This is an early view of a house that ended up playing a role in early Hollywood. Originally the home of someone called E. W. Twist, this house at 6129 Carlos Ave., Hollywood became the first location of the Hollywood Studio Club, which gave a home to young, unaccompanied women who were starting to arrive in Los Angeles seeking a career in the movies. Mrs. Cecil B. DeMille and Mary Pickford were very actively involved in creating a place to give these women somewhere to go. Evidently, the funds for the first year’s rent were raised in less than one hour at a businessman’s luncheon. Ten years after its founding, the club moved to 1215 Lido Place, where it remained open until 1975.
Outside the first Hollywood Studio Club, 6129 Carlos Ave, Hollywood:
Caption reads: “When the Hollywood Studio Club, at 6129 Carlos Avenue, was started in 1916, with the help of Lela Rogers (Ginger’s mother) Bette Davis and many of the top female celebrities and dignitaries of the day, the Woman’s Club members were first in line with their financial and physical support.”
For more information on the history of the Hollywood Studio Club go HERE and HERE on Bruce Torrance’s Hollywood Photographs website
Way back in the last century my family owned several homes along the south side of Carlos Avenue across the street from the Twist residence. At this time the house was used by St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church as a Sunday School facility and I recall, somewhere around the age of six (c.1949), the building burning. By the time the fire was extinguished there was nothing left. After clearing the rubble, St. Stephen’s extended their parking lot and constructed a new fellowship hall.
This is an early view of a house that ended up playing a role in early Hollywood. Originally the home of someone called E. W. Twist, this house at 6129 Carlos Ave., Hollywood became the first location of the Hollywood Studio Club, which gave a home to young, unaccompanied women who were starting to arrive in Los Angeles seeking a career in the movies. Mrs. Cecil B. DeMille and Mary Pickford were very actively involved in creating a place to give these women somewhere to go. Evidently, the funds for the first year’s rent were raised in less than one hour at a businessman’s luncheon. Ten years after its founding, the club moved to 1215 Lido Place, where it remained open until 1975.
Way back in the last century my family owned several homes along the south side of Carlos Avenue across the street from the Twist residence. At this time the house was used by St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church as a Sunday School facility and I recall, somewhere around the age of six (c.1949), the building burning. By the time the fire was extinguished there was nothing left. After clearing the rubble, St. Stephen’s extended their parking lot and constructed a new fellowship hall.
Thanks, Jim, for clearing up the mystery of when that house ceased to be. What a shame such a lovely and historic structure was lost to fire.