My great grandmother moved from PR to Manhattan NYC at 16yrs old in 1945. She lived there until 2019 when she passed. The building was built in 1923. She kept everything original from the 20s, 30s and 40s. Everytime I visited her, it was like stepping back in time.
I had the pleasure of living for several months in the summer home of silent film star Thomas Meighan in Great Neck, New York. It was a wonderful experience - the bathrooms still had the original tile and fixtures - mine was purple. Lovely home.
Love this Era, all of my life. Maybe because my first 4 years of my life, I was living with my parents in the guest house of a beautiful mansion in Ca. It was built in 1926. I had full access to the entire property. It was an incredible experience, with lots of nature.
Wow!! I'd like to step back into the 1920's as these homes are so nice! No animal rugs though. I never understood the glamour with that as for one it kills an exotic endangered animal, and two it collects dust! Poor Ramon Navarro as forty years later he was brutally murdered in his Laurel Cañón home!
Sorry I been away from your channel but am back now hope you are still not having problems posting your stories I was afraid they were going to block this channel and never get to hear these stories again
How many of these homes still exist 100 years later ? Are they beloved shrines to the era ? Tourist attractions ? Or have they fallen to decay, neglect, and the developers bulldozer ? I have to wonder.......
This would be fun history if the extraordinary treatment of actors did not continue to this day. The ER doctor that will save your life one day is not worth the 30, 40, 50, 60+ million dollars they give actors for a few weeks of advanced play-acting. It is beyond grotesque. The building where I grew up in CPW had the slovenly drunk actors all through the building. They made a lot of money to puke in our elevators. Digitize them and give the money to people who deserve it.
If you grew up on Manhattan's Central Park West with well paid actors you had/have money galore yourself. You are no prole. Giving us the affluent revolutionary gospel. Give people opportunities, not handouts.
Husband has worked in the "Hollywood" film industry for 25 years. I used to subscribe to your way of thinking about the exorbitant money paid to actors. Part of me still does. However, it's like anything else in a capitalistic society: high demand and limited supply = greater cash generating power. There are only a handful of actors that command top dollar. Their salaries are commensurate with their box office draw, i.e. the cash they put in investors' pockets. They deserve a fair share of the profits.
If I had a home like that.i would keep it the way it was.to bad it dosent show the color of it all.I say its sad when you die all what you have left it all gone and done.for the next person moves in.isnt that a joke the state has throw out all those law.if they would be alive today would had a hiffy fit to know all those rule bunch of hippocratic.
Too bad Harold Lloyd was an extreme racist and in the 40’s when they began letting minorities into his neighborhood, he was extremely against this and was very vocal about not wanting them in his neighborhood.
My great grandmother moved from PR to Manhattan NYC at 16yrs old in 1945. She lived there until 2019 when she passed. The building was built in 1923. She kept everything original from the 20s, 30s and 40s. Everytime I visited her, it was like stepping back in time.
I had the pleasure of living for several months in the summer home of silent film star Thomas Meighan in Great Neck, New York. It was a wonderful experience - the bathrooms still had the original tile and fixtures - mine was purple. Lovely home.
The 1920's was such an amazing time.
I have an elderly Facebook acquaintance (now 85) who lived in Valentino’s home, Falcon Lair, shortly before it was torn down.
Damn! Really?
Love this deep dive into the period! Not a lot of people cover this era so in depth. Thanks for your content, I always enjoy it!
Love this Era, all of my life. Maybe because my first 4 years of my life, I was living with my parents in the guest house of a beautiful mansion in Ca. It was built in 1926. I had full access to the entire property. It was an incredible experience, with lots of nature.
One can tell from the grammar and language used in these articles from 100 years ago that our education system has dumbed us down.
Then, as now, people didn’t really talk the way that words and stories are written.
Wow!! I'd like to step back into the 1920's as these homes are so nice! No animal rugs though. I never understood the glamour with that as for one it kills an exotic endangered animal, and two it collects dust! Poor Ramon Navarro as forty years later he was brutally murdered in his Laurel Cañón home!
I agree with you about animal decorations. I also don’t like animals used as clothing.
I disagree with the way you’ve casually thrown about an alternate design for ‘Laurel Canyon’.
Depends on the animal. North American black bears, and mountain lion are neither exotic nor endangered. Animal skin rugs are long out of date anyway.
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This is a great series.
The Valentino's home was cozy and filled with a very rich flair.
The Lloyd house of 1925 was in Hancock Park on Irving Street (Boulevard??). It was not the massive mansion in Beverly Hills which was finished 1929.
Sorry I been away from your channel but am back now hope you are still not having problems posting your stories I was afraid they were going to block this channel and never get to hear these stories again
Sigh. Such elegance.
I have a piece of black marble tile from the Villa Valentino which was located in Whitley Heights but demolished for a freeway in 1952.
Wow!
Nastasha Rambova Valentino was hugely talented. 😊
Given the extensive descriptions I would like to see the pics cleaned up and colorized.
Wow! Ugh! Jeesh! @2:57: When Mr. Ferguson's "Japboy,Kiko" serves his celebrated salad of blanched almonds, and other things, in jelly!"
How many of these homes still exist 100 years later ? Are they beloved shrines to the era ? Tourist attractions ? Or have they fallen to decay, neglect, and the developers bulldozer ? I have to wonder.......
PLEASE don't call the people who tear these historic buildings down "developers" they are destroyers!
. 100 years ago
Time flies
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Thank you..
This would be fun history if the extraordinary treatment of actors did not continue to this day. The ER doctor that will save your life one day is not worth the 30, 40, 50, 60+ million dollars they give actors for a few weeks of advanced play-acting. It is beyond grotesque. The building where I grew up in CPW had the slovenly drunk actors all through the building. They made a lot of money to puke in our elevators. Digitize them and give the money to people who deserve it.
If you grew up on Manhattan's Central Park West with well paid actors you had/have money galore yourself. You are no prole. Giving us the affluent revolutionary gospel. Give people opportunities, not handouts.
Husband has worked in the "Hollywood" film industry for 25 years. I used to subscribe to your way of thinking about the exorbitant money paid to actors. Part of me still does. However, it's like anything else in a capitalistic society: high demand and limited supply = greater cash generating power. There are only a handful of actors that command top dollar. Their salaries are commensurate with their box office draw, i.e. the cash they put in investors' pockets. They deserve a fair share of the profits.
If I had a home like that.i would keep it the way it was.to bad it dosent show the color of it all.I say its sad when you die all what you have left it all gone and done.for the next person moves in.isnt that a joke the state has throw out all those law.if they would be alive today would had a hiffy fit to know all those rule bunch of hippocratic.
Too bad Harold Lloyd was an extreme racist and in the 40’s when they began letting minorities into his neighborhood, he was extremely against this and was very vocal about not wanting them in his neighborhood.