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Buster Keaton's Italian Villa
Postcard view of exterior, fountain, landscaping
Alternative namesBuster Keaton Estate
General information
Address1004 Hartford Way, now 1018 Pamela Drive
CostUS$300,000 (equivalent to $5,163,158 in 2023)
ClientBuster Keaton, Natalie Talmadge
Design and construction
Architect(s)Gene Verge

Buster Keaton's Italian Villa is a historic home of Beverly Hills, California, United States a TK current 1018 Pamela Drive. Original address 1004 Hartford Way in Beverly Hills.[1]

Slightly less opulent than Pickfair or Green Acres, the house was grand by any other measure, with five bedrooms and quarters for six servants.[2]

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Constructed for $200,000 and furnished for roughly $100,000[4]

California Italinate with 30 rooms[5]

gardens designed by a guy who had worked for Pope Pius XII[5]

30 foot swimming pool "Romanesque"[5]


20 room[6]

3 acre[6]

one of Beverly Hills' most celebrated properties[6]

The home was later bought and sold by a chain of movie stars including Cary Grant and Tk and James Mason.[7] It was James Mason and Partner who has a name who discovered that the home was a de facto silent movie treasure trove. Keaton had a detached shed where he edited his films. When he moved out, he left several film prints behind in the padlocked shed and there they remained, forgotten, for 30-odd years.


Hollywood's Legendary Homes[8]

originally had U-shaped drive [9]

Pamela Drive is named after Pamela Mason[9]

In 1950s Masons sold off the steps, the swimming pool, half the driveway [9]

Peter O'Toole and Richard Burton were roommates in the guest house in the 1950s.[9]

Fanchon and Marco dancers[10]

"Mechanized trout stream overhung by an aviary that followed the property line between Buster's land" and Tom Mix's house[10]

1926 designed a mirror and dresser set for Natalie [11]

Keaton–Talmadge first house Hancock Park

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Muirfield home was featured in Architectural Digest in 1925.[12]

References

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Citations

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  1. ^ Atkinson, Janet I. (1988). Los Angeles County Historical Directory. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Co. p. 21. ISBN 978-0-89950-301-1. OCLC 18106218.
  2. ^ Dardis (1988), p. 116.
  3. ^ Wanamaker. Early BH. Arcadia. p. 96.
  4. ^ Curtis (2020), p. 314.
  5. ^ a b c Higham & Moseley (1990), p. 125.
  6. ^ a b c Wanamaker, Marc (2005). Early Beverly Hills. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7385-3068-0.
  7. ^ World Biography. Institute for Research in Biography. 1954. p. 754.
  8. ^ "Inside the Stars' Homes". Los Angeles Times. 1999-07-01. Retrieved 2023-12-31.
  9. ^ a b c d Damfinos (2003), p. 4.
  10. ^ a b Damfinos (2003), p. 7.
  11. ^ Damfinos (2003), p. 9.
  12. ^ "543 S Muirfield Rd, Los Angeles, CA 90020". Hilton & Hyland. Retrieved 2023-02-07.

Sources

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  • Buster Keaton's Italian Villa: Then and Now, The Damfinos: The International Buster Keaton Society, October 2003
  • Curtis, James (2022). Buster Keaton: A Filmmaker's Life. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group.
  • Higham, Charles; Moseley, Roy (1990). Cary Grant: The Lonely Heart. Avon Books.
  • Dardis, Tom (1988). Keaton, the Man who Wouldn't Lie Down. Limelight Editions.
  • Wanamaker, Marc (2005). Early Beverly Hills. Charleston, SC: Arcadia. ISBN 978-1-5316-1679-3. OCLC 62790476.
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