They said stay home and hide. This new heat wave might kill you. But that meant it was time to photograph Hollywood, when it’s hot. There’s the Hollywood Palladium on Sunset Boulevard, almost ready to open again, and the old Earl Carroll Theater across the street. In 1968 that became the Aquarius Theater, the home of the long-running Los Angeles production of “Hair” – night after night after night – and it’s the Aquarius Theater once again. Quentin...
more »They said stay home and hide. This new heat wave might kill you. But that meant it was time to photograph Hollywood, when it’s hot. There’s the Hollywood Palladium on Sunset Boulevard, almost ready to open again, and the old Earl Carroll Theater across the street. In 1968 that became the Aquarius Theater, the home of the long-running Los Angeles production of “Hair” – night after night after night – and it’s the Aquarius Theater once again. Quentin Tarantino did that. He needed that façade as good as new for a background shot in “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” – his movie about those days. Everyone has agreed that façade should stay for now. The big back skyscraper is the Sunset Media Center – industry offices baking in the sun. The green skyscraper is Sunset-Vine Tower, as seen in “The Towering Inferno” of course. And there’s the blazing sun. Yes, Hollywood was hot this day. ~ Tuesday, June 15, 2021
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