2 responses to “William Powell’s swimming pool”

1. Jean Hunter says:

   February 20, 2016 at 6:56 pm

   This was the house that Jean Harlow went to rest when she collapsed on MGM’s “Saratoga” set in late May 1937. She didn’t stay long at boyfriend Powell’s very long though as Mother Jean brought her back to their Palm Drive home thinking she was suffering from the the flu. Despite all professional medical efforts, Harlow was taken by ambulance to Good Samaritan in Los Angeles. She passed the following morning on June 7, 1937, from uremic poisoning.

   I’ve never been able to forgive Powell for cruelly stringing Harlow along as he had no intentions of marrying her due to his own issues. I think deep down inside Harlow knew she would never become Mrs. Powell, in fact, she even had an abortion and never told him no doubt not wanting to bring a child into the world without a husband, or worse, him feeling obligated to “do the right thing.” She wanted marriage and children. He didn’t. Ironically, he married a young blonde starlet 3 years later.

   Anyways, here are pictures of this house (including the pool) as of 2012.

   http://la.curbed.com/archives/2012/03/kelly_wearstlers_historic_bev_hills_house_hits_the_open_market_1.php

   Thanks, Martin, for all your hard work!

   Jean

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2. ElleNora says:

   May 17, 2016 at 9:39 pm

   Harlow died from a botched studio-forced abortion.

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