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Stars in Your Eyes - "Star" Sightings

These are the cool locations behind the movie scenes, and some of which we recognize onscreen. From the hair salon where Marilyn Monroe first goes platinum to where John Travolta wailed about warm “Summer Nights,” this tour of famous West coast sites is sure to please the Hollywood lover in everyone!

Hum along... "here's a story of a lovely lady, who was bringing up three very lovely girls" ...

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  1. Stop 1: James Dean's last meal

    Los Angeles, CA categories: Celebrities, Movies

    This former Rat Pack haunt was also a favorite of James Dean’s, and it was here where he ate his last supper on the evening of September 29th., the night before he was killed. He entered the restaurant from the left of the building. READ MORE

  2. Stop 2: Happy Days house

    Los Angeles, CA categories: Celebrities, Movies

    This is the house used as the exterior of the Cunningham home in the long-running (1974-1984) TV series Happy Days. READ MORE

  3. Stop 3: Marilyn Monroe dyes her hair blonde

    Los Angeles, CA categories: American History, Landmark Legends

    Norma Jeane Baker (soon to be Marilyn Monroe) was offered a modeling job in the winter of 1945. The photographer wanted the brunette to be a blonde, and so here it was that she became a blonde for the first time, thus dramatically c... READ MORE

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