Café Montmartre

In 1919, Charles E. Toberman bought the property at 6763 Hollywood Boulevard, and three years later, built a real estate office on the lot.

[4] The venue's decline began in 1929 after Brandstatter opened the Embassy Club which drew away clientele from the Cafe Montmartre.

The second floor space later housed the Lee Strasberg Institute before it became the present-day Club Day After, which features the Montmartre Lounge,[5] a private parties' bar, its signage being just the letters "ML".

Hollywood's Silver Screen greats, Carmelita Marracci a Ballet Legend, Ted Howard for Tap, Martha Graham mentioned it in her book Dance to the Piper, Napua for Hula, Bobby Banas for Jazz, Lola Montes and her flamenco dancers, Michio Ito for Japanese/Modern, Sol Hurok, Ballet Russe with Adolf Bolm, George Balanchine, Antony Tudor, Anton Dolin, etc.

[8] It was frequented by some of the top stars and figures in the business at the time, including John Barrymore, Bebe Daniels, Adolphe Menjou, Rudolph Valentino, Bessie Love, Mary Astor, Charlie Chaplin, Fatty Arbuckle, Lew Cody, Douglas Fairbanks, and Tom Mix, and writers and businesspeople such as Rupert Hughes, Peter B. Kyne and William Randolph Hearst.

[4][9] It became a symbol of glamor across the United States and gained renown as a place where one could get a ticket to stardom, due to the many film bosses and stars who frequented the venue.

[1] Designed by Meyer & Holler in the style of an Italian Renaissance palazzo,[5] the two story structure featured Spanish tiling and grilled doors decorated with Mexican wrought-iron.