Post #509998 by bigbrotiki on Mon, Feb 8, 2010 7:01 PM

This my pick:

"The Seven Seas in Hollywood is one of the original 'pre-Tiki' Polynesian nightclubs located just blocks away from the original Don the Beachcomber. Following hot on the heels of Don the Beachcomber, Ray Haller started the Seven Seas just blocks away in the mid 30's as a Polynesian bar and soon became a hot spot for Hollywood celebrities as well as the soldiers and sailors stationed in Los Angeles during WWII."

http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=30531&forum=2&5

"Ray Haller was inspired when his customers thought the building's leaky roof during rainstorms was cute. Haller installed sprinklers to create the effect nightly. (Don the Beachcomber borrowed the idea.) The next Seven Seas owner, Bob Brooks, added a full Hawaiian show headlined by Jennie "Na Pua" (Little Flower) Wood, the hula comic. Jennie remained here for twenty-five years."

From "The Story of Hollywood"

Now this is just the "Rain on the Roof" effect, but it was only a step away from a full fledged tropical rainstorm. The Seven Seas started the Leeteg nudes tradition, so why not the rain storm, too.