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Follies Burlesque Dancer Scales Rosslyn Hotel!
A photographer for an unidentified men’s magazine from the 1950s (Argosy? Swank? Nugget?) took a dancer with the nom de strip “Dotty Pearce” up to the roof of the Rosslyn Hotel for some pictures. The...
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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: Los Angeles Elks’ Temple Highlights...
The Elks Temple in an undated photo. Note: This is an encore post from 2015. Long a glamorous, outstanding example of Neo-Gothic Architecture and the powerful force of fraternal organizations, Los...
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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: 4634 Santa Monica Blvd., Where History Was...
Though today the home of Union Swap Meet, 4634 Santa Monica Blvd. once served as the location for pioneering director Lois Weber’s motion picture studio from 1917 through 1925. Ranking as one of the...
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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: First National Building Banks On...
Hollywood First National Bank Building, Courtesy of Mary Mallory. Note: This is an encore post from 2014 Soaring to the skies, displaying confidence in Hollywood’s unlimited future, the First National...
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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: Norman Kerry, Preservationist
Norman Kerry in 1924. Long before billionaire investor Ron Burkle purchased and restored such historic architectural properties as Frank Lloyd Wright’s Ennis-Brown House, Harold Lloyd’s Greenacres,...
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Downtown Los Angeles, 1950: ‘The Underworld Story’
“The Underworld Story,” last week’s mystery movie, had quite a few interesting shots of downtown Los Angeles from about 1950. Here’s one from the opening titles. It shows the Fashion League Building,...
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Downtown Los Angeles, 1950: ‘The Underworld Story’ Part 2
Here’s another frame from the opening of “The Underworld Story,” last week’s mystery movie. This appears to be one of the Hill Street tunnels, which were demolished in 1955. For comparison, here’s a...
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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: There Is a Lake in Toluca Lake
Photo: Janet Blair sits on the little platform off the banks of the Lakeside Golf Club. Courtesy of Mary Mallory Note: This is an encore post from 2013. Surrounded by homes and the Lakeside Golf Club,...
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Downtown Los Angeles, 1950: ‘The Underworld Story’ Part 3
Here’s another sequence from “The Underworld Story” filmed in downtown Los Angeles. The camera is across Spring Street, opposite City Hall. Downtown L.A. in ‘Underworld Story’ Part 1 | Part 2 Gunmen...
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Downtown Los Angeles, 1950: ‘Underworld Story,’ Part 4
Here’s another sequence from “The Underworld Story,” an especially interesting one that features the Globe Lobby in the old Los Angeles Times Building. Leading man Dan Duryea walks through the lobby....
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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: Hermoyne Apartments, Regal Dowager on...
The Hermoyne Apartments, 569 N. Rossmore Ave., directly across from the Ravenswood Apartments, via Google Street View. Still as gorgeous and stately as when it opened in 1929, the Hermoyne Apartments...
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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: Hollywood’s Little Country Church – Emblem...
Note: This is an encore post from 2013 Throughout its history, the city of Hollywood has seen much come and go in the name of “progress.” Instead of remodeling and reusing a historic structure, as is...
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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: Hollywood’s Salute to Atmosphere – The...
A photo of the Afton Arms from the Hollywood Citizen, Jan. 25, 1925. Built in 1925 and advertising itself as modern and up-to-date, filled with every convenience, the aristocratic Afton Arms offered...
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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: Chateau des Fleurs Provides Elegant French...
6626 Franklin Ave., via Google Street View. Note: This is an encore post from 2015. Hollywood, California, exploded in population during the late 1910s and early 1920s with the influx of moving...
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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: North Hollywood Federal Savings and Loans...
North Hollywood Federal Savings and Loan, 1961, Valley Times Collection, L.A. Public Library. Originally designed to serve as a combination bank and office building, the former North Hollywood Federal...
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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights — Yamashiro
Photo: A postcard of the Bernheimer house, listed on EBay at $6. Note: This is an encore post from 2011. In Japanese, Yamashiro means castle on the hill. Standing in its original 1914 location,...
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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: Bryson Apartments ‘The Finest Apartment...
The Bryson Apartments, via Google Street View. Note: This is an encore post from 2014. Considered by many to be one of the most attractive apartment buildings in Los Angeles, the regal Bryson...
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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: Villa Elaine Courts Tenants
The Villa Elaine via Google Street View. Still stylish after 94 years, Villa Elaine has reigned as one of Hollywood’s most popular apartment/hotels in its location on Vine Street just blocks from...
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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: Sixth Street Chocolate Shop Offers Sweet...
A still from “The Hope Chest,” courtesy of Mary Mallory. Note: This is an encore post from 2014 Serving both sweet and medicinal purposes, chocolate has been served up as a special treat since at...
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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights — Spooky, Ooky Witch’s House Haunts Beverly...
A sketch of the “The Witch’s House” by Charles Owens from “Nuestro Pueblo,” courtesy of Mary Mallory Note: This is an encore post from 2013. Once upon a time, home design and architecture saluted...
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