tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post1215787577236058357..comments2023-11-05T01:14:14.295-07:00Comments on The Real Estalker: Marilyn Monroe Died HereYour Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14600002907755148264noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-8251391492828054422013-07-19T01:50:02.388-07:002013-07-19T01:50:02.388-07:00This house is undoubtedly beautiful but not amazin...This house is undoubtedly beautiful but not amazing. Perhaps this new non-celebrity owner hasn’t done much renovations to preserve the historical and sentimental value of this house that used to belong to Marilyn Monroe, a global icon. In the past, there hasn't been much influence yet to renovate and decorate houses to a huge extent. That is perhaps the reason why this house is left simple, yet beautiful. Can see that this owner likes the idea of book shelves. They are indeed a simple storage idea but the items placed on them need to always be arranged neatly regardless of their size and shape. Looks like this owner knows that pretty well.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03517697216674188837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-65630702448699643962013-02-18T15:59:08.614-08:002013-02-18T15:59:08.614-08:00This is all fascinating reading! XThis is all fascinating reading! XAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-16485111703855516122012-12-30T23:42:55.331-08:002012-12-30T23:42:55.331-08:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04409384083635011111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-38332487793339198282012-12-25T23:19:11.847-08:002012-12-25T23:19:11.847-08:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-62266832097708985112011-02-18T03:51:26.264-08:002011-02-18T03:51:26.264-08:00Anna Nicole Smith did leave at 5th Helena for a fe...Anna Nicole Smith did leave at 5th Helena for a few months in the mid 90s. She rented the property. There are a series of photographs of her in the house and taped interviews of her talking about her time there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-77739343991042440502010-07-30T15:28:31.121-07:002010-07-30T15:28:31.121-07:00Saw the house in the 80's during an open house...Saw the house in the 80's during an open house. Knew before hand who's home it was. Great private lot with lots of room. Living room ceiling seemed uncomfortably low, offset was fantastic 20's cobalt blue tiles in master bath. The then current owners had an attack of art nouveau and installed several stained glass windows which looked ridiculous in a 20's Spanish house. Heard & read all the rumors about MM's death over the past 40+ years. Most likely scenario, that I believe, is that she was getting barbiturate injections to sleep & the RN couldn't come over so her doctor (shrink Greenberg) instructed the housekeeper to inject her & she overdid it. Housekeeper "disappeared" to Europe for several months after death. RFK WAS spotted in neighborhood that weekend by neighbors, hence disappearance of phone records. When I saw house didn't get creepy feeling from master bedroom, but when viewing backyard saw very secluded guest house below backyard patio area & did think it strange that guest house wasn't open for viewing. Subsequently read MM died in guest house not master bedroom. Also read Peter Lawford (actor & brother in law to JFK & RFK) received phone call that night from MM & was left note by MM.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-46264785930083565992010-07-30T11:24:40.583-07:002010-07-30T11:24:40.583-07:00The MM house is in escrow......multiple bidders we...The MM house is in escrow......multiple bidders well above the asking price.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-46742501513681677212010-07-19T22:01:29.448-07:002010-07-19T22:01:29.448-07:00Anna Nicole Smith did NOT live in the house. Sorr...Anna Nicole Smith did NOT live in the house. Sorry.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-40203457102066544462010-07-19T21:59:47.591-07:002010-07-19T21:59:47.591-07:00I'm an agent, and I've been to this house....I'm an agent, and I've been to this house. Have a bad feeling Persians will buy this house, tear it down, and put up a tacky-ass mega-mansion like they tend to do all over town.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-46947463464980761892010-07-18T20:06:17.598-07:002010-07-18T20:06:17.598-07:00Village, although it is true that the Japanese did...<b>Village,</b> although it is true that the Japanese did choose to demolish & replace the FLLW original Imperial Hotel ca. 1968, it was done because adjacent high-rises had caused uncorrectable subsidences in the hotel (the area is largely semi-liquid just below grade) ––– that was the genius of FLLW's foundation at the time, concrete slabs "balanced" (like a tray on a waiter's fingers was the description he used). This mud-like soil liquefies during an earthquake, and in 1923 the hotel virtually floated on the site.<br /><br />However, the Japanese did show proper respect for the building; not only was the entire structure "broom cleaned" prior to demolition, but a portion was dismantled & re-assembled in the Meiji Village Open Air Architectural Museum in Nagoya. Hubby and I visited it back in '92, and it was a rare treat to sit in the restored lobby at tea time, overlooking the water, whilst dining on reproduction FLLW china designed for the original hotel.lil' gay boyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10115496241247504856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-27174333256165977362010-07-18T14:42:53.629-07:002010-07-18T14:42:53.629-07:00I toured the property yesterday. Read about the h...I toured the property yesterday. Read about the house and view before/after photos on my blog here: http://themarilynmonroecollection.blogspot.com/2010/07/my-tour-of-marilyns-last-home.html.