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The Hollywood Plaza – Hollywood’s Forgotten Luxury Hotel

Posted on October 24, 2012 by Steve

When Jacob Stern rented half of his barn to Cecil B. De Mille in December of 1913 so the enterprising young easterner could make a movie, he could not possibly have known that it was a decision that was to … Continue reading →

Posted in Central Hollywood | Tagged A.E. Hanson, A.E. Heinsbergen, Al Jolson, Babe Ruth, Barney Oldfield, Burr McIntosh, Carrol Graham, Cecil B. DeMille, Charles Ogle, Charley Grapewin, Chief Little Bison, Cinnibar, Clara Beranger, Clara Bow, David Edstrom, Death Valley Scotty, Don Eugenio Plummer, Doris Day, Dr. H.A. Barrett, Eddie Rickenbacker, Edgar Payne, Edna Purviance, Edward Everett Horton, Eleanor Roosevelt, Enrico Caruso Jr., Ernest Hemingway, F.W. Cuprien, Frank McGlynn, Frank Sinatra, G. Albert Landsburgh, Garrett Graham, George Burns, George G. Benedict, George Weidler, Gilda Gray, Gracie Allen, Hanson Puthoff, Harry E. Werner, Helen Ferguson, Herbert M. Baruch, Herbert Rawlinson, Hollywood Plaza Hotel, Howard Hughes, It Cafe, Ivan Lebedeff, Jackie Coogan, Jacob Stern, Jason Robards Sr., jimmie Dolittle, Joe Di Maggio, John Davis Lodge, John Held Jr., John Wexley, Josef Swickard, Klemtner's Blue plate Cafe, Lawrence H. Lee, Lee Shippey, Marilyn Monroe, Mary Nolan, Max Baer, Menahem Pressler, Montagu Love, Murray Choitner, Paul Lauritz, Porter Hall, Prince Heinrich of Schaumburg-Lippe, Ralph Spence, Richard M. Nixon, Roald Amundsen, Ronald Reagan, Roscoe Turner, Ruth Chatterton, Ruth St. Denis, Sir Gilbert Parker, Slapsie Maxie Rosenbloom, Thelma Ritter, Tommy Dorsey, Walker & Eisen, Walter Lang, William Dolivet, William Russell | 24 Comments

Flying High in Days Gone By – Vintage Private Planes

Posted on July 29, 2011 by Steve

Two great industries – motion pictures and aviation – rose side by side in the Twentieth Century. In December 1903, the same month Orville & Wilbur Wright’s flimsy little bi-plane skittered for twelve breathless seconds above the sand dunes of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Vintage Travel | Tagged Aviation, Cecil B. DeMille, DC-2, Fokker F10-A, Henry Dreyfuss, Mercury Aviation Company, Priscilla Dean, Syd Chaplin | 1 Comment

Book-plates from Old Hollywood

Posted on June 3, 2011 by Steve

One of the great pleasures of collecting old books is finding interesting things in them that were left behind by their former owners. Like old houses, old books often retain pieces of those who once owned and loved them and … Continue reading →

Posted in Books | Tagged 10346 Moorpark Street, 2000 De Mille Drive, 3431 Waverly Drive, 5521 Amestoy Avenue, 7056 Lanewood Avenue, Beleigh Acres, Bob Hope, Bookplate, Cecil B. DeMille, EARLE C. ANTHONY, Edward Everett Horton, Monte Blue, Paul Iribe, Rod La Rocque, Vilma Banky | 7 Comments

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The Hollywood Plaza – Hollywood’s Forgotten Luxury Hotel

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