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Where Is That Mansion Located?


Does anyone know exactly where that mansion is located?

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Here
http://www.classicvideostreams.com/BCVS/L-H/phg_another_fine_mess.htm

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That link was A-MAZING!! Thank you!!

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GSView marks it awkwardly at the centre so i have moved marker /pegman to front of house
if you zoom in you will see 3500 plaque
Fatty Arubkle lived on same strecth of rd- but 2.6 miles away at 649 West Adams Blvd

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=3500+W+Adams+Blvd,+Los+Angeles,+CA+9001 8&hl=en&ll=34.032638,-118.322426&spn=0.00297,0.013937& sll=34.036142,-118.329685&sspn=0.015168,0.027874&t=h&hnear =3500+W+Adams+Blvd,+Los+Angeles,+California+90018&layer=c&cbll =34.032638,-118.322426&panoid=NBO9Xq7zuTw0ysa3jpyKeQ&cbp=11,17 4.44,,0,5.13&z=17

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I see it. Thanks! It's where 'The Movement for Spiritual Awareness' or whatever is. Doesn't look like it's quite as nice an area as it was in 1930. Was that the "Beverly Hills' area of LA, before Beverly Hills became the swanky go-to place for celebs?

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Yeah it doesn't scream "Beverey Hills millionaires enclave".Not sure of its history though
Strange area with each nearby road with it's own disparate demographic from wealthy to low income
Anyway it's a hoot of a film with Finlayson at his buffoon pompous brilliant best.
More addresses to enjoy here.I have marked these on my custom GSView
http://www.lordheath.com/index.php?p=1_685_Bob%20Siler

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Yeah. It's one of their best!
I have that Vivendi 10-Disc 'Laurel and Hardy The Essential Collection'. It's brilliant. I LOVE it! I'm only on like Disc 4, or something. Lots more great ones to go!
You did some pretty exhaustive research there. Well done! I enjoyed that. That home that Mae Busch lived in was beautiful. Was that on Cynthia?

Here's the Google link to the apartment building on North Beachwood where Jimmy Finlayson lived before he died in 1953. I know that building and have walked by it a hundred times.
https://maps.google.com/maps?q=1966+N+Beachwood+Dr,+Los+Angeles,+CA&am p;hl=en&ll=34.107128,-118.321647&spn=0.005357,0.013078&sll =34.107124,-118.321288&layer=c&cbp=13,90.77,,0,0&cbll=34.1 07128,-118.321647&hnear=1966+N+Beachwood+Dr,+Los+Angeles,+Californ ia+90068&t=m&z=17&panoid=l53SrUCe6BhbqVMgs9D4lA

I live at 1610 N. Normandie Ave, near Hollywood Blvd. Nice building. 1930's. Does that ring a bell? Do you know of any Hollywood types who may have lived here?
https://maps.google.com/maps?q=1610+N+Normandie+Ave,+Los+Angeles,+CA&a mp;hl=en&ll=34.1003,-118.300524&spn=0.005357,0.013078&sll= 34.100281,-118.300437&layer=c&cbp=13,108.19,,0,7.22&cbll=3 4.100303,-118.300521&hnear=1610+N+Normandie+Ave,+Los+Angeles,+Cali fornia+90027&t=m&z=17&panoid=wRGxm7V7mWtAb8UEKRSkIw

Thanks for passing that on. I love searching around town for the homes of former actors and rock n' rollers.
Regards.

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Only one i am familiar with for your address is Gig Young
I like also searching for celeb homes past and present- even the obscure ones I have an exhaustive list -probably the most comprehensive in the world.If i can't locate a address - then no one can!
I'm about 5400 miles from you
Oh and i appreciate the thanks .I've worked my balls off giving people life changing info - and 99% can't even be bothered to say thanks - yet these same ungrateful idiots will praise some dullard who gives them common booorrring info

Mae Busch Cynthia home
https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=9040+Cynthia+Avenue,+Los+Angeles,+CA, +United+States&hl=en&ll=34.087287,-118.38922&spn=0.838214, 1.783905&sll=40.313043,-64.335937&sspn=93.161062,228.339844&am p;am p;oq=+9040+Cynthia+Avenue&t=h&gl=uk&hnear=9040+Cynthia+St, +West+Hollywood,+Los+Angeles,+California+90069,+United+States&z=10 &layer=c&cbll=34.087287,-118.38922&panoid=vATjefaPUQcGfFKD 283thw&cbp=12,177.62,,0,8.38


1610 N Normandie Ave, Los Angeles, California





People Associated with this address:
Lillian Alderson
DATE(S): 1920s-1930s census - 1930, Winston Apts.

