A plaque remaining from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem.

Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.

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Entry from September 02, 2019
Hollyweird (Hollywood + weird)

“Hollyweird” (Hollywood + weird) is a portmanteau word for the city of Hollywood and its entertainment industry. “Hollyweird” has been printed on many images.
 
“Hollyweird” was printed in a syndicated newspaper column of Walter Winchell (1897-1972) on February 8, 1947. The “Hollyweird” term is still used.
 
Hellyweird (hell + weird + Hollywood) and “Hellywood” (hell + Hollywood) are similar terms.
 
     
Wikipedia: Hollywood
Hollywood is a neighborhood in the central region of Los Angeles, California, notable as the home of the U.S. film industry, including several of its historic studios. Its name has come to be a shorthand reference for the industry and the people associated with it.
 
Hollywood was incorporated as a municipality in 1903. It was consolidated with the city of Los Angeles in 1910 and soon thereafter, a prominent film industry emerged, eventually becoming the most recognizable film industry in the world.
       
8 February 1947, Cincinnati (OH) Enquirer, Walter Winchell syndicated column, pg. 8, col. 1:
SALLIES IN OUR ALLEY: Andy Russell relays this Hollyweird conversation. One gal whispered: “I hear she’s happily married”...“I geddit,” giggled another. “Separated, eh?”
     
29 October 1951, Daily News (New York, NY), “Little Old New York” by Ed Sullivan, pg. 38, col. 3:
Ray Barber calls it “Hollyweird.”
 
29 October 1952, Philadelphia (PA) Inquirer, “Gossip of the Nation” by Walter Winchell, pg. 43, col. 5:
Jack Haley (in from Hollyweird) revealing that his name is John Joseph Aloysius Haley.
(...)
George Murphy. Hollyweird’s top anti-Commy, startled Hotel Commodore foyer-guests with his Mowscum-red vest.
   
Google Books
Backstage Passes:
Rock ‘n’ Roll Life in the Sixties

By Al Kooper with Ben Edmonds
New York, NY: Stein and Day
1977
Pg. V:
To Julio for being the queen bee of the Hollyweird divorcees and suing Gregg Allman before Cher (five points)
 
OCLC WorldCat record
Hollyweird : weird and wonderful trivia about Hollywood’s heroes
Author: Aubrey Malone
Publisher: London : Michael O’Mara, 1995.
Edition/Format:   Print book : English
Summary:
The idiosyncrasies of the rich and shameless are collected in this book. For example, Marilyn Monroe said Hollywood was a place where they pay you $50,000 for a kiss and 50 cents for your soul, and Ava Gardner claimed all she got was three appalling husbands.
   
OCLC WorldCat record
Adventures in Hollyweird: Digital Imaging Techniques Used in the Visual Effects Industry
Author: P Carpenter
Edition/Format: Article Article : English
Publication: ROCHESTER FORTH CONFERENCE, (1998): 9-20
     
OCLC WorldCat record
Hollyweird
Author: Poison (Musical group); hoopla digital.
Publisher: [United States] : Sweet Cyanide Music, Made available through hoopla 2002.
Edition/Format:   eMusic : English
 
OCLC WorldCat record
Me my kid & hollyweird : the adventures of a kid actor
Author: Chartreuse Braun; Gigi Braun
Publisher: Lincoln, NE : iUniverse, Inc., ©2003.
Edition/Format:   Print book : English
 
Urban Dictionary
Hollyweird
Metalhead slang for the California city “Hollywood”. Named so for its high concentration of “weird” people
“Wanna go see Motley Crue in Hollyweird with me tonight?”
by Donna K. March 28, 2003
         
Google Books
Destination: Morgue!:
L.A. Tales

By James Ellroy
New York, NY: Vintage Books
2004
Pg. 240:
We gave formal statements and humped to Hollyweird.
 
Twitter
Kim Gouveia
@kgo416
Hollywood is really earning its Hollyweird nickname tonight.
12:18 AM · Oct 28, 2012·Twitter Web Client
   
Twitter
Sara Isabel
@saraaa_isabel
Hollywood certainly lives up to its nickname ‘Hollyweird’
8:32 PM · Jul 9, 2016·Twitter for iPhone
 
OCLC WorldCat record
HOLLYWOOD HOLLYWEIRD PART 2 : last ditch effort!.
Author: ARTHUR NORMAN
Publisher: [S.l.] : YORKSHIRE PUBLISHING, 2019.
Edition/Format:   Print book : English
 
(Trademark)
Word Mark HOLLYWEIRD NIGHTS
Goods and Services (ABANDONED) IC 041. US 107. G & S: entertainment services in the nature of an annual halloween event
Mark Drawing Code (1) TYPED DRAWING
Serial Number 74291678
Filing Date July 2, 1992
Current Basis 1B
Original Filing Basis 1B
Published for Opposition December 1, 1992
Owner (APPLICANT) Universal City Studios, Inc. CORPORATION DELAWARE 100 Universal City Plaza Universal City CALIFORNIA 91608
Attorney of Record Cheryl M. Friedman
Prior Registrations 1690908
Type of Mark SERVICE MARK
Register PRINCIPAL
Live/Dead Indicator DEAD
Abandonment Date February 24, 1994
 
(Trademark)
Word Mark HOLLYWEIRD
Goods and Services IC 025. US 022 039. G & S: Dresses; Hats; Jackets; Pants; Socks; Sweatshirts; T-shirts. FIRST USE: 20121010. FIRST USE IN COMMERCE: 20121010
Standard Characters Claimed
Mark Drawing Code (4) STANDARD CHARACTER MARK
Serial Number 85940424
Filing Date May 23, 2013
Current Basis 1A
Original Filing Basis 1A
Published for Opposition October 22, 2013
Registration Number 4462292
Registration Date January 7, 2014
Owner (REGISTRANT) L.A. T SHIRT & PRINT INC. CORPORATION CALIFORNIA A 2529 Chambers St. Vernon CALIFORNIA 90058
Type of Mark TRADEMARK
Register PRINCIPAL
Live/Dead Indicator LIVE
   
(Trademark)
Word Mark HOLLYWEIRD
Goods and Services IC 034. US 002 008 009 017. G & S: cigars. FIRST USE: 20130115. FIRST USE IN COMMERCE: 20130115
Standard Characters Claimed
Mark Drawing Code (4) STANDARD CHARACTER MARK
Serial Number 86036533
Filing Date August 13, 2013
Current Basis 1A
Original Filing Basis 1A
Published for Opposition January 7, 2014
Registration Number 4501475
Registration Date March 25, 2014
Owner (REGISTRANT) Cuenca Cigars, Inc. CORPORATION FLORIDA 1928 Harrison Street Hollywood FLORIDA 33020
Attorney of Record Frank Herrera
Type of Mark TRADEMARK
Register PRINCIPAL
Live/Dead Indicator LIVE

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