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Paramour Estate in Hollywood For Sale
Apr 8, 2021
Paramour Estate in Hollywood
Architects: Olson Kundig
Location: Hollywood, California, USA

Source: TopTenRealEstateDeals
In the early 1900s, Southern California became the glamour capital of the world, where some of the world?s most famous movie stars, directors and producers tried to outdo each other with their ritzy mansions. There was the Louis B. Mayer Estate in Bel Air; a number of mansions designed by Wallace Neff for the biggest celebrities including Charlie Chaplain, Fredric March and Harpo Marx; and the most famous home of all: Pickfair for Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks.
According to some, the most beautiful home was the Canfield-Moreno Estate, now known as Paramour Estate. It is now on the open market for the first time, priced at $39.995 million.

Heiress-and-socialite Daisy Canfield, with the Pan American Petroleum fortune in her back pocket, could have almost anything she wanted. And what she wanted most was the grandest home in Los Angeles. Daisy hired the most famous architect of the time to design and build a monument-mansion where she could overlook Hollywood from the highest ridge in the Los Angeles basin.

It was the most opulent mansion of the era and like many of the old L.A. mansions, was full of celebrity connections and intrigue.

Daisy?s first marriage was to Jay M. Danziger, who was connected to ...