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Wallace, David (Journalist)

Dream palaces of Hollywood's Golden Age / by David Wallace ; photography by Juergen Nogai.

1st ed.

New York : Abrams, 2006.

239 pages : color illustrations ; 25 x 30 cm

The so-called Golden Age of Hollywood of the late 1920s through to the late 1940s, coincided with a flamboyant phase in the history of American design. The result was a spectacle exhibiting the 'anything is possible' ideology that embodied Hollywood. This book shows us the best of these buildings through 200 colour pictures.

Mansions -- California -- Los Angeles.

Historic buildings -- California -- Los Angeles.

Architecture -- California -- Los Angeles -- History.

Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Buildings, structures, etc.

Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- Buildings, structures, etc.

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface: Hollywood restored -- Wallace Beery residence, Hollywood -- Cecil B. DeMille house, Laughlin Park -- Doheny residence, Los Angeles -- Will and Ariel Durant residence, Hollywood -- W.C. Fields residence, Laughlin Park -- Cary Grant/Randolph Scott residence, Los Feliz -- Glen Lajeski residence, Whitley Heights -- Charles Laughton residence, Pacific Palisades -- Carole Lombard residence, Laughlin Park -- John Sowden -- George Hodel residence, Los Feliz -- Gloria Swanson residence, Whitley Heights -- Norma Talmadge beach house, Santa Monica -- "Talmadge residence," Los Feliz -- Villa Vallombrosa, Whitley Heights -- Vinmont residence, Laughlin Park -- Norman Chandler residence, Hancock Park -- El Cabrillo apartments, Hollywood -- El Capitan Theatre, Hollywood -- Grauman's Chinese Theater, Hollywood -- Kevin Haley residence, Hollywood -- Holiday House Motel, Malibu -- Max Factor Building -- Musso & Frank Grill, Hollywood -- Pig 'N' Whistle, Hollywood -- Villa Aurora, Pacific Palisades -- Afterword: neon nights.

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