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MOCAMBO IS THE NEW TOWN SQUARE OF HOLLYWOOD — WHERE THE CABLES RUB ELBOWS WITH TOURISTS FROM KALAMAZOO AND THE WAITERS ARE A COUPLE UP ON WIN! HELL AND SKOLSKY!
It's so mobbed that celebs like Desi and Lucille Arnaz come armed with an evening paper to read while standing in line waiting for their special table.
vacated. Betty Grable and George Raft like a table near the door. Rudy Vallee has two pet locations — one near the dance floor when he's with a large party; the other in a distant corner when he's with a luscious morsel. Gail Patrick often brings a group of men from the army base at March Field, and reserves the table with the best view of the entire room so the boys won't miss a thing. Alfred Vanderbilt is usually seated behind one of the pillars on the dance floor, where he is completely hidden from the view of everyone except those at the adjoining table — a desirable arrangement because he's reticent about being seen in public with a glamour girl until his divorce becomes final.
Monday night is Mocambo's Sweepstakes Night, and the place is jammed with Hollywood stars who, like ourselves, can't resist the (Continued on page 86)
As at Ciro's, it's a club rule that men wear ties, and Jo Carradine almost got the old heave-ho when he showed in a scarf. Maitre d'hotel Andre loaned him one of his ti<
Al Ritz hoists protesting Dotty Lamour up on a sway-bc milk wagon pony! He was part of the decorations at tV cambo's Diamond Horseshoe Ball after Santa Anita's closir
JUNE, 1941
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