He helped shape Hollywood… Hal Roach
This young man lived to be a hundred years old: He opened a film studio in the teens in downtown Los Angeles in the old Bradbury residence, referred to by… Read more He helped shape Hollywood… Hal Roach →
George Kaplan tells us about the place Ridley Scott shot Blade Runner
Lewis Bradbury was a mover and shaker in Los Angeles of the 1890s. In the 1920s Hal Roach opened a film studio in his old house on Bunker Hill, the… Read more George Kaplan tells us about the place Ridley Scott shot Blade Runner →
A billionaire who has not incurred the wrath of Vickie Lester, someone known for architectural restoration, not devastation…
There is a man I know very little about, other than he has boat loads of money and has bought and restored two iconic Hollywood residences. One is Greenacres, the… Read more A billionaire who has not incurred the wrath of Vickie Lester, someone known for architectural restoration, not devastation… →
THE UPLIFTERS – HARRY HALDEMAN, SPENCER TRACY, HAROLD LLOYD, L. FRANK BAUM,
Here’s the skinny from the Los Angeles Times about a club in Los Angeles where the high and mighty got silly and drank during Prohibition… Goofy Goings-On at Honcho Hangout… Read more THE UPLIFTERS – HARRY HALDEMAN, SPENCER TRACY, HAROLD LLOYD, L. FRANK BAUM, →
DISNEY’S HOUSE AT CHRISTMAS – PAST AND PRESENT
Season’s greetings, poppets! This is an image floating around the interwebs from the January, 1940 edition of Better Homes and Gardens. A year or two ago this same house sold… Read more DISNEY’S HOUSE AT CHRISTMAS – PAST AND PRESENT →
