What was the business that let actors use their address to receive mail?

January 4, 2016 7:33 PM

I am half remembering an interesting fact...please help me remember the whole thing. I seem to remember their was a business (a bar maybe, or a store chain?) that had a policy of allowing actors without a permanent address to receive mail at their business. I think it is/was a long tradition, can't remember if the business was related to theatre or not. Thanks!
posted by brbmaroon to Grab Bag (3 answers total)

In Hollywood, industry folks used Schwab's Drugstore as a telephone answering service and mail drop.
posted by Scram at 7:35 PM on January 4, 2016 [1 favorite]

Was it this obituary for Lenny Cecere and his shop, Something Special?
posted by Mchelly at 7:55 PM on January 4, 2016

Response by poster: Thanks for the great answers - I just though of mine, Bar Hemingway inside the Ritz in Paris!
posted by brbmaroon at 8:23 PM on January 4, 2016