The South Seas Club is a fictional establishment from the film The Rocketeer (1991).
History[]
Background[]
The South Seas Club was an esteemed nightclub in Los Angeles during the 1930s. The club held musical performances as it had an ornate, nautical-themed stage with room for an orchestra to perform in.
Appearances[]
The Rocketeer[]
The South Seas Club is a location in this film as Cliff Secord disguises as a waiter to get into the club and fight undercover nazis.
Disney Parks[]
Fiddler, Fifer & Practical Café[]
One of the posters in this restaurant advertises the Silver Lake Sisters Dottie, Dolly and Ethel Bounds as having had a one-night only performance in the South Seas Club. These three most notably also performed in LA at the Hollywood Tower Hotel.
Jock Lindsey's Hangar Bar[]
Coasters from the South Seas Club appear in the dining-establishment memorabilia collection of Jock Lindsey, the aviator to Indiana Jones and a member of the Society of Explorers and Adventurers. It is also worth noting that the bar further references Rocketeer as having posters from Bigelow's Air Circus which identify Jock Lindsey and historic aviatrix Pancho Barnes as having flown alongside Cliff Secord.
Trader Sam's[]
Trader Sam's Enchanted Tiki Bar[]
A coat ticket from the South Seas Club appears in Trader Sam's collection.
Trader Sam's Grog Grotto[]
In this Trader Sam bar at Disney's Polynesian Village Resort, there is a menu from the South Seas Club framed on the wall.
Trivia[]
- The name of the club is an allusion to Pacific Comics which published the Rocketeer comics prior to the film's creation.
