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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality
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Regarding the construction of The Players, here's a quote from
Between Flops: A Biography of Preston Sturges by James Curtis [Harcourt Brace Javonovich 1982]:
"Above Sunset . . . was a home that had belonged to the father of actor Chester Morris. That home, now a wedding chapel, for some indefinable reason, formed the basis for what Sturges ultimately designed. He pictured three stories, three separate operations. On the street level, a drive-in with counter service. On the second level, an informal restaurant for sit-down dining. The top – the house itself – would be strictly formal, a coat and tie required at all times. Sturges decided to leave the old Morris house where it was and, instead of building on top of it, directed that the hill be dug from underneath and that The Players
be built from the top down. It was costlier that way – much more expensive than demolishing the old house and building from scratch – but Sturges couldn’t be budged."
Not the best picture, but the only one I could find. I guess most of the old house is hidden behind the 2nd story of The Players. The tile roof is the only clue:
LAPL
http://photos.lapl.org/carlweb/jsp/F...Number=5126385