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[Martin Pal]

Originally Posted by Scott Charles

No information turned up about Davies/Hearst, though, eh? Well, I suppose if it was a secret love nest, any information about the place might be kind of slim - the way Hearst controlled the press (and went after people like Welles), I can't imagine that's the kind of thing many writers were willing to publish.

Who knows, maybe I'm privy to a secret from Hollywood's past!
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Maybe Bill Randolph didn't build this for Marion Davies, and himself, but maybe they did use one of the guest houses mentioned in the video notes HossC supplied.

Originally Posted by HossC

The house is 2025 N Highland Avenue, and the former art school (the Hollywood Art Center School) is 2027 N Highland Avenue. I found a recent video of a walk around the extensive grounds here. From the description:

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As the Church Lady might say:

[ethereal_reality]

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Mystery location. (somewhere in Hollywood)



Does anyone know if the Chandlers (of the Los Angeles Times Chandlers) ever owned a home in Hollywood?

Here's an interesting original photograph dated 1906.


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A closer look at the lower left corner.


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And a closer look at the bungalow. (and people)


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The seller mentions a 'Mae Chandler'.


P.S. The author - Raymond Chandler's family didn't move to Los Angeles until 1913 so it isn't them.
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[ethereal_reality]

Good Morning!

Here's yet another mystery location.

................................................................................Rescue Home,....Los Angeles,....California


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At least this one has a street number. . .330.

I believe this home might have connections to the Salvation Army.

A vine is covering a portion of the last number.




I found a rescue home address but the street number is different.




The last on the list. . .on 2_70 N. Griffith Ave.

- actually none of the addresses match.

Sorry about the blurriness.


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[HossC]

The CDs from 1900 to 1902 list Miss Nellie E Truelove as matron of the Salvation Army Rescue Home at 330 N Griffin Avenue. By 1904, the Salvation Army Rescue Home was being listed at 2670 N Griffin Avenue.

[ethereal_reality]

Thanks Hoss.

Ms. Truelove is mention in HERE.

& information about the Salvation Army's Booth Home for Unwed Mothers can be seen HERE.

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[BarSnake]

I was watching 'Echos of Laurel Canyon' about the music scene in LA in the late 60's.
There were several slips from a movie called 'Model Shop' that had some great shots of the city.

[John Maddox Roberts]

I've just learned that the prominent Victorian/Edwardian adventurer Frederick Russell Burnham (1861-1947) lived in Pasadena and was visited there in 1905 by his literary idol, H. Rider Haggard. Does anyone know where in Pasadena he lived?

[odinthor]

I haven't yet been able to track down his Pasadena address; but by 1942, he was residing at 3575 Griffith Park Boulevard, quoth the 1942 CD.


gsv


The below on Burnham also has Angeleno interest:


LA Times, 9/10/1947


If he came to LA in 1870, it must have been after the census-taker had passed, as I don't find him in my listings (which pretty much conclude with the 1870 census).

[Martin Pal]

Speaking of Model Shop...there's a lot of screencaps of it in various places on the internet.

I like this one, taken from Sunset Blvd. at the top of La Cienega Blvd.

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The scene in the above photo is in a segment Don Draper watches in a theatre in the Field Trip episode of Mad Men.
https://www.indiewire.com/2014/04/wh...-night-192476/

Looking around the internet just now I discovered that Model Shop director Jacques Demy (The Umbrellas of Cherbourg) wanted to cast Harrison Ford in the lead role, but Columbia wanted a name actor, so Gary Lockwood, fresh off 2001: A Space Odyssey, got the part. Also, Demy's original title for the film was Los Angeles -- 1968.

[Martin Pal]

A couple photos of Hollywood Blvd.

c. 1971
This one features the New-View Theatre showing The Last Picture Show (1971) and Easy Rider (1969). The tree decoration on the far left tells us it's the holiday season.

