Dream Palaces, Hollywood at Home
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Lockwood, Charles. Dream Palaces, Hollywood at Home. First Edition. 1981. Book is in very good condition; dust jacket is in good plus condition—front cover of jacket shows a small chip to the lower right corner and a minor crease to the upper right corner.
This book rivals Brendan Gill’s The Dream Come True as one of the best in its genre. It is basically a well-annotated Hollywood star map for the sophisticated set. In an audience with George Cukor, the author was advised to approach his subject with a sense of humor, and he did. One fun story has Charlie Chaplin constructing his home using studio carpenters to save money. As their expertise was in facades, the building had serious flaws and was soon nicknamed “Breakaway House.” A great many homes are covered, and though this book is not monograph-size, there are many images.
“On their first day at [their new estate] Greenacres, Harold and Mildred Lloyd rode up and down in one of the mansion’s elevators for over an hour. As Mildred later confided to gossip columnist Hedda Hopper, ‘It was the only cozy place in the house.’”
--Charles Lockwood
This book rivals Brendan Gill’s The Dream Come True as one of the best in its genre. It is basically a well-annotated Hollywood star map for the sophisticated set. In an audience with George Cukor, the author was advised to approach his subject with a sense of humor, and he did. One fun story has Charlie Chaplin constructing his home using studio carpenters to save money. As their expertise was in facades, the building had serious flaws and was soon nicknamed “Breakaway House.” A great many homes are covered, and though this book is not monograph-size, there are many images.
“On their first day at [their new estate] Greenacres, Harold and Mildred Lloyd rode up and down in one of the mansion’s elevators for over an hour. As Mildred later confided to gossip columnist Hedda Hopper, ‘It was the only cozy place in the house.’”
--Charles Lockwood
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