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Old Posted Sep 28, 2015, 12:14 AM
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Here's a pretty rare document:


Ava Gardner's completed questionnaire for employment at MGM.


http://www.royalbooks.com/pages/book...nt-at-mgm-1941


After googling the address Ms. Gardner listed, 10331 Wilshire Boulevard, I was struck by how many famous people have lived at this same address.


-here's a list:



https://books.google.com/books?id=BI...levard&f=false



But the only photographs of 10331 (Wilshire Palms Apartments) I have been able to locate
were from the time Alfred Hitchcock lived there with his wife and young daughter.

below: Here is Mr. Hitchcock looking out over the courtyard of the Wilshire Palms in 1939.


http://www.allposters.com/-sp/Alfred..._i7104617_.htm

I assume the wide street at upper right is Wilshire Boulevard; if that's the case, the street directly in front of Mr. Hitchcock is Comstock Avenue.
(I need some vintage aerials Hoss )



"Film director Alfred Hitchcock, his wife Alma, and their daughter walk their dogs near their apartment at the Wilshire Palms." (also 1939)


http://whataboutbobbed.tumblr.com/po...1/alma-reville

After looking at this for awhile, I believe they're actually within the courtyard of the Wilshire Palms. (not simply near, as stated in the above description)
...if you look closely, the flagpole with cross beam is also visible in the balcony photograph.
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Lastly, here are the nondescript towers that replaced the Wilshire Palms Apartments.


gsv
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