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The building was built by Cecil B. DeMille in 1928. David Wallace, the author of Lost Hollywood (St. Martin's Press, 2001), believes DeMille built El Cabrillo to house New York stage actors whom he brought to Los Angeles when talking pictures arrived. [4] Others claim that DeMille intended it as a gift for his daughter Frances. [5]
Film mogul Cecil B. DeMille, a part owner of the Wilshire Blvd. restaurant, bought the building, a former chicken restaurant named Willard's, and converted it into a Brown Derby in 1940. It uniquely combined a formal restaurant with a dramatic domed ceiling with a more casual drive-in cafe outside.
Built by a partnership headed by Sid Grauman over 18 months beginning in January 1926, the theater opened May 18, 1927, with the premiere of Cecil B. DeMille's The King of Kings. [3] It has since been home to many premieres, including the 1977 debut of Star Wars, [4] as well as many private events and three Academy Awards ceremonies. Among the ...
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Hollywood's Guaranty Building was built in 1923, with Gilbert Bessemyer as the owner [1] and Charlie Chaplin and Cecil B. DeMille included as investors. [2] The building features Beaux-Arts architecture and was designed by John C. Austin and Frederick M. Ashley, with John Austin and his partners noted at the time for their work on Los Angeles City Hall, Griffith Observatory, Cathedral of Saint ...
The Robert Bridges House, designed by the architect whose name it bore, was destroyed in the Palisades fire. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)
According to director of photography Janusz Kaminski, Steven Spielberg’s earliest home movies still exist, and were consulted for the scene in “The Fabelmans” in which young Sammy Fabelman ...
Lasky-DeMille Barn at original Hollywood location in 1913. The building which houses the Hollywood Heritage Museum (Lasky-DeMille Barn; known from 1985 to 2003 as The Hollywood Studio Museum) was built in 1901 as a stable by the landowner, Col. Robert Northam, whose estate extended to both sides of Vine Street, the East side beginning at Selma and extending down to Sunset.