William Bloecher
DATE(S): 1930s voter reg - 1936

Allen Brook
DATE(S): 1930s LA Dir - 1939

Marguerite Caverly
DATE(S): 1930s voter reg - 1936 & 1938

Carroll Cooper
DATE(S): 1930s voter reg - 1938

Grace Davies
DATE(S): 1920s-1930s census - 1930, Winston Apts., with aunt Flora Spalding

Ethelyn Dectreaux
DATE(S): 1930s-1940s voter reg - 1940 & 1942

Edythe Halland
DATE(S): 1920s-1930s census - 1930, Winston Apts.

Dorothy Hay
DATE(S): 1920s-1930s census - 1930, Winston Apts.

Arthur Horn
DATE(S): 1920s-1930s census - 1930, Winston Apts.

Frank Hoteling
DATE(S): 1920s-1930s census - 1930, Winston Apts.

Earl Kettig
DATE(S): 1920s-1930s census - 1930, Winston Apts.

Adele Lacy
DATE(S): 1930s voter reg - 1936

Jess Laughlin
DATE(S): 1930s voter reg - 1936

Alfred Merrill
DATE(S): 1940s voter reg - 1944

Alice Nagy
DATE(S): 1940s voter reg - 1942

Earl Rettig
DATE(S): 1920s-1930s voter reg - 1930

Edward Sievers
DATE(S): 1940s voter reg - 1942

Robert Sill
DATE(S): 1930s-1940s voter reg - 1938 & 1940

Flora Spalding
DATE(S): 1920s-1930s census - 1930, Winston Apts.

Gil Turner
DATE(S): 1930s voter reg - 1936; well-known cartoonist responsible for Mr. Magoo in later years

Roberta Vidt
DATE(S): 1930s voter reg - 1936 & 1938

Leon Wiglesworth
DATE(S): 1930s voter reg - 1936 & 1938

Gig Young
DATE(S): 1950s sometimes incorrectly listed as 1900 block

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Man, you are some kind of genius! I believe in giving credit where credit is due. Sadly, many people aren't possessed with manners and civility. Too self-absorbed.
I really did appreciate your taking the time to reply to my query.

That home on Cynthia is pretty amazing!

I don't know how you found all that info on my address, but I am blown away. It's called 'Normandie Park Place' now, but I guess it used to be called the 'Winston'? There's an interesting story I could tell you about the building when I first moved here in 2000.
Gig Young. What a tragic figure. He destroyed his own career with alcohol abuse. He's best known NOT for his Oscar, or his amazing turn on 'The Twilight Zone', but for having killed his young wife of three weeks in 1978, and then turning the gun on himself. One of his other five wives was Elizabeth Montgomery. Bet she felt like she dodged a bullet when she heard about the murder suicide. Did you know that he was originally cast as the Waco Kid in 'Blazing Saddles', but was fired from the film after being so drunk on the set he suffered the DT's? That's pretty bad. He threw it all away on booze.

Thanks, man.
Kindest regards,
Tom B.
Los Angeles, CA

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Yeah shame about Gig Young - he had such a likeable on screen persona
Another GSView to enjoy
https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=Bull+Inn+at+Bottesford&ll=52.9416 13,-0.802027&spn=0.003937,0.009645&sll=52.941705,-0.802161&amp ;layer=c&cid=8184395252904423625&cbp=13,300.14,,2,13.92&pa noid=N-CQQOSgCaQr-TUtbug3-g&gl=uk&hq=Bull+Inn+at+Bottesford&am p;t=h&z=17&cbll=52.941613,-0.802027

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Interesting.
Love it!
Thanks.

