Tuesday, November 27, 2007

Dahlia: Olympic Auditorium

"'My girlfriend saw you fight at the Olympic and said you'd be handsome if you got your teeth fixed, and maybe you could take me,'" pp. 9

Where Lee says Kay had seen Bucky fight.
The Olympic Auditorium had weekly boxing shows in the 1920s and '30s and was one of the most famous boxing arenas in LA.

The Olympic, together with the Hollywood Legion Stadium, made up the two most popular boxing arenas in LA.

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