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Thursday, August 13, 2009 – Relentless Sun Hot as hell, not a breath of any kind of breeze, the air a stew of smoke from fires up the coast and the thick local smog, being cooked by the high, hazy sun – just another day in paradise – and this is the corner where Sunset and Hollywood Boulevard meet, at the edge of Silverlake. The sun above the door at Uncle Jer's – |
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And if all that wasn't enough, across the street is the needlessly Egyptian Vista Theater, 4473 Sunset Boulevard. It was designed by Lewis A. Smith and opened on October 16, 1923, with Baby Peggy in "Tips" along with vaudeville acts on stage. It's smaller than the famous Egyptian Theater in the center of Hollywood, but it's more peculiar. Ed Wood, voted the Worst Director of All Time, had an office in this building. |
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