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“Cary Grant is the only actor I ever loved in my whole life.” Alfred Hitchcock

June 2, 2016 by Vickie Lester

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Case Study House No. 20 – Photographed by Julius Shulman – Home of Saul Bass

September 4, 2014 by Vickie Lester

I went to see this house in Altadena when it hit the market in the 1990s. Innovative materials in the fifties hadn’t stood the test of time, but the bones of the house, designed by Buff, Straub, and Hensman, were incredibly beautiful. The house was built for the graphic designer, Saul Bass of the amazing movie title sequences… .

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