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Identifier	clloy_006
Title	Beach home of Cary Grant, Santa Monica, California
Creator	Unknown
Date Published	1941
Subject (Topic)	Beaches--California; Celebrities--California--Santa Monica--Dwellings;
Subject (Name)	Grant, Cary, 1904-1986--Homes and haunts;
Subject (Place)	Santa Monica (Calif.);
Type	image
Form/Genre	Postcards
Physical Description	1 postcard : Color ; 9 x 14 cm.
Institution	Department of Archives and Special Collections, William H. Hannon Library, Loyola Marymount University
Country of Creation	US
Copyright Status	public domain
Copyright Statement	http://library.lmu.edu/generalinformation/departments/digitallibraryprogram/copyrightandreproductionpolicy/
Publisher	Western Publishing & Novelty Co.
Place of Publication	Los Angeles, Calif.
Language	eng
Description	Exterior view looking toward the Pacific Ocean of a beach front home once occupied by Cary Grant. There is a picture of Cary Grant in a circle in the upper right corner.
Historical Background	In the early twentieth century, the Santa Monica Land and Water Company began to sell lots on the beach to the general public, and residential neighborhoods began to spring up along Santa Monica Bay. As the 1920s motion picture industry created newly-wealthy movie stars, producers, and directors, Hollywood celebrities began buying homes on the beach. Santa Monica quickly became known as "The Gold Coast" for its richly extravagant residences. 1038 Ocean Front in Santa Monica was built by Los Angeles architect Paul Roe Crawley for the silent film actress Norma Talmadge. The Norman style home was completed in the summer of 1929. In the mid 1930s, Talmadge sold the house to Cary Grant, where he lived for many years with actor Randolph Scott. Scott later moved out after Grant married Woolworth heiress Barbara Hutton.
Publisher's Identifier	Publisher's serial number: 1B-H1017; Series number: 819
Additional Notes	Date from publisher's serial number; Printed on linen textured paper.
Source	Werner von Boltenstern Postcard Collection