Hollywood modern : houses of the stars On the intersection of Hollywood and Modern by Michael Stern Ramon Novarro House 1928 Dolores del Rio House 1930 Anna Sten & Eugene Frenke House 1934 Josef von Sternberg House 1935 Frank Sinatra House 1946 Lucille Ball & Desi Arnaz House 1954 Gary Cooper House 1955 Groucho Marx House 1956 Marilyn Monroe & Arthur Miller House 1957 Charlton Heston House 1959 Tina Turner House 1961 1963 Lew Wasserman House 1960 Elvis Presley Honeymoon House 1960 Steve McQueen House 1964 Laurence Harvey House 1963 William Holden House 1968 Johnny Carson House 1984 Faye Dunaway Apartment 1969 Kelly Lynch & Mitch Glazer House 1950 Jerry Weintraub House 2004 Leonardo DiCaprio Dinah Shore House 1964 Randolph Duke House 2004 Bryan Lourd House 1950 Dolores & Bob Hope House 1969 1979. This book looks at the intersection of celebrity and design through the case of 25 houses designed by great architects for their informed trend setting and extremely famous clients in Southern California. Hollywood Modern spans the modern era from moderne homes of the 1930s through mid century modern designs to the present day. Hollywood Modern touches on the many moods of modernism. These houses edit rearrange and direct our point of view much like the carefully composed version of reality we see in motion pictures. These different styles co exist as modernism and stand in distinct contrast to the Mediterranean villas and Spanish Colonial manses of early Hollywood. Provided by publisher Hollywood Modern explores the intersection of celebrity and high design through the case of twenty four houses designed by great architects for their informed trend setting and extremely famous clients in Southern California. Included are gorgeous photos of the houses as well as rarely seen informal portraits of the stars and wonderfully detailed texts that tell the story of these members of the glitterati touching on film fashion. architecture and the everyday lives of legends. Hollywood Modern spans the modern era from moderne homes of the 1920s through mid century modern designs to the present day. This book touches on the many moods of modernism. From Ed Niles Johnny Carson House in Malibu which creates a ficus tree forest that extends from the garden directly into the house to the machine age austerity of Richard Neutras von Sternberg House (later owned by The Fountainhead author Ayn Rand) to A. Quincy Jones crisply elegantly ultramodern Gary Cooper House in Holmby Hills. These houses edit rearrange and direct our point of view much like the carefully composed version of reality we see in motion pictures and the public relations personae of the stars. These different styles co exist as modernism and stand in distinct contrast to the Mediterranean villas and Spanish Colonial manses of early Hollywood. The book features beautiful high glamour photographs of the celebrities including Marilyn Monroe Steve McQueen Elvis Presley and Faye Dunaway (often by celebrated photographers such as Richard Avedon Slim Aarons and Edward Weston) as well as stunning photographs of the architecture (by Julius Shulman Ezra Stoller Tim Street Porter and others). In addition to the glamour shots of both the stars and the architecture personal un posed photographs of the individuals beyond the spotlight (from private and family collections) relaxing in their modern homes are included. Each chapter includes a brief biography of the celebrity whose home is featured and an explanation and direct quotes. when available about the celebritys relationship with modernism and informative text about the architect and the architecture. Jacket