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Hollywood Producer's Art Deco Penthouse: 1"=1 ft. roombox featured in Jan. 2017 "Dolls House Magazine"

The year is 1929 and Art Deco Is all the rage in both the U. S. and Europe. Our Hollywood producer’s penthouse is the setting for what was evidently the seduction of yet another young “Hollywood Hopeful”, recently arrived in Tinsel Town and dreaming of stardom. No sooner had he offered her a part in his next picture, then she began shedding her clothes.

 

Art Deco flourished in the 1920s and 1930s. However, everything came to a screeching halt with the Great Depression, followed by World War II. Today some of this county’s best Art Deco is found in our old movie theaters with New York’s Radio City Music Hall being a prime example.

 

A glance at what the producer’s reading gives us a clue as to what he might be optioning for his next project. In 1929 some bestselling books were Eric de Remarque’s “All Quiet on the Western Front”, Edna Ferber’s “Cimarron”, William Faulkner’s “The Sound and the Fury”, Thomas Wolfe’s “Look Homeward Angel” and Ernest Hemingway’s “A Farewell to Arms”. All but “Look Homeward Angel” became films, although it wasn’t until 1955 that Twentieth Century Fox released “The Sound and the Fury”, a film bearing little resemblance to the novel.

 

SUPPLIERS:

 

Room box: Earth and Tree

Exterior paint: Ralph Lauren Suede (Almond Willow)

Wall & molding paint Glidden: custom mix

Ceiling paint: Benjamin Moore: Cameo White

Railing: Jim Cooper: custom-made

Scene of LA street at night: AllPosters

Baseboard & Crown Molding: MBO from Northeastern

French Doors: Northeastern

Door:handles: HBS

Marble floor: E-Zee-Tile

Rug: A Touch of Fancy: custom-made

Dog: Unknown

Shoes: Doll Cobbler

Dress, slip and gloves: Miss Amelia’s, Canary Islands:

custom-made

Plume grass in vase: Barb & J.

Fireplace: Dolls House Emporium, UK

Fire screen: Houseworks

Framed Painting Tamara di Lempicka’s “Eleanor and Her Sister” MBO

Black/white bowl: RJT Miniatures, Canada

Swiss mantle clock: Peter Tucker, Canada: custom-made

Sofa: Warren Richardson

Evening bag: N-2 Miniature Club

Pillow: Alco

Chair: Warren Richardson

Coffee table: Alice Zinn

Champagne bucket/glasses/ bottle: Unknown

Shelf: Spotlight Miniatures

Telephone: Spotlight Miniatures

Cigarette lighter: Unknown

Ashtray Ruth Mazur:

“Variety’: Unknown

“Los Angeles Times”: Unknown

See’s candy: SpotlightMiniatures

Books (5): Miniature Bookshelf

Liquor cabinet: Gloria Kent

Art Deco tray: Spotlight Miniatures

Glasses: Unknown

Box of Ritz crackers: MBO

Tin of Planter’s Peanuts:A Mini Marvel, UK

Baby grand piano: Unknown

Manhattan: Chico's Our Little Mini Club

Glass vase: Spotlight Miniatures

Calla lilies: Shirley Tague, Era Pearce

Silver frame: Don Henry,Canada

Wall sconces: Peter Tucker,Canada: custom-made

Wiring: Jim Cooper

Electrical supplies: Cir-Kit

 

MBO = Made by Owner

 

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