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                                              "OWLWOOD"

                                                                                                                          LAST UPDATE ON NOVEMBER 2002

                                                    141  S. CAROLWOOD DRIVE

                                                     HOLMBY HILLS -  BEL AIR

                                                   STILL CURRENTLY FOR SALE AS OF MAY 31, 2002 

                                 $23,900,000  or with adjoining property for  $32,500,000     

  FORMER RESIDENTS INCLUDE : JOSEPH M. SCHENCK  PRODUCER AND CO-FOUNDER OF 20TH CENTURY FOX

                                     (MARILYN MONROE STAYED HERE FOR 6 MONTHS IN GUEST HOUSE)

                                                                    TONY CURTIS, SONNY AND CHER

ONE OF THE RESIDENTIAL MASTERPIECES OF LOS ANGELES WITH ALMOST 4 ACRES OF PARKLAND, BUILT IN 1936, "OWLWOOD" IS STATELY AND ELEGANT. RICH SURFACES OF LIMESTONE, MARBLE, MAHOGANY, OAK AND WROUGHT IRON ON LOUIS XV PANELING. 

4.5 ACRE ADJOINING PROPERTY WITH POOL AND TENNIS COURT MAY BE PURCHASED TOGETHER FOR A COMBINED PRICE OF $32,500,000.

COMPLETELY PRIVATE COMPOUND.

ROOMS INCLUDE:
8  BEDROOMS , 11 BATHS , DEN , DINING , BREAKFAST , PATIO OPEN , BAR , BASEMENT , CABANA , CENTER HALL , LIBRARY / STUDY , LIVING , MEDIA , PANTRY , POWDER , PROJECTION , SERVICE ENTRANCE 

                                                  SOLD !!   

PLUS TWO ADJOINING PROPERTIES, ONE OWNED BY ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK, WHICH WAS PREVIOUSLY OWNED BY JAYNE MANSFIELD, AND BUILT BY RUDY VALEE. ALSO ANOTHER HOUSE NEXT DOOR ONCE OWNED BY ESTHER WILLIAMS. MORE DETAILS LATER. NOW THEY OWN THE WHOLE STREET!!!   $$$$$$$$$$

The compound sold in the low $30-million range to Roland Arnall and his wife, Dawn. He is a longtime Democratic supporter and owner of Ameriquest Capital, a financial services company.

                                                                               JANE MANSFIELD HOME

The Pink Palace, which became famous as the home of the late actress Jayne Mansfield, was built in 1935 for crooner Rudy Vallee. Until September, it had been owned since the '70s by singer Engelbert Humperdinck.
The seven-bedroom, 8,200-square-foot house, on 1.5 acres, was sold as part of a 10-acre compound that included two other homes, one of which also has been razed. The compound sold in the low $30-million range to Roland Arnall and his wife, Dawn. He is a longtime Democratic supporter and owner of Ameriquest Capital, a financial services company

                                                               RUDY VALLEE                    MICKEY HARGITAY & JAYNE MANSFIELD           ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK

UPDATE NOVEMBER 2002... BOO!! ON THE NEW OWNER!! ANOTHER UNCARING PERSON OF HOLLYWOOD HISTORY. THESE PEOPLE HAVE DEMOLISHED THE JAYNE MANSFIELD (PINK MANSION) HOME, AND A BULLDOZER IS CURRENTLY TAKING OUT THE FAMOUS HEART SHAPED SWIMMING POOL. AND ESTHER WILLIAMS HOUSE HAS NOW BEEN TAKEN DOWN.

THE MAIN HOUSE NOW WILL BE THE CENTER OF AN APPROXIMATELY 10 ACRE PROPERTY.

AMONG THE HOMES DESTROYED IN THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS NOW INCLUDE, JIMMY STEWART, CLARK GABLE, BARBRA STREISAND, WALT DISNEY, AND JOHN WAYNE .

                                                                                                            ESTHER WILLIAMS

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