<br /><br />I find it hard to believe the house was bugged. I've read the home was bugged in the attic and in the walls. The problem is there is no attic as the ceilings are all open beamed in every room (cathedral style in the living room) and the walls are solid concrete. <br /><br />The tiles on the front step reading "Cursum Perficio" still exist today.Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04600861148143258972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-8074753599904505502010-07-17T13:58:01.125-07:002010-07-17T13:58:01.125-07:00A beautiful hotel he designed in Japan was destroy...A beautiful hotel he designed in Japan was destroyed by the Japanese. Is it the same one you are referring to? I always thought it was because it wasn't their culture.Villagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08578209959445019807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-65401020254533569982010-07-17T05:53:53.220-07:002010-07-17T05:53:53.220-07:00Wow! Marilyn Monroe is the sexiest woman for me. I...Wow! Marilyn Monroe is the sexiest woman for me. I can see her personality in her house. I can still see her sexiness in that house.dining sethttp://www.erikorganic.com/dining-room/dining-room-set.shtmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-68266346724003774912010-07-16T20:58:50.546-07:002010-07-16T20:58:50.546-07:00Oddly, Village, of the paltry formal training he d...Oddly, <b>Village,</b> of the paltry formal training he did receive:<br /><br /><i>"When he was 15, Frank Lloyd Wright entered the University of Wisconsin as a special student. The school had no course in architecture; Wright studied engineering."</i><br /><br />He only lasted a few semesters.<br /><br />But almost all of his houses leaked, sagged or otherwise had problems (but then, on the other hand, the Imperial Hotel was the only significant building in Tokyo to survive the 1923 earthquake intact; it is believed his unique foundation was the reason).<br /><br />It's only recently I've come to realize, from the number of current restorations, that the available technology has just only now caught up with his aspirations.lil' gay boyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10115496241247504856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-22129628470386113942010-07-16T20:02:38.536-07:002010-07-16T20:02:38.536-07:00Iil'-I understand Wright couldn't make a l...Iil'-I understand Wright couldn't make a living without designing houses for the very rich, and he hated it. An engineer he wasn't.Villagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08578209959445019807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-46848549425961384502010-07-16T17:11:54.979-07:002010-07-16T17:11:54.979-07:00Here is the list of her addresses
http://www.movi...Here is the list of her addresses<br /><br />http://www.movielanddirectory.com/star.cfm?star=319990Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-89890422028686336662010-07-16T17:11:54.978-07:002010-07-16T17:11:54.978-07:00Clark Gable's halitosis is well documented.
...Clark Gable's halitosis is well documented. <br /><br />http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/20221<br /><br />"He had almost a full set of dentures when he was only 32. Because of a bad gum infection in 1933, he had to have most of his teeth removed and replaced by dentures, which caused him to suffer from halitosis. During the filming of Gone with the Wind, Vivien Leigh complained about how foul the stench was… but they got along really well other than that. "Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-2241493782086641382010-07-16T14:51:35.398-07:002010-07-16T14:51:35.398-07:00Snowman, I remember the same anecdote from the tim...Snowman, I remember the same anecdote from the time; funny how such a trivial detail grows legs & struts its way through history.<br /><br /><i>"Maybe I'll start telling my friends that MM lived in the Chicago burbs in my house from now on..."</i><br /><br />All-in-all not a bad plan, E.J., except for the fact that <i>everyone</i> knows Marilyn lived in the back house of our LI North Shore estate and commuted to Hollywood...<br /><br />;-)lil' gay boyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10115496241247504856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-12469450429691797612010-07-16T11:04:36.078-07:002010-07-16T11:04:36.078-07:00Cat Deeley lives up on Westridge and has for a whi...Cat Deeley lives up on Westridge and has for a while. MM lived in over 20 confirmed houses and hotels in the L.A. area but never on Westridge. Maybe I'll start telling my friends that MM lived in the Chicago burbs in my house from now on...E.J.http://www.movielanddirectory.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-25406987956615059602010-07-16T07:25:32.852-07:002010-07-16T07:25:32.852-07:00Funny how childhood memories define what you feel ...Funny how childhood memories define what you feel about people.......... I remember my mother saying that Marilyn Monroe had made a lot of noise about how awful Clark Gable's breath was when they worked together. It is a little thing but my childhood memory is a testimony to the power of a mother's disgust.....and mine didn't even have a wooden spoon!StPaulSnowmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-77256810168897618952010-07-16T00:04:57.491-07:002010-07-16T00:04:57.491-07:00magnum opus of a post!
