SATYR BOOK SHOP

Hollywood was once such a dream!

Here is a photo of the original Satyr Book Shop, at 1620 (or 1622) Vine St., Hollywood.

 Located in the same building as the Hollywood Brown Derby (entrance under large awning at left). The bookshop opened in 1926, and was originally co-owned by Stanley Rose; these photos date from sometime in the 1930s. 

 The front of the Satyr Book Shop ~ circa 1931. The dapper gent at the left is Universal Pictures star John Boles & "friend." It's a staged publicity shot credited to photographer Ray Long.

 Thanks to the sharpness of the original photo, and thus the visibility of various books in the window display, it's possible to date the photo as May 1931. (One of the books on display is Dashiell Hammett's The Glass Key, published that month.

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