In the early years of the Beverly Hills Hotel (which opened in 1912), a popular pastime for hotel guests was to go horseback riding throughout the neighborhood. Back then, a number of Beverly Hills streets had bridle trails (you can see the ghost of one of them running down the middle of the residential part of Rodeo Drive.) The chap perched atop his noble steed in this photo is Charles Brabin, who directed over 100 films in the 1920s and early 30s, two of them with his wife, Theda Bara. And we can date this photo to around 1924 from the Studebaker Special Six Duplex-Phaeton parked next to him.
Movie director Charles Brabin, his horse, and a Studebaker Special Six Duplex-Phaeton stand in front of the Beverly Hills Hotel, Beverly Hills, California, circa 1924
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So this is the guy who directs Gable in his first starring role in, here it comes, a horse movie! And Gable’s final film? After all those cars, and busses, and boats, and planes….another horse movie!! And who was there to replace Gable as the next new big name star…television’s Mr. Ed!!! Studebaker may be bankrupted and gone, but those horses just keep coming back. Let ‘er buck! (No talking mules invited.)
So glad you are back, Martin. Was worried that we hadn’t had any pictures for awhile. Thanks for sharing!