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Diner · Soda Fountain · 1932–1983 (closed)

Schwab's Pharmacy

8024 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA

The legendary Sunset Strip drugstore-and-soda-fountain where Lana Turner was supposedly discovered. Closed 1983; the site is now a parking structure.

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Schwab's Pharmacy — historical photo
Photo: Michael Haering / Herald Examiner Collection / LAPL · Editorial use — LAPL Photo Collection · archive record
8024 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles

Documented sightings · 2

  1. F. Scott Fitzgerald

    Suffered a heart attack here in 1940

    VerifiedWikipedia · Schwab's Pharmacy

    1930s

  2. Lana Turner

    Per Hollywood myth, discovered at the soda fountain at 16. (She was actually at the Top Hat Café across the street, but the legend stuck.)

    VerifiedWikipedia · Schwab's Pharmacy

    1937

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