This silent home movie contains footage shot in downtown Hollywood, and on Hollywood Blvd. of the Hollywood Xmas Parade, in the 1940s. At :19 a large Christmas tree is visible near the El Capitan Theater, which is visible at :35. At :21, neon sign for the Seven Seas Restaurant, where the sophisticated dine in an exotic Tahitian atmosphere amidst tropical thunder, lightning and the “Famous Rain on the Roof”. At :46 what floats in the Hollywood Xmas Parade are going by — hard to see except for Santa’s Sleigh at 1:00. At 1:35, window display and then a neon sign for the Christie Grill. At 2:07 the neon for Nancy’s Department Store is visible, as well as the marquee of the Pantages and the famous Owl Drug Store. At 2:30, the Melody Lane Restaurant neon. The Broadway Hotel sign is shown at 2:48, and a Coca Cola neon at 3:18 proclaiming “All Roads Lead to Hollywood”. At 3:41 a sign for Carpenter’s Eastside. Erroll Carroll’s nightclub neon, with its iconic neon visage, ends the film.

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