Most of us know “8152 Sunset Boulevard” as the Garden of Allah Hotel but before it was that, it was the home of actress, Alla Nazimova. Back in January 1921 when this “The Home of Nazimova” article came out in Picture Show magazine, she was one of the biggest stars of the silent screen. At the time, she was about to start work on “Camille” costarring a then-unknown Rudolph Valentino. The magazine called her “The Star of a Thousand Moods” so naturally people were interested in how she lived. It’s an interesting insight into seeing what the place looked like before she later fell on hard times and transformed her only substantial asset into a hotel.
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