performers are
Hollywood people. -well maybe not that Popeye fellow...and that ugly dog.
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