go on wit your bad self mam...magnum opus of a post!<br />go on wit your bad self mama!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-41122889782398622352010-07-15T16:26:15.999-07:002010-07-15T16:26:15.999-07:00What is weird is that I heard Cat Deeley on Fox 11...What is weird is that I heard Cat Deeley on Fox 11 maybe one month ago or so saying very clearly that she lives in Marilyn Monroe's former house. Very odd!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-43694178161516985772010-07-15T12:09:15.893-07:002010-07-15T12:09:15.893-07:00I tend to fall into E.J.'s camp vis-a-vis the ...I tend to fall into <b>E.J.'s</b> camp vis-a-vis the conspiracy theories; the particular details seemed best left alone to leave poor Marilyn some dignity at the end. It always seemed like a simple case of Occam's Razor to me.<br /><br /><b>Carla,</b> I'm impressed with <i>your</i> homework! The locals/club members refer to it as the "Marilyn House". The design was indeed recycled from the one for Acapulco, the major difference being a large opening to the sky (now a glass skylight, originally modeled on the Pyrex tubing used in the Johnson Wax admin building) in the preliminary sketches to create an open air lanai out of the circular living room a la Lautner's 1973 <i>Casa Marbrisa,</i> better known as the Arango House, also in Acapulco, strangely enough.<br /><br /><b>Village,</b> that's one of many anecdotes, possibly apocryphal, about Wright's abuse of his clients, whether he liked them or not. When Hib Johnson called him during a dinner party to complain that the wigwam-like glass roof of <i>Wingspread</i> was leaking onto him at the dining room table, Wright told him to move his chair...<br /><br />I wonder if William Haines suggested to the previous owner of MM's house the stage name <i>Dick Hunter</i>? Billy's bio, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Wisecracker-William-Haines-Hollywoods-Openly/dp/0140275681/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1279219960&sr=8-1" rel="nofollow"><i>Wisecracker,</i></a> is a must read for every Friend of Dorothy.lil' gay boyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10115496241247504856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-43647892737041617602010-07-15T11:38:15.057-07:002010-07-15T11:38:15.057-07:00Great Post
The comments reminded me of when the e...Great Post<br /><br />The comments reminded me of when the estate of Tony Randall sold his massive apartment in one of the important buildings in New York, and the buyers gutted it, they discovered recording equipment embedded in the walls of the guest room, with the monitors in the master bedroom. Yikes. I wouldn't have wanted to be one of their past guests. <br /><br />And regarding Frank Lloyd Wright, of whom I am a fan, he designed a 10,000 home for Stanley Marcus, of Neiman Marcus fame. That house wasn't built either. It contained NO closets. It was rumored Mr. Wright disliked Mr. Marcus, and charged him one hundred thousand dollars for a set of plans for a house WITHOUT CLOSETS.Villagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08578209959445019807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-91821245810628719242010-07-15T10:18:51.443-07:002010-07-15T10:18:51.443-07:00I agree with EJ. MM died of an accidental overdos...I agree with EJ. MM died of an accidental overdose, the same fate as Michael Jackson. All the other conspiracy theories are interesting but untrue. May MM rest in peace. <br /><br />Great article btw. Can we all start a collection and buy Mama MM's house so we can all visit?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com