Tag: Los Feliz

What my feet looked like when I decided to walk from my house to Cecil B. DeMille’s

January 31, 2019 by Vickie Lester

Once upon a time, in the nineteen eighties, Cecil B.’s house still stood atop a hill in a neighborhood called Los Feliz, not far from our place in Beachwood Canyon. It was a beautiful spring day, the neighborhood where many luminaries live now, was not gated, and I decided to walk over and enjoy the view. Now, angels, baronial is not a term I throw around lightly, but the DeMille joint was just that. Placed prominently, sprawling, a statement. Befitting […]

Categories: Architecture, Art, Blogging, Books, Culture, Design, Entertainment, fashion, Film, Friendship, History, Hollywood, Humor, Life, Los Angeles, Memoir, Movies, Photography, Relationships, Story, Theater, Travel, Truth & Rumors, Writing • Tags: architecture, baronial, Beachwood Canyon, Cecil B. DeMille, Cecil B. Demille front door, Cecil B. DeMille quote, Hollywood behind the scenes, Los Feliz, once upon a time, Vickie Lester

Lloyd Wright – Art Deco – The Taggert House

February 6, 2015 by Vickie Lester

Categories: Architecture, Art, Blogging, Culture, Design, Entertainment, fashion, Film, Friendship, Gardening, History, Hollywood, Life, Los Angeles, Memoir, Movies, Photography, Travel, Truth & Rumors, Uncategorized • Tags: architecture, Beachwood Canyon, behind the scenes, Bronson Canyon, design, film, Frank Lloyd Wright, furniture, history, Hollywood, humor, interior design, Lloyd Wright, Los Angeles, Los Feliz, Louis Samuel, Old Hollywood, photographs, pictures, Ramon Novarro, swimming pool, Taggert House, Yucca Vine Market

Double Indemnity | Brick Wahl

August 4, 2014 by Vickie Lester

I love the blog Beguiling Hollywood. Vickie Lester posts these great pictures of stars of yore–publicity shots, movie shots–and describes them with a quick caption or a little essay and they’re always good. Today’s was a still from the film noir classic Double Indemnity. Barbara Stanwyck in shades Fred McMurray in a supermarket on Los Feliz. She’s Phyllis Dietrichson, the murderess. He’s Walter Neff, the insurance salesman gone bad, a murderer. Walter sets the scene for us. …but we couldn’t […]

Categories: Architecture, Blogging, Books, Culture, Design, Entertainment, Fiction, Film, Friendship, History, Hollywood, Life, Los Angeles, Memoir, Movies, Music, Photography, Story, Travel, Truth & Rumors, Uncategorized, Writing • Tags: Atwater Village, author Brick Wahl, Barbara Stanwyck, Beach's Market, blogging buddies rock, Brick Wahl, Double Indemnity, Fred MacMurray, James M. Cain, Los Angeles, Los Feliz, Los Feliz Market, noir fiction, Phyllis Dietrichson, Raymond Chandler, Red Car, starlets, Walter Neff, writer

HOLLYWOOD STARGAZING – GRIFFITH PARK OBSERVATORY

February 22, 2013 by Vickie Lester

As seen in REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE and ROCKETEER and too many movies to list — the fabulous observatory designed by the architectural firm of John C. Austin and Frederic M. Ashley — completed 1935: . . . . . . Physicist Leon Hall explaining the Cosmochron Clock of the Ages, 1938: Sculpting the Moon’s surface, 1939: The Observatory by night, 1940:

Categories: Architecture, Art, Culture, Design, Film, History, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Movies, Photography, Science, Uncategorized • Tags: Architect, Astromomer, building, city lights, Classic Movies, constuction, Cosmochron Clock of the Ages, Crystal Springs Dr., design, Dome, FAIA, framing, Frederic M. Ashley, Griffith Park, Griffith Park Observatory, Hollywood, John C. Austin, Los Feliz, Moon, movies, night view, observatory, Old Hollywood, Phyicist, Physicist Leon Hall, Planets, REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE, sculptor, sculpture, stargazing, Stars, Telescope, THE ROCKETEER, Vermont Ave.

