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Hotel Hollywood (building)
The Hotel Hollywood is a building located on the corner of Foster and Hunt Streets in Surry Hills, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

History

The building has aesthetic, historical and social significance. It is one of only five hotels constructed in the Inter-War Functionalist style in the city during a short period between 1938 and 1942; the others are the Australian (Broadway), the Civic, the Kegroom Tavern, and Sutherlands. The hotel is historically 'intact' having had no internal or external alterations of any kind. It is heritage listed as part of the Sydney Local Environmental Plan on 14 December 2012.

Once owned by Tooth & Co it was originally called the Nevada. The Hotel Hollywood acquired its name in 1940 due to its location to the nearby cinema related industry. It saw women drinking at its bars as early as 1950. It is now most notable for its unpretentious, well worn, interior the spinning mirror ball and actress Doris Goddard. Goddard purchased the building in 1978 for $178,000 and remained its publican and proprietress for 42 years, up until her death in July 2019. In June 2021, the building was purchased by private investment firm Petersen Group for over $9 million.

Film and television credits

The movie Tim was filmed at the Hotel Hollywood as was Erskineville Kings (1999). The film clip Boots was filmed at the hotel and features Doris Goddard (actress and publican) singing and playing guitar in the credits. Other television series filmed at the Hollywood include Blue Murder, Brides of Christ and Water Rats.

Hotel Hollywood in August 1930
Hotel Hollywood in 1950

References

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  7. ^ "Sydney Local Environmental Plan 2012" (PDF).
  8. ^ "Tooth and Company deposit 4 - Archives". archivescollection.anu.edu.au. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
  9. ^ The Noel Butlin Archives Centre (29 February 2016). "Hollywood Hotel card 2 side 2". Australian National University. hdl:1885/99767. N60-YC-342.
  10. ^ "Hollywood Hotel in Surry Hills (Sydney) < New South Wales | Gday Pubs - Enjoy our Great Australian Pubs". www.gdaypubs.com.au. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
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  13. ^ Ibrahim, Tony (2 June 2021). "A little piece of Hollywood in Sydney will live on after $10m sale". ABC News. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
  14. ^ McGowan, Michael (29 July 2019). "Doris Goddard, Hotel Hollywood publican and Sydney 'icon', dies aged 89". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
  15. ^ Sydney's Hollywood Hotel sold in $9m deal Australian Financial Review 1 June 2021
  16. ^ "Indian Brides of Christ", Brides of Christ, Stanford University Press, pp. 244–274, 13 May 2008, ISBN 9780804752831
  17. ^ "A Tribute to Doris Goddard - By Lance Leopard". Planet Maynard. 2 May 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
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