Whitley Heights Again! Carole Lombard and William Powell were paired in the 1931 film Man of the World. They were married that same year and divorced two years later. In 1936, they worked together again in My Man Godfrey, for which Powell received one of his three Academy Award nominations. For much of Carole Lombards marriage to William Powell, the couple resided in this Spanish villa on Iris Circle in the Whitley Heights section of Los Angeles, in the hills above Hollywood Boulevard. The house was built in 1926 by architect-builder Bruce McCaskill, at a time when Whitley Heights was the neighborhood for the elite of the film industry. (Rudolph Valentino, who died in 26, was arguably Whitley Heights most famous resident.} By 1931, several other areas, most notably Beverly Hills, had stolen some of Whitley Heights thunder, but the area still had (and has) plenty of cachet. I dont know if the photographs of the newly-married couple in 1931 was taken at the Iris Circle house, but I think theres a pretty good chance that they were. The four-bedroom, 3 3/4 -bathroom house, last on sale in 2005, has been restored and qualifies for Mills Act property tax benefits. Classic details remain throughout the house, including original ironwork, vaulted ceilings in the foyer and a grand staircase. The gated two-story home has 3,238 square feet of living space and views of the Hollywood Hills and Hollywood sign. An enclosed garden courtyard has a spa and fountain. The former Carole Lombard-William Powell home was listed at $1,395,000.
Posted on: Tue, 23 Dec 2014 18:19:07 +0000
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