Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1942-07-30
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| Pickfair is the largest. an estate
of 1850 acres. 1t was once the
happy home of Mary Pickford and
Douglas Fairbanks. whence it gets
| its compound name. We thought
it the most attractive of all, but
tastes differ. Harold Lloyds est 3te
is the second largest. Not ali til Sc
! homes are beautiful. For ilstarce,
the house of Lionel Barrymore has
no windows on the side street.
Gloria Swanson's home IS sal TO
! be the oldest. Charlie Chapman 3
place is utterly hidden by lii h Wis
and thick trees, ano the trees sad
shrubbery seem a bit shaggy ike
himself Many homes seer iar mere
attractive than, those CT tEe mi..ion-
aire prodacers.sshnley Temple ives
far out towardklhe sea. Her nome
seems d little. lencly compared with
these jim the buftt=rre areas.
n Culver City is the one Ct the
Nfeeras eldwyn-Mayer Corporation,
ana1the city is Isxgely the pro suct-
ion of the COMPANY. The Hal-Roach
and International are also here We
saw many old movie sets of, famous
pictures, in this largest movi out
fit in the world. We visited the Fox
location also, and many others on
succeeding days, and saw the actors
and actresses in the restaurants and
on the streets. To enter the studios
is almost impossible for strangers
We drove out through Bellair,
Brentwood, Westwood and Santa
Monica, getting glimpses inside and
outside of homes of wealth, of the
mountains. the city and the sea. At
Westwood we saw the Romano othic
architecture of the University of
California at Los Angeles, buildings
of rose colored brick. They were all
built at one time, after the same de-
sign, with a unity that is commend
able and beautiful, but they lack
the history and tradition attached to
older universities.
Hollywood started with good
Methodist and prohibition family.
Movies then were not even thought
of Horace Wilson and wife came in
1880 from Topeka, Kans., bought
large tract, allotted it and called
it Hollywood. 1t was a pious COM
munity until 1911, when it was in
vaded By comedians, cowboys, and
movie prospectors. The cinema be
came a billion dollar industry.
Americas sweethearts and buffoons
now receive salaries printed in five
or six figures.
The Eopefuls move in to starve
and move away again, or to be en-
ployed at small salaries. 1t is now
known that the average employee
gets less than 1900 year. These
studios have moved too. They have
gone to Culver, Burbank and West
Los Angeles. San Fernando will
soon be, or is now, great movie
center.
The most outstanding theaters
left in Hollywood proper are the
Egyptian and Grauman's Chinese,
where one tarries in the lobby to
read the autographed names of
distinguished actors and actresses
on the plastic floor. You see also
the imprint of their bare feet and
hands in the hardened cement
To get vision of real city plan
ming, Westwood is cited. Just ten
years before the ground was broken,
it was laid out. 1t was then a series
of undulating hills. 1t is now
complete residential city, with
the University near the center. The
public buildings and homes form
one harmonious whole 1t is an out
of-door city. Shops face lovely gar
dens, and all the restaurants are in
the open air. Good taste and much
wealth have created the lovely
apparition of what a city may be
like under ideal conditions.-How-
ard H. Scott.