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Captain Grimes
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Posts: 2 |  Posted: 2011-11-11 10:33 am Permalink
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On 2011-11-10 22:25, bigbrotiki wrote:
Very interesting. Great research. But why the repeated difference in the spelling of the name?
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I'm not sure. IMDb lists him as "Ray Hallor, a.k.a. Ray Haller," and the Times referred to both "Ray Hallor's Seven Seas" and (after about 1936) "Ray Haller's Seven Seas."
Maybe people tended to mispronounce Hallor, so he switched to a more phonetic spelling?
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bigbrotiki
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Joined: Mar 25, 2002
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From: Tiki Island, above the Silverlake
| Posted: 2011-11-11 12:21 pm Permalink
Well, those connections pretty much seal the fact that it's the same guy, whatever the reason for the spelling change, thank you.
What I would give to have been at W. S. Van Dyke's party to see if the two Polynesian pop purveyors knew each other. Though they never worked together ( http://www.citwf.com/person206963.htm ), Van Dyke might have frequented the Seven Seas nightclub.
I just came to Hollywood too late, all I got to do was a shoot a horrible B-movie with Drew Barrymore:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106753/fullcredits 
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Hallor was also named in a 1929 breach-of-promise-suit that a young woman brought against the actor Maurice Costello, a silent-film star who was apparently one of Hallor's friends, and, incidentally, the great-grandfather of Drew Barrymore.
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So if we apply the "Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon" rule, I am related to Ray Hallor/Haller
But for the possibly true relation to W.S. Van Dyke: Not only did he direct the South Sea movie classic "White Shadows in the South Seas" (1928), which might have been the first Hollywood film to feature a Tiki:
(which was based on a never since utilized Necker Island statue)
....but Van Dyke also discovered Ray Mala, first non-white Hollywood star (AND cinematographer!), and portrayer of South Seas natives (despite his being Eskimo) in such classics as "Robinson Crusoe on Clipper Island" (1936)
Here the best segment from the series (note the early Tiki necklace, and the silly Pele idol):
http://www.archive.org/details/robinson_crusoe_of_clipper_island_ep6?start=719.5
"Rani Rani, Melani !"
But enough veering off from the main subject, I thought it would be interesting to delve a little into the pop cultural environment that Haller's/Brooks' Seven Seas club existed in. Now WHY and WHEN exactly did Bob Brooks take over?
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Dustycajun
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Joined: Nov 16, 2007
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From: Santa Barbara, CA
| Posted: 2012-06-15 08:01 am Permalink
Here is another souvenir photo from the Seven Seas.
He looks like he is having fun!
DC
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Atomic Tiki Punk
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From: Costa Misery
| Posted: 2012-06-15 10:29 am Permalink
So nobody else went to the 7 Seas when it was a "New Wave Dance Club" ?
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arriano
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From: Birdland - San Diego
| Posted: 2012-06-15 1:23 pm Permalink
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On 2012-06-15 10:29, Atomic Tiki Punk wrote:
So nobody else went to the 7 Seas when it was a "New Wave Dance Club" ?
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Was it called Club Hollywood by any chance? I know I went to some crappy new wave club by that name and it was right about that location in around '85 or '86, I think.
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Atomic Tiki Punk
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From: Costa Misery
| Posted: 2012-06-15 1:45 pm Permalink
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On 2012-06-15 13:23, arriano wrote:
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On 2012-06-15 10:29, Atomic Tiki Punk wrote:
So nobody else went to the 7 Seas when it was a "New Wave Dance Club" ?
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Was it called Club Hollywood by any chance? I know I went to some crappy new wave club by that name and it was right about that location in around '85 or '86, I think.
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I think after 7 Seas closed, there was a few clubs in the same building around that time.
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Bora Boris
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Joined: Mar 25, 2005
Posts: 2403
From: Boogie Wonderland
| Posted: 2012-06-15 1:49 pm Permalink
I remember the KROQ radio commercials for it, with I think the B52's playing in the background and wasn't it all ages?
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Joe Banks
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From: Hollywoodland
| Posted: 2012-06-16 3:57 pm Permalink
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On 2012-06-15 10:29, Atomic Tiki Punk wrote:
So nobody else went to the 7 Seas when it was a "New Wave Dance Club" ?
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That's when we called it the 7 Sleaze.
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Atomic Tiki Punk
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From: Costa Misery
| Posted: 2012-06-17 12:56 am Permalink
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On 2012-06-16 15:57, Joe Banks wrote:
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On 2012-06-15 10:29, Atomic Tiki Punk wrote:
So nobody else went to the 7 Seas when it was a "New Wave Dance Club" ?
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That's when we called it the 7 Sleaze.
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Yup, That's what we called it!
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