El Morocco Blue, New York 1961 Sizes:A2 (420x594mm) Archival Print (Unframed) roadside restaurants and hotels

roadside restaurants and hotels

and now an events centre

Both became wildly popular comic strip characters

from the height of MM’s golden age

El Morocco Blue, New York 1961 Sizes:A2 (420x594mm) Archival Print (Unframed) roadside restaurants and hotelsEl Morocco was a legendary and glamorous New York nightclub frequented by the rich and famous from the 1930s onwards. It started out as a speakeasy on 54th Street and, after the repeal of Prohibition, became a super sophisticated restaurant and nightclub the place to see and be seen. People came dressed in all their finery to see celebrities such as Marilyn Monroe, Errol Flynn, Maurice Chevalier, Clark Gable, Gary Cooper and Paulette Goddard let their