Retro Friday: Cocoanut Grove Edition

In honor of the Cocoanut Grove's recent destruction... Above, in a clip from 1934, Mary Pickford introduces Bing Crosby on stage at the Ambassador Hotel's Cocoanut Grove. Bing croons "Sentimental Ballad."



Thanks to Tess Inman for pointing out this one, another Cocoanut Grove clip from 1934. According to the You Tube post, "we catch glimpses of El Brendel, Gary Cooper, Richard Cromwell, Toby Wing, Sir Guy Standing, Jack Okie, Arlene Judge, Ted Fiorito and his Orchestra and Leo Carrillo."