Tag: architecture

February 7, 2015 /

Lloyd Wright – Art Deco – The Taggert House

February 6, 2015 /

Lloyd Wright – architect – and a beautiful house of Ramon Navarro’s – who would be 116 today

February 6, 2015 /

The many layers of L.A. – the Art Deco Substrata – we love Art Deco

January 22, 2015 /

Hollywood Style – Marion Davies and Charles Chaplin – 1930

Prototypical comedian Charles Chaplin escorts Marion Davies to the premiere of her film, “The Floradora Girl” in 1930: This was Chaplin’s house on Summit Dr. I’d show you Marion Davies house, but it was just a chunky old Tudor.

November 17, 2014 /

FRED MACMURRAY and LILLIAN LAMONT and their COLONIAL REVIVAL HOME

Mr. Un-Modern Fred MacMurray LOST L.A. Modesty, simplicity and constancy were the themes in the actor’s traditional Brentwood home. October 01, 2011 Sam Watters . Fred MacMurray was a 26-year-old, square-jawed guy from Beaver Dam, Wis., when he became a Hollywood star, signing a contract with Paramount Pictures in 1934.…

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November 14, 2014 /

The Elizabeth Taylor Salad at the MGM Commissary

Now then, if you were working at MGM in the late 1950s or early 1960s this is what was on the menu — wait, we’ll start with an aerial view of the studio: Okay, now the menu: . . .
October 21, 2014 /

Dramatic lighting – oh yeah, tis the season – Carole Lombard

Three different films and a face that goes from transcendentally beautiful to very eerie, with a little movie magic…

October 8, 2014 /

MID-CENTURY COCKTAIL PARTY AT THE SPENSER (ARCHITECT) RESIDENCE – PHOTO BY JULIUS SHULMAN

October 8, 2014 /

MID-CENTURY MODERN – PHOTO BY JULIUS SHULMAN – DESIGNED BY…?

October 6, 2014 /

Wallace Neff designed a house for Italian Soprano, Amelita Galli-Curci

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