Love this mid-1940s color footage of “The Players,” the legendary Sunset Strip restaurant next to Chateau Marmont that was owned and operated by writer/director Preston Sturges from 1940 to 1953. Boasting “fine dining at moderate prices,” it was frequented by many of Hollywood’s biggest stars, including Humphrey Bogart, Hedy Lamarr, Orson Welles, Barbara Stanwyck, Marlene Dietrich, William Faulkner, and Howard Hughes. Famously, Sturges operated the restaurant at a loss, financing it with his Hol