Marion Davies bungalow (site) (Burbank, California)

 historical layer / disappeared object, bungalow

Marion Davies bungalow (site)

Marion Davies, a major star of the 1920s and 1930s, and the mistress of newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst. Hearst promised free publicity to any studio that would produce Davies' pictures.

Louis B. Mayer built this eleven room "bungalow" for Marion in1924 to use as a dressing room on the MGM lot. When Hearst and Mayer parted ways in 1934, Hearst had his construction crews cut the building in half and move it to the Warner lot, where Marion used it until she completed her last Warner film in 1937. Pictured here as it looked on the Warner lot, the bungalow is the taller building with the round turret. In 1937. Cosmopolitan Productions moved to the Fox lot where the bungalow (again!) was relocated. When the work at Fox was completed Marion gave the building to her Niece, and (once more) moved it to 910 Benedict Canyon Drive in Beverly Hills. From the papers left over regarding the last move, it was stated that they cut off the top story and made some serious modifications to the building.

The so-called "bungalow" consisted of 11 rooms, a master kitchen, sitting room, walk-in fireplace, serving pantry, dining room, and 4 bathrooms.