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Hollywood’s first 50 years, until the freeway changed history — and defined the future
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5163 Franklin: House of Good Fortune
Anna May Wong's Moongate
6937 Vanland: Hollywood Castle’s Fairytale History
Rudolph Schindler’s Druckman House
Edna Cudahy’s Hollywood House of Death
Was Norma Talmadge’s Hollywood Home “Jinxed”?
L. Frank Baum’s Ozcot (1910-1954)
Welcome to Los Feliz Manor
Chateau Rossmore, Mauretania Apartments, Jack Haley -- and the Truth
Father & Son Hollywoodland Homes
Marilyn Monroe’s Childhood Home
Wolf’s Lair: Hollywood’s Famous Castle
Wattles Mansion: Hollywood’s Last Remaining Estate
Hollywood’s Hidden Storybook Cottage
Beachwood Canyon Artistic Apartments
Slim Aarons’ Christmas Swim: Story Behind the Tree
Outpost Estates: Hillside Homes of Happiness
2919 St. George: Hollywood House-Moving Party
The Hoodoo House of Hollywood
The Saga of Paul de Longpre’s Hollywood Estate
Pearl Park: Whitley & Franklin
A Tale of Two Castles
Tragic Tale of Hollywood’s First Art Director
Newly-Discovered Whitley Heights Home
Hollywood Center Motel’s Seedy Past
Too Close for Comfort: Eugene O’Brien & Robert Vignola
Paul Laszlo’s Schiff House
The Cahuenga Chalet
The House at the End of the Road
Garden Court’s Primrose Path (1917-1984)
The Saga of Janes House
From City to Sea
Snow White’s Real-Life Fairytale Cottage
Jean Harlow & the Voice Coach
The First to Go (1925-1948)
Where William Randolph Hearst Stashed His Mistress
Hollywood’s First Tourist Attraction (1901-1927)
Harold Lloyd: Mystery Solved
‘Bride of Frankenstein’ House
The French Village (1921-1951)
Heartbreak House (1922-1952)
Villa Valentino (1922-1951)
The Fontenoy
The Montecito
Carole Lombard’s Honeymoon Home
Yamashiro’s Historic Past
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