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c. 1969
New-View, Larry Edmunds Bookshop, House of Magic, Supply Sergeant.
The searchlight and a line of people waiting to get into the New-View suggests the possible Premiere or Opening of the film The Gay Deceivers. (Marquee: "In Absolutely Divine Color.")

CinemaTreasures

[ethereal_reality]

Originally Posted by Martin Pal

Demy wanted to cast Harrison Ford in the lead role, but Columbia wanted a name actor, so Gary Lockwood,
fresh off 2001: A Space Odyssey, got the part. Also, Demy's original title for the film was Los Angeles -- 1968.

Here are still images from Harrison Ford's screen test for Model Shop. You can see the gifs HERE.


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A few months back I watched both Jacques Demy's Model Shop and Michelangelo Antonioni's Zabriskie Point (also filmed in California).
Two infamous flops by famous foreign directors. Of the two films, I prefer Model Shop because of the Los Angeles locations.

Antonioni captured the beauty of nature exquisitely - but I'm afraid his 'symbolism' went right over my head.
The loooong scene in the canyon with the wiggling naked people got a little old.




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[John Maddox Roberts]

Originally Posted by odinthor

I haven't yet been able to track down his Pasadena address; but by 1942, he was residing at 3575 Griffith Park Boulevard, quoth the 1942 CD.


gsv


The below on Burnham also has Angeleno interest:


LA Times, 9/10/1947


If he came to LA in 1870, it must have been after the census-taker had passed, as I don't find him in my listings (which pretty much conclude with the 1870 census).

Thank you, Odinthor!

[Noir_Noir]

Originally Posted by John Maddox Roberts

I've just learned that the prominent Victorian/Edwardian adventurer Frederick Russell Burnham (1861-1947) lived in Pasadena and was visited there in 1905 by his literary idol, H. Rider Haggard. Does anyone know where in Pasadena he lived?

500 South San Rafael Avenue, San Rafael Heights, Pasadena according to the description accompanying this picture.

The architect for the house was Joseph Blick who was a brother in law and cousin in law to Frederick Russell Burnham.

wikipedia - Joseph Blick


commons.wikimedia.org

[odinthor]

500 S. San Rafael, Pasadena:


gsv

[John Maddox Roberts]

Splendid sleuthing, everyone!

[Mstimc]

Originally Posted by Noir_Noir

500 South San Rafael Avenue, San Rafael Heights, Pasadena according to the description accompanying this picture.

The architect for the house was Joseph Blick who was a brother in law and cousin in law to Frederick Russell Burnham.

wikipedia - Joseph Blick


commons.wikimedia.org

Interesting room. Southwestern rustic meets Art Nouveau meets Captain Spaulding, the African Explorer.

[Earl Boebert]

Originally Posted by Noir_Noir

500 South San Rafael Avenue, San Rafael Heights, Pasadena according to the description accompanying this picture.

The architect for the house was Joseph Blick who was a brother in law and cousin in law to Frederick Russell Burnham.

wikipedia - Joseph Blick


commons.wikimedia.org

Same decorator as the room where Arthur Gwynne Geiger shot that, erm, "candid" photo of Carmen Sternwood.

Cheers,

Earl

[Noir_Noir]

Another Frederick Russell Burnham residence.


In the late 1920's with his oil prospecting business paying off, Hollywood Land was the place to be.



Google Books - Burnham: King of Scouts



A sketch of the two houses by his son Roderick Burnham.



Google Books - A Splendid Savage



Frederick's house (3135 Durand Drive) and Roderick's (3129 Durand Drive) still there on their nicely appointed perch.


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Frederick and first wife Blanche enjoy the view at Durand Drive and with some of the pieces he collected on his travels.



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[Martin Pal]

Noticing the GSV image in the above post...

I hope the Googlemobile is out capturing the streets of L.A. with minimal to no traffic around.

[BillinGlendaleCA]

Originally Posted by Martin Pal

Noticing the GSV image in the above post...

I hope the Googlemobile is out capturing the streets of L.A. with minimal to no traffic around.

On the FB page for the local photo group, guy posted some pics of LAX...deserted.