A STRIKE AND A NIGHT VIEW AT THE HOLLYWOOD BROWN DERBY

December 12, 2012 by Vickie Lester

Waiters outside the Hollywood Brown Derby – on strike in 1934: A night view in Hollywood some thirty years later… You can see the Brown Derby’s neon sign glowing on the right:

Categories: Architecture, Art, Culture, Design, Entertainment, Film, History, Hollywood, law, Los Angeles, Movies, Photography, Relationships • Tags: 1934, 1947, 1960, Blue Willow China, Brown Derby, Brown Derby Menu, Brown Derby Neon Sign, Brown Derby Strike, cakes, Dessert case, Evelyn Keyes, George Burns, Gracie Allen, Hollywood, Jane Wyman, June Clyde, Los Feliz, lunch, Lunch Menu, map of Hollywood, Mid-Town (now Korea Town), pastries, Photographer Ralph Morris, pies, restaurant booth, restaurant china, Rita Hayworth, Ronald Reagan, telephone, Thornton Freeman, Waiters, Wilshire

1939 – THE BROWN DERBY ON WILSHIRE

December 12, 2012 by Vickie Lester

You can cross reference with the handy map in the previous post! This is the dessert case:

Categories: Architecture, Cooking, Culture, Design, Entertainment, fashion, Film, History, Hollywood, Humor, Los Angeles, Photography, Travel • Tags: 1947, Blue Willow China, Brown Derby, Brown Derby Menu, cakes, Dessert case, Evelyn Keyes, George Burns, Gracie Allen, Hollywood, Jane Wyman, June Clyde, Los Feliz, lunch, Lunch Menu, map of Hollywood, Mid-Town (now Korea Town), pastries, pies, restaurant booth, restaurant china, Rita Hayworth, Ronald Reagan, telephone, Thornton Freeman, Wilshire

LUNCH MENU AT THE HOLLYWOOD BROWN DERBY

December 12, 2012 by Vickie Lester

I love the informal map of Hollywood on the cover of the Brown Derby menu. . If you click on the menu it’s easier to see.

Categories: Cooking, Culture, Entertainment, Friendship, History, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Movies, Relationships, Travel • Tags: 1947, Blue Willow China, Brown Derby, Brown Derby Menu, Evelyn Keyes, George Burns, Gracie Allen, Hollywood, Jane Wyman, June Clyde, Los Feliz, lunch, Lunch Menu, map of Hollywood, Mid-Town (now Korea Town), restaurant booth, restaurant china, Rita Hayworth, Ronald Reagan, telephone, Thornton Freeman, Wilshire

THE BROWN DERBY – FOUR LOCATIONS – EVERYONE ATE THERE

December 12, 2012 by Vickie Lester

I never did, different generation (quite a few generations), but here a few stars at the Brown Derby – oh, and the pattern on the china is “Blue Willow”: George and Gracie, Jane and Ronnie. This is another industry couple dining at the Derby, she’s an actress, and he’s a producer home on leave during WWII.

Categories: Cooking, Culture, Design, Entertainment, Friendship, History, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Marriage, Movies, Photography, Relationships • Tags: Blue Willow China, Brown Derby, Evelyn Keyes, George Burns, Gracie Allen, Hollywood, Jane Wyman, June Clyde, Los Feliz, Mid-Town (now Korea Town), restaurant booth, restaurant china, Rita Hayworth, Ronald Reagan, telephone, Thornton Freeman, Wilshire

BEGUILING HOLLYWOOD

If you want a little historical perspective you're home.

Tag: Los Feliz

What my feet looked like when I decided to walk from my house to Cecil B. DeMille’s

Lloyd Wright – Art Deco – The Taggert House

Double Indemnity | Brick Wahl

HOLLYWOOD STARGAZING – GRIFFITH PARK OBSERVATORY

A STRIKE AND A NIGHT VIEW AT THE HOLLYWOOD BROWN DERBY

1939 – THE BROWN DERBY ON WILSHIRE

LUNCH MENU AT THE HOLLYWOOD BROWN DERBY

THE BROWN DERBY – FOUR LOCATIONS – EVERYONE ATE THERE