![]() 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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