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HOLLYWOOD'S . . . CRIME: Greystone Mansion Murder
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HOLLYWOOD'S . . . CRIME: Tate/LaBianca Murders
HOLLYWOOD'S . . .CRIME: William Desmond Taylor Murder
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HORROR - SCIENCE FICTION
HORROR - SCI FI: Annex
HORROR - SCI FI: The Atomic Submarine (1959)
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HORROR - SCI FI: Boris Karloff
HORROR - SCI FI: Dracula (1931)
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HORROR - SCI FI: Invaders from Mars (1954)
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HORROR - SCI FI: Stephen King
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HORROR - SCI FI: The Witch's Dungeon
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I LOVE LUCY
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MYSTERIES: A Warning For Those Who Give Away The Endings!
MYSTERIES: Alfred Hitchcock
MYSTERIES: The Bat
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RECIPES OF THE WEEK: A Rejuvenating Diet
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SHIRLEY TEMPLE
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TAYLOR SCHULTZ: Hollywood Sculptor
TRANSPORTATION IN THE MOVIES: Aviation
VINCENT PRICE
VINCENT PRICE: Connoisseur
WHAT'S MY LINE?
THE WHISTLER
THE WIZARD OF OZ (1939)
The Witch's House . . . Another View
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The Witch's House
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You have to love these houses!   They may go from Mother Goose to the Brothers Grimm to wwwaaayyyyy out there but . . . let's face it . . . they get our attention!

The Witch's House Is Also Known as
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The Spadena House

The Front Gate and a Window at
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The Witch's House

This house is also know as The Spadena House and can also be seen at www.seeing-stars.com/Landmarks/WitchsHouse.shtml
Be forewarned:  This information has lots of information but once you access it . . . it keeps you there so be prepared to stay awhile!

The Witch's House
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Click to Go to The Storybook Style Website
Charlie Chaplin
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Chaplin Court
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Another whimsical item from John Robert Marlow is about a set of houses called "Chaplin Court."  It's at http://www.johnrobertmarlow.com/sa__storybook.html.  Marlow states that not only that Charlie Chaplin lived there but John Barrymore, Rudolph Valentino and Douglas Fairbanks, Sr.
 
As a matter of fact . . . John Barrymore's son, John Drew Barrymore, lived there and his daughter, Drew, was born there.  (Maven's wondered if she was born literally there like Maven's mother was literally born in HER mother's house!)
 
Is any of it true?  Who knows but it's still a cute place!
 
And Maven is pleased to find another place to check out this property at http://allanellenberger.com/book-flm-news/charlie-chaplin-film-set/!
 
[Want more about the Barrymores?  See THE BARRYMORE FAMILY
 
Want some more storybook architectire?!  http://www.johnrobertmarlow.com/sa__storybook.html]

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Would you believe a real fairy castle?!  Maven has been fascinated for years about Colleen Moore's Doll House.  She was an actress who got her start in the silent era and began building "Colleen's Folly" in 1928.  It would cost $500,000 by the time it was finished in 1935 (almost $8,000,000 in 2008 dollars).  Just click on the link CHILDREN'S CORNER: Colleen Moore and Her Fairy Castle.

The Brown Derby
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     This is the famous Brown Derby Restaurant in Hollywood!  The website also has their menu which makes Maven's mouth water just looking at it!
     There is a website that you might want to visit at http://www.thehollywoodbrownderby.com/.
     It is also one of the places that is mentioned in a project Maven was part of several years ago:  Charlie Chan at College.  Several of us got together and wrote a script set between the Warner Oland and the Sidney Toler eras . . . complete with #1 AND # 2 sons, Lee and Jimmy!

Kincaid's Grocery Market and Hamburgers
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Not to mention that the "Toy Store" at the beginning of the story is based on the very real Kincaid's in Fort Worth, TX, long an historic landmark for their hamburgers.  They now have several locations in the area.

 

Go Kincaid's!

 

http://kincaidshamburgers.com/