Satan’s Angel

The marquee at the Esquire in San Francisco

“You couldn’t use the word ‘Hell’ on the marquees. You couldn’t put ‘Hell’ on the radio, on TV, in the newspaper. And ‘Satan’ wasn’t okay, either. So, on the marquees of the burlesque theaters they would write Satana Angel, or Satin Angel.”

Photo: © 2008 Pamela Hoyem