Santa Monica Pier, 1935
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And . . . up the road a piece was Thelma Todd's place. (JOYAS?)



1935
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Intolerance set, circa 1916
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Maybe they were more reflective at night and it was a safety issue

Victor Segno and his wife A. Belle appear in the 1910 Census, living at 701 Belmont. This property is currently part of several lots that were turned into condos along the western ridge overlooking Echo Park Lake. It is just next to the staircase that goes up from Glendale Blvd to the top of the bluff. The 1910 census lists his occupation as an author of "scientific works". His wife was listed as a "private Secretary" He was first married to an Evelyn In Canada and they divorced around 1990. He then apparently moved here from Canada, and he took up with wife number 2, A. Belle, (her name was Annie Dell) . He was Canadian and Belle was listed as being from Maine. according to the only census where he can be located. He was born in Canada in 1871. They were apparently divorced by 1920 as she appears in the census for that year, listed as divorced, and going by her first name Annie. She is listed as the manager of a mail order house. He cannot be located after that, but probably just changed his name again and moved on.

They burned the derelict set to make the "burning of Atlanta" scenes in "Gone with the Wind".

I was just reading about the making of the film, "King Kong" (1933) when I saw this post. Don't claim to be an expert, but I read the following: The set burned in "Gone With the Wind" was the island great wall in "King Kong" (1933), which was modified from the original set of "King of Kings" (1927). Apparently, some other well known sets were set ablaze as well. Perhaps one of those could have been the "Intolerance" (1916) set?

" The great wall in the island scenes was a hand-me-down from DeMille's The King of Kings (1927) and dressed up with massive gates, a gong, and primitive carvings." Scource: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Kong_(1933_film)
Andys

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While there are various movie sets cited as those burned for GWTW, I'm pretty sure that the one for Intolerance was destroyed way before 1938-9...and was miles from MGM.

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That post says: "The [Intolerance] set stood derelict for nearly four years until it was finally destroyed in 1919 by order of the Los Angeles Fire Department."

GWTW was first published in 1936, I believe.

Gone With The Wind - Burning of Atlanta set
 

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People have devoted their whole careers to GWTW. They've done the reseach.

Today, the Pathe Studio Ranch, Culver City is called "The Hayden Tract":
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Hotel Virginia, Long Beach circa 1915
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More Long Beach, "The Pike." circa 1915
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Twenty years hence, Ocean Blvd., Long Beach (1935)
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The heat is on. Long Beach (1935)
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Let's see inside the Virginia, too!

(All images from the rather dubious http://web.csulb.edu/~odinthor/socal18.html, in turn from the even more dubious odinthor collection.)

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Let's take a walk outside:

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Long Beach 1935

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So we all know the story of the Hershey house—how Almira took her pad at Fourth & Grand and in 1907 hauled it a couple blocks west down Fourth to Hope, had Neher & Skilling enlarge it, and it became the Castle Apts, looming over Flower Street and parts beyond.

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4602/...1eb4cbd6_b.jpglapl & Christina Rice

I'd always sort of wondered, since the Castle Towers is much larger, and we don't have an image of 350 S Grand on the Fourth St side, exactly what Neher & Skilling did. I just came upon a newspaper image that elucidates somewhat—I'm not sure what paper it's from as the image doesn't turn up in the Herald or the Times in newspapers.com. Take a look:

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They cut it in two parts (about 3/4 of the western part of the Fourth St side, 1/4 of the eastern part of the Fourth St side), hauled it down Fourth and propped it up on the cliff, and built around it from the ground up, filling in the middle, until it looked like this:

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Note the black lines in the image above showing the demarcation between the old building and the new, becoming the building we all know and love (did y'all see this post by John Bengston?).

Leaving the question, though, who designed 350 S Grand? I think it was Oliver Perry Dennis, of Dennis & Farwell fame.

First off, Mira Hershey gets a permit to build a two-story dwelling at the NE corner in May of '96, that's 350. Don't know the architect. But, Mira buys the lot across the street in October of '98 and by early '99 she's got OP Dennis-designed buildings going up at 355 and a "ten-room frame and stone residence" on the same lot at 356 S Bunker Hill. These three:

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(Do we have a good image of 356?) Anyway, look at the similarities between 355 (which we know as Dennis) and 350.

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lapl

They're the only two Chateauesque buildings on the Hill, commissioned by the same woman, two-1/2 years apart. (You have to imagine 355 as having more ornamentation, of course; in the 1930s pic it looks like it's had a reroofing which removed some of the ornamentation. Compare: https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4709/...1ff8768f_b.jpg)usc

Also interesting, Mira builds 350 in '96 and in '97 Cornelia Hill has Dennis & Farwell build this house in Redlands (later known as Kimberly Crest):

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Now it's said that Cornelia wanted the house to look like the architecture she'd seen in the Loire Valley. My theory is Cornelia saw what Mira had built and asked her "Who are your architects? I want something like that!"

Amboise Chateau, Loire Valley:

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from https://www.experienceloire.com/amboise.htm

Interesting. I've been assuming all along that this person you're calling out is actually one of us who is simply re-posting his own NLA content to that FB page using his real name.

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Well, I know he's not Gaylord Wilshire, whose NLA posts have been recycled on more than once, as have those of others. It doesn't bother me when on occasion I see an NLAer reposting his own contributions made here. In the end, though--in the interest of keeping LA history alive...as I wrote in the original quote...I suppose the more our NLA finds find new eyes, the better.

Not me, either. But yeah, if that someone is re-posting material that they themselves did not author, they should take care to properly cite the original source. You know how I feel about 'give credit where credit's due'. ;)

We have visited the Laguna Beach Victor Hugo several times in the past; here's a slide to add to the collection.

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ebay

"Laguna Beach California Rare 1950s Victor Hugo Inn Los Angeles - original slide"



The seller also has this...

"Hollywood California - Los Angeles - 1967 Kodachrome slide"

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ebay

It's tacky and kinda' cool at the same time.

I like how the trees/shrubs are meandering onto the stage..but those green arches just aren't doing it for me.

Sharp looking Mercury at the left in ER's previous photo.Charming slice of life photo from long ago. Thanks ER.

In the 1950s it was a kid friendly restaurant in an idyllic setting.
Restaurant is still there in 2018 but now known as Las Brisas. The flower gardens are gone. The Laguna Beach Art Gallery is next door.

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