A source reports that The Bethesdan Hotel and Curtis were in negotiations for a New Year's Eve hosting appearance in the totally-renovated hotel's ballroom, but ultimately could not come to terms on the compensation. The Bethesdan was the Bethesda Holiday Inn in the late 20th century, when Curtis and the Yacht Club had their massively-successful run in the lower level of the hotel. It is estimated that over 200 couples married after being matched at the Yacht Club over the years.
Signage referring to the Yacht Club remained in the hotel decades after the legendary nightclub closed |
The missed opportunity hasn't left Curtis idle. He is still busy commuting between the D.C. area and Hollywood in what has been a longtime career in the movie business. His latest effort will be a documentary with a high-profile public personality as its subject, a project he inherited from his late uncle, Robert Cohn. Working with him on the movie is his producer brother Bruce Cohn Curtis.
In addition to his own resume of films he had a hand in, ranging from Hell Night with Linda Blair to Dreamscape to The Seduction, Curtis' great uncle and grandfather founded Columbia Pictures. Assisting the deal for the documentary on this side of the country is former D.C. Councilman and Manatt Phelps senior partner John Ray.
Could the Yacht Club sail once again? After all, its former space in the Bethesdan remains vacant, and nightlife in Bethesda has collapsed since Curtis and his contemporaries ruled the scene.
“I constantly receive inquiries from developers and the like regarding a new Yacht Club, and may even consider an opportunity in Georgetown," Curtis confided. "Of course, I could come back to Bethesda, the area that Robert Dyer @ Bethesda Row has said is so in need of nightlife,” he added.
6 comments:
It is about to be 2020 and you are still stuck in the 80s. Pathetic
4:44 PM
lots of folks interested in Bethesda's past...back in the day
Hilarious.
5:24PM There's a big difference in remembering the past and living in the past. Just sayin.
So, what harebrained rule did THIS break? OH NOES! A girl made a comp0letely appropriate comment! The sky is falling! Must delete!
8:40 AM
I love Tommy. Short in stature,a fine dresser and killer hair.
Tommy Curtis has died. I don't know the details but iw was posted on Cerphe Colwell's Facebook page.
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