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Built in 1927 for $382,000, the building was originally known as Hacienda Arms Apartments and became the home of wealthy Hollywood families. [2] The Hacienda Arms was the home to motion picture actors, including Marie Dressler, [7] James Dunn, Grant Withers, Loretta Young, Jeanette MacDonald, [8] US child star Leon Janney, [9] and the film composers Josiah Zuro and Oscar Potoker.
An influx of families immigrating from Mexico tripled the city's Mexican population, which reached 97,000 by 1930, and the city became known as the "Mexican capital of the United States". [ 2 ] Extensive modernization took place in the 1920s, characterized by a dramatic increase in automobile usage, vast suburban sprawl , and the formation of ...
The Hollywood Boulevard Commercial and Entertainment District encompasses twelve blocks and more than one hundred buildings in Hollywood, California.The area, close in proximity to classic Hollywood's major film studios, contains an array of buildings and businesses that catered to the film industry and is generally known for its significant role in the history of cinema.
Hollywood United Methodist Church (6817 Franklin Avenue) was designed by Thomas P. Barber and built from 1927 to 1930. It is a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument. [5] [23] [33] It is built on land that includes the location of William C. deMille and daughter Agnes de Mille's first home in Hollywood. [34]
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 8 January 2025. Neighborhood in Los Angeles, California, US For the U.S. motion picture industry, see Cinema of the United States. Neighborhood in Los Angeles, California, United States Hollywood Neighborhood The Hollywood Sign in front of Hollywood Hills in January 2019 Map of the Hollywood neighborhood ...
In 1925, silent screen star Ramon Novarro purchased a home in "the exclusive West Adams district" for $12,000 and spent an additional $100,000 on renovations. [ 16 ] [ 17 ] In 1927, during the prohibition era , the Times reported that the vice squad raided a "luxurious fourteen rooom mansion in the exclusive West Adams district".
Built in the late 1920s by silent film star Harold Lloyd, it remained Lloyd's home until his death in 1971. The estate originally consisted of a 44-room mansion, golf course, outbuildings, and 900-foot (270 m) canoe run on 15 acres (61,000 m 2). Greenacres has been called "the most impressive movie star's estate ever created."
The Montecito was home to several future movie stars, especially New York based actors while working in Hollywood. It was Ronald Reagan’s first residence when he moved to Hollywood; Reagan lived at the Montecito from June 1937 to late 1938. [6] Reagan was said to have been roommates at the Montecito with Mickey Rooney. [7]