ARRIVING IN HOLLYWOOD

I missed it. They razed the hotel one year before I arrived in Hollywood. Just flat dirt was there.   Originally uploaded by Bill Dakota In 1957, at the age of 19, I was living in Flint, and had been working at the Capitol theater when I decided I wanted to move to Hollywood. I sold a few personal things I had, such as my beautiful VM stereo, my record collection, a sectional sofa, an 8mm camera and projector and flew to California. It was snowing in Flint when I left. A real blizzard and I...Read Full Story