Villa Carlotta is the villa and botanical garden in Tremezzo on Lake Como in Northern Italy. Villa Carlotta is the Spanish Colonial apartment building on Franklin Avenue in Franklin Village, just below Griffith Park, here in Hollywood. It was built in 1926 for the widow of Thomas Ince and designed by Arthur E. Harvey, who also designed the elaborate Château Élysée across the street, now the Scientology Celebrity Center – but Edward G. Robinson once lived at this...
more »Villa Carlotta is the villa and botanical garden in Tremezzo on Lake Como in Northern Italy. Villa Carlotta is the Spanish Colonial apartment building on Franklin Avenue in Franklin Village, just below Griffith Park, here in Hollywood. It was built in 1926 for the widow of Thomas Ince and designed by Arthur E. Harvey, who also designed the elaborate Château Élysée across the street, now the Scientology Celebrity Center – but Edward G. Robinson once lived at this Villa Carlotta. So did Marion Davies. So did William Saroyan. So did David O. Selznick. Louella Parsons wrote her gossip column from her two-story apartment here. That was long ago, but there are ghosts. ~ Tuesday, January 12, 2021
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