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Two for you to guess!
https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=7,,Ennerdale+Crescent,,,WF12&ll=5 3.700441,-1.619432&spn=0.006974,0.01929&hnear=7+Ennerdale+Cres cent,+Dewsbury+WF12+7NJ,+United+Kingdom&gl=uk&t=h&z=16&amp ;layer=c&cbll=53.700552,-1.619497&panoid=NnYuRQjCFCKIFTLyXB21r g&cbp=12,209.39,,0,22.81


https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=26522+Sunbird+Ct+Valencia,+CA&hl= en&ll=34.408609,-118.566105&spn=0.010781,0.01929&sll=53.70 0556,-1.619496&sspn=0.007025,0.01929&t=h&gl=uk&hnear=2 6522+Sunbird+Ct,+Valencia,+California+91355,+United+States&z=16&am p;iwloc=A&layer=c&cbll=34.408541,-118.566049&panoid=RI5zfN plwVOf9Btk4JU9Jw&cbp=12,25.64,,0,11.91

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Don't know, sir. I don't know of anyone who lives or lived in West Yorkshire of Valencia. I give up?

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West Yorkshire = Stan Laurel's only surviving cousin
Valencia = Stan Laurel's only daughter and surviving child

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BOTH look like nice neighborhoods. I'd settle in either one.
Well done! You're quite the detective. Better than Mannix!
Thanks again!

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West Yorkshire can be grim within short distance .Valencia though is very nice!


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I wouldn't mind a house up there. I've lived in Hollywood too long. Getting tired of it.
Where do you live? In the US?

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Nah , in UK .
At least you get plenty of sun.
Uk house prices silly - you get far far more per sq ft for your money in USA.
UK weather rarely extreme but waay to unpredicatble.You can get the 4 seasons in 1 day!

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It's remarkable how you find the addresses of all these actors and crew of these old films, but from the UK! Impressive.
Wondering if you wouldn't mind checking another old Hollywood address for me? When I first moved to LA in 1989, my first apartment building was at 1926 Whitley Avenue, just below Whitley Heights. It was a 1920's apartment building. Very cool! Whitley Heights was a very swanky Hollywood celebrity enclave in the 20's and 30's, and it was a block South of that. (It's still very nice!)
Here's a list of a few of the celebrities who lived there:
Marlene Dietrich
W.C. Fields
Judy Garland
Jean Harlow
Carole Lombard
Ellen Pompeo
William Powell
Tyrone Power
Rosalind Russell
Barbara Stanwyck
Gloria Swanson
Rudolph Valentino

Here is a Google link to a photo of the my old buiding.

https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=&ie=UTF-8&layer=c&z=17&amp ; ; ;iwloc=A&sll=34.106040,-118.332987&cbp=13,87.5,0,0,0&cbll= 34.106026,-118.333356&q=google+maps+1926+whitley+avenue&ei=i6c OUuWvLMONygGe94CAAg&ved=0CC0QxB0wAA

If you wouldn't mind checking your nerve center to see who lived there, I'd be very appreciative.

After that, I moved a block South of there to the famous Fontenoy Building. at 1811 Whitley Avenue. It was the very first "skyscraper" in Los Angeles, built in 1928. MANY celebs lived there over the years. As a matter of fact, Johnny Depp had only recently moved out before I moved in. Crispin Glover still lived there when I was there.
Here are some cool photos of the building someone posted online on Flickr. Be sure to go in to Flickr Full Screen mode to get the full effect!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/40331513@N05/3718131581/

I'd be really curious to know who lived there also, if it's not too much trouble. Don't go out of your way though, man. I imagine the list would be long.
Thank you!
Tom B.


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No probs.
Intrestingly me and my family have lived in same area to within half a mile with a connection going back nearly 50 years.
Do you see many celebs?
Whitley Ave does have Hollywood feel due to palm trees - but it feels like an area of former glories

1926 Whitley Ave (steep rd!)


Claude Berkeley
DATE(S): 1920s LA Dir - 1927

John Breen
DATE(S): 1930s LA Dir - 1939

Walker Clyde
DATE(S): 1930s LA Dir - 1936

Kenneth Duncan
DATE(S): 1920s-1930s census - 1930

Hugh Faye
DATE(S): 1920s LA Dir - 1927; minor actor was main studio drug supplier, known for supplying drugs that killed Wallace Reid

