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Film Remembers Chasen's
But for the closing event of the five-day Los Angeles Independent Film Festival last night, a new documentary was screened that will preserve in celluloid the place where Frank Sinatra ate hobo steaks, Dean Martin chugged "Flame of Love" cocktails and Liz Taylor ordered take-out chili--to be flown to her movie locations.
Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's mixes newsreel footage from parties of yesteryear, interviews with classic stars and candid comments from longtime staff members to tell how Dave Chasen's Beverly Boulevard fixture matured from a modest diner in 1936 to Hollywood's ultimate power spot, before losing its luster in the '90s to newer, trendier restaurants that ushered in a younger era of Hollywood.
Ed McMahon narrates as Pepe the bartender makes his famous "Flame of Love" cocktail ("save room for the vodka," McMahon cautions). Donna Summer reveals how her hit song "She Works Hard for the Money" was inspired by the sight of a worn-out Chasen's bathroom attendant slumped in a chair. And actor Jack Lemmon notes how "You can mark the changing of eras in Hollywood by the closing of restaurants."
As the strip mall that will take its place awaits zoning permits, the restaurant--now dubbed "Chasen's Events"--will continue to host special events at least through the end of the year. A new Chasen's will open April 18 in the location of the old Bistro in Beverly Hills--but time will tell if Brad, Gwyneth and the rest of today's younger stars will help the restaurant reclaim its former stature.
Meanwhile, back in the New Hollywood, the L.A. Festival audience members voted the frank and disturbing documentary Sick: The Life and Death of Bob Flanagan, Super-Masochist as Best Feature.
Mix us a Flame of Love--and make it a double!
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