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North of Hollywood Blvd. where the swells lived, in the late 1920s…

March 19, 2014 by Vickie Lester

About a block west from Gelson’s market on Franklin, across from the Bourgeois Pig cafe the Villa Carlotta is now painted… an interesting array of hues and surrounded by foliage. The apartment building was designed by Arthur E. Harvey and built in 1926 by Eleanor Ince (Thomas Ince’s widow) for an upscale Hollywood clientele. Former residents include famed director George Cukor and mogul/producer David O’Selznick.

Categories: Architecture, Design, Film, History, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Photography, Uncategorized • Tags: #DavidOSelznick, #FranklinAve, #GeorgeCukor, 1926, Apartment, apartment building, Architect Arthur E. Harvey, architecture, Beachwood Canyon, Bourgeois Pig, Classic Movies, David O'Selznick, director, film, Franklin Avenue, Gelson's Market, George Cukor, Historic, Hollywood, Hollywood Royalty, Old Hollywood, photos, producer, Villa Carlotta

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ART DECO – WHIMSEY AND LIGHT

November 14, 2012 by Vickie Lester

Light filled rooms, figurative walls: – –

Categories: Architecture, Art, Culture, Design, DIY, fashion, History, Photography • Tags: Apartment, art deco, dining room, dressing room, interior design, light, living room

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ALLA NAZIMOVA – STAR OF THE SILENT SCREEN – OWNER OF THE GARDEN OF ALLAH

November 8, 2012 by Vickie Lester

Alla Nazimova was a silent screen star who lived large in Hollywood. One day in film class we were threading up the projector to screen Garbo’s CAMILLE – when what we saw was this: Fascinating screen vamp Nazimova beguiling Rudolph Valentino. When the roles dried up Nazimova turned her home, already reputed to be a party house into a complex she dubbed, The Garden of Allah – a place where everybody stayed. F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald, Greta Garbo, Marlene […]

Categories: Architecture, Culture, Film, History, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Movies, Photography, Travel, Uncategorized • Tags: Alla Nazimova, Apartment, bisexual, CAMILLE, F. Scott Fitzzgerald, GARDEN OF ALLAH, Greta Garbo, Hollywood, hotel, Humphrey Bogart, Marlene Deitrich, pool, Rudolph Valentino, scene, Silent film star, Sunset Blvd., vamp

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SCHINDLER BONUS – THE HERMAN SACHS APARTMENT

September 14, 2012 by Vickie Lester

Categories: Architecture, Design, History, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Photography • Tags: Apartment, bachelor apartment, design, Edgecliff, furniture, Herman Sachs, Rudolph Schindler

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