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Lady of the
House
is the 1978 made for TV version of the autobiography of San Francisco's
most famous bordello operator, Sally
Stanford. Dyan Cannon stars the madam who would be mayor (of Sausalito).
Legendary San Franciscan Melvin Belli
appears in the role of "Mayor Jim of San Francisco," aka Sunny Jim Rolph.
The Ritz Carlton Hotel on Stockton
Street stands in for City Hall, where Cannon and Armand Assante tie the
knot. In 1978 the Ritz Carlton was still the Cogswell College. Cannon and
Assante are seen jumping out of their car and running joyfully up the staircase
which then led to the school's main entrance under the portico. The staircase
was removed for the valet parking shelter and covered entrance seen here.
The Assante character, Ernest de Paulo, is based on Stanford's real life
husband, Ernest Spagnoli. Directed by Ralph Nelson and Vincent Sherman.
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