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Warner Hollywood Cinerama Theatre – Later to become Pacific 1-2-3

The Le Garde Twins in Hollywood – Rare photo from Bob Morgan (enhanced)

A great photo from 1957 of the Le Garde twins (Ted & brother Tom) passing in front of the Warner Hollywood Cinerama Theatre which was screening the amazing Cinerama doco “Seven Wonders of the World”

This played for 69 weeks from 1957 through to 1958. The theatre had been especially prepared for Cinerama back in 1953. The auditorium walls had been covered with drapes, while chunks of plaster were taken off parts of the proscenium arch to accommodate the new huge screen. A lower suspended ceiling was installed at this time.

The Le Garde twins after much success had just arrived in the USA from Australia. In 1954 they had toured Australia with their boyhood idol Hopalong Cassidy (William Boyd). They first played shows in Canada but later hosted their own television series in Los Angeles. Between 1958 and 1963, they relocated to Nashville, where they recorded singles for Dot Records and Liberty Records and made appearances on the Grand Ole Opry, debuting with their own song, ‘Cooee Call’. They returned to Australia, where they briefly ran a country show from a Paddington, Sydney theatre, recorded albums for Columbia Records and compèred two local country shows.

In 1965, they returned to the USA where, under Colonel’ Tom Parker’s management, they worked in Las Vegas. and even appeared in television’s Star Trek. They recorded for numerous labels and in 1978, as the Le Gardes, they achieved a minor hit with ‘True Love’ (a cover of the 1956 Bing Crosby /Grace Kelly pop hit) on Raindrop. A further minor hit came in 1978, with ‘I Can Almost Touch The Feeling’ on 4 Star. In 1980, as the Legarde Twins, they achieved a minor hit, ‘Daddy’s Making Records In Nashville’, for Invitation 101.

In 1987, they were awarded Hall Of Fame status at Australia’s prestigious Tamworth Country Festival, and during the 80s, they launched their own Boomerang label and made several appearances in the UK, including at the Wembley Festival. Their last US country chart entry reached number 92, ‘Crocodile Man From Walk-About-Creek’, in 1988. During the 90s, they have operated their own theatre near Nashville’s Music Row.

Ted LeGarde, half of the identical twins duo The LeGarde Twins, has died at the age of 87.

Contributed by Greg Lynch –