The home of
Jack Mulhall
Beverly Hills, California - c. 1927
(see text below)
"Spanish mansion of ivory-white stucco, with
brown trimmings and a roof of red tiles. Inside, the home's reception
hall rises from a delicately hued tile flooring is a circular
stairway or ornamental ironwork, touched with gold. The living
room is one and a half stories high, with a beamed ceiling colored
in soft tones of red and blue. At the windows are hangings of
red crocatelle, and an elaborately-carved chest conceals a radio.
The dining room is of the Spanish Renaissance period. The chairs
are upholstered in red satin damask, heavily embroidered in gold.
The color scheme of the library is blue, green, and orange, and
the bookcases, set in the wall, have iron gate-doors with elaborate
grilling. Jack Mulhall's bedroom, dressing room, and bath likewise
carry out the dream. Spanish furniture predominates, the bed
being a carved antique procured in Mexico City. Curtains of henna
damask and a Spanish rug of green furnish lively colors. The
bath is of imported tile, the colors green and black, with a border
of variegated Moorish tile. Mrs. Mulhall's bedroom is Venetian,
with hangings of jonquil-yellow taffeta, and cornices of green,
heavily ornamented with gold, while her bath is a delicate combination
of rose and green. Color and comfort do not end when you pass
out of the house. A patio, garden, tennis court, lily pond, kennel
and a tower lend atmosphere to this unique establishment, and
a fanciful weather vane adds a final touch to the home that grew
from the dreams of a star who was once an extra."
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