- Paperback: 312 pages
- Publisher: Santa Monica Press; 1 edition (May 1 2004)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1891661388
- ISBN-13: 978-1891661389
- Product Dimensions: 23 x 15.1 x 1.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 476 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #486,377 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"Pay dirt for the insatiable Hollywood archeologist." -- Los Angeles Times Magazine
"The most comprehensive book on the subject . . . encompassing everything from the silent days to the modern era." -- Palm Beach Post
“It’s rare when a travel guide makes itself as meaningful at home as on vacation . . . This is one of them." -- Chicago Tribune
“The resource to lead you to celebrity-real-estate-heaven.” -- SilentEra.com
“Their careful selections, combined with photographs and biographical sketches of each actor result in a fascinating mosaic of Hollywood history and style." -- RoadTripAmerica.com
"The most comprehensive book on the subject . . . encompassing everything from the silent days to the modern era." -- Palm Beach Post
“It’s rare when a travel guide makes itself as meaningful at home as on vacation . . . This is one of them." -- Chicago Tribune
“The resource to lead you to celebrity-real-estate-heaven.” -- SilentEra.com
“Their careful selections, combined with photographs and biographical sketches of each actor result in a fascinating mosaic of Hollywood history and style." -- RoadTripAmerica.com
Book Description
From Gloria Swanson’s 1918 Hollywood bungalow to Brad Pitt’s Beverly Hills estate, this compendium of movie star homes profiles the extravagant, lavish, and eccentric residences of the rich and famous. Each of the nearly 400 entries includes a photo of the star and brief summation of the star’s career, the address of the star’s home, a photo of the home as it looks today, and fascinating facts about the site. In addition to magnificent mansions, the homes where celebrities lived before they became famous are also featured, such as Natalie Wood’s humble 1945 residence and the home of Buster Keaton before he built his famed Italian villa in Beverly Hills.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Great Book,
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This review is from: Movie Star Homes: The Famous to the Forgotten (Paperback)
This is a very good book. I enjoyed all of the photos and interesting information about many different movie stars throughout different time periods. Overall this is a great book that is very fun to read.
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3.4 out of 5 stars (7 customer reviews) 26 of 27 people found the following review helpful
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Fascinating tour of Hollywood homes,
By W. Oliver - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Movie Star Homes: The Famous to the Forgotten (Paperback)
If you love Hollywood, architecture or are just curious about what kind of homes the movie stars live in, you will find this book fascinating. It includes over 350 entries - from silent greats (Garbo, Valentino) to modern day stars (Brad Pitt & Jennifer Anniston) - although the majority of the entries are the classic stars of yester-year. Each entry includes the address, a brief sentence or two about their career and fame followed by a paragraph about the house itself and a black and white photo. The photos are usually good although there are some that are very small and others in which you can only see a fence or a driveway. The captions note that some of the stars only lived in the houses for a few years. You might be surprised at how modest a lot of the homes are! An appendix gives "movie star homes by region" and "theme tours." If you are taking a trip to Hollywood, you will definately want to take this book with you, and it is a fun book to browse even if you are not going there.
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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FULL OF INACCURACIES AND OMISSIONS,
By dearjanemarple - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Movie Star Homes: The Famous to the Forgotten (Paperback)
As soon as I started leafing through this book I was apalled by its inaccuracies and omissions. For example William Holden: No mention is made of the apartment building on Ocean Ave in Santa Monica which he owned and where he died. No mention is made of Jimmy Stewarts home at 918 Roxbury Drive where he and his wife Gloria lived for 45 years until his death in 1989. Elizabeth Taylor is cited as living at Nancy Sinatra (the mother's) former home at 700 Nimes Road in Bel Air. The Sinatra pad was only a small modern house. The bulk of Elizabeth Taylor's estate is on the several acre 688 Nimes Road property originally belonging to Warner Baxter and later to Jack Ryan, designer of the Barbie doll. Warner Baxter's listing does not even mention the address of that estate. These are errors I saw in the first 15 minutes I skimmed through the book.
14 of 18 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great Book,
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Movie Star Homes: The Famous to the Forgotten (Paperback)
This is a very good book. I enjoyed all of the photos and interesting information about many different movie stars throughout different time periods. Overall this is a great book that is very fun to read.
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