Helen Foster
DATE(S): 1930s LA Dir - 1936

Eddie Gannon
DATE(S): 1930s-1940s voter reg - 1940

Lou Hess
DATE(S): 1930s LA Dir - 1932 listed as actor

Louis Hesse
DATE(S): 1920s-1930s voter reg - 1930

William Kline
DATE(S): 1920s-1930s census - 1930

John Mowat
DATE(S): 1920s-1930s census - 1930

Fletcher Norton
DATE(S): 1920s LA Dir - 1927

Max Pollock
DATE(S): 1930s voter reg - 1936

Ruth Pollock
DATE(S): 1930s voter reg - 1936

O. Robertson
DATE(S): 1920s-1930s voter reg - 1930

Robert Scott
DATE(S): 1920s-1930s census - 1930

Norma Thelan
DATE(S): 1930s LA Dir - 1939

John Wagner
DATE(S): 1920s-1930s census - 1930; theatrical actor turned movie actor

Ernest Wood
DATE(S): 1920s LA Dir - 1926

Freeman Wood
DATE(S): 1920s LA Dir - 1927

May Wood
DATE(S): 1920s LA Dir - 1926




1811 Whitley Ave, Los Angeles, California

1811 Whitley Ave
Los Angeles, California




People Associated with this address:
Polly Bailey
DATE(S): 1930s-1940s voter reg - 1940 through 1944

William N. Bailey
DATE(S): 1930s-1940s voter reg - 1940 through 1944

Milton Baum
DATE(S): 1930s LA Dir - 1939

Clara Blandick
DATE(S): 1940s LA Dir - 1942; played Auntie Em from Wizard of Oz

Earl Bright
DATE(S): 1930s-1940s voter reg - 1940

Oscar Brodney
DATE(S): 1930s-1940s voter reg - 1940

Jeanne Cagney
DATE(S): 1930s-1940s voter reg - 1940

Alene Nathan Carroll
DATE(S): 1930s-1940s voter reg - 1938 & 1940

Jean Carson
DATE(S): 1940s LA Dir - 1942

Lane Chandler
DATE(S): 1930s correspondence records

Johnny Depp
DATE(S): 1990s correspondence records

Margaret Dumont
DATE(S): 1930s LA Dir - 1939 through 1942; Groucho Marx foil in all the classic films

Raye Ellis
DATE(S): 1940s LA Dir - 1942

Charles F. Eyton
DATE(S): 1930s voter reg - 1936

Crispen Glover
DATE(S): 1990s early in his career

Edwin Goodwin
DATE(S): 1920s-1930s census - 1930

David Greenlee
DATE(S): 1990s #800

Virginia Hammond
DATE(S): 1930s travel manifest - 1934

Robert Heard
DATE(S): 1920s-1930s census - 1930

Hugh Herbert
DATE(S): 1920s-1930s census - 1930

Rose Herbert
DATE(S): 1920s-1930s census - 1930

Clifford Landon
DATE(S): 1940s voter reg - 1944

Gladys Lehman
DATE(S): 1930s voter reg - 1938

Harold Marzorati
DATE(S): 1930s-1940s voter reg - 1940

Harry Meyer
DATE(S): 1920s-1930s voter reg - 1930

John Morton
DATE(S): 1940s voter reg - 1944

Marshall Neilan
DATE(S): 1938 among the most famous silent film directors, by late 1930s his career was ending amid a Feud with Louis B. Mayer

John Nelle
DATE(S): 1920s-1930s census - 1930

Lou L. Ostrow
DATE(S): 1930s-1940s voter reg - 1940 listed as actor had long career as producer including Lil' Abner

William Raymond
DATE(S): 1920s-1930s census - 1930

Norma Ritchie
DATE(S): 1920s-1930s census - 1930

Thomas Rosa
DATE(S): 1940s LA Dir - 1942

Thomas Ross
DATE(S): 1940s voter reg - 1944

Kathryn Scola
DATE(S): 1940s voter reg - 1944

Bruce Sidney
DATE(S): 1930s LA Dir - 1936

Aubrey Smith
DATE(S): 1930s voter reg - 1936

Charles S. Smith
DATE(S): 1930s voter reg - 1936

Stanley Smith
DATE(S): 1920s-1930s census - 1930

Henry Travers
DATE(S): 1937-1940s LA Dir - 1939 & voter reg - 1940 through 1944; angel Clarence Oddbody in It's a Wonderful Life

Harry Wallace
DATE(S): 1940s voter reg - 1944




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