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An L.A. Home With Ties to Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, and More Lists for $7.5 Million
When David Fillet moved into this nearly century-old Los Angeles home in the Outpost Estates enclave of Hollywood Hills back in the 1970s, the doctor hired a historian to do a deep dive into its past, and what he found was intriguing.
Not only was the place once owned by Oscar-winning songwriter Jimmy Van Heusen, who was frequently visited by his close friends Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby, but the original Dracula actor Bela Lugosi had also rented the residence in the early 1930s while his house nearby was being built. Along with a slew of other prominent folks, actress Yvette Mimieux was even rumored to have occupied the Maravilla Road property in the late 1960s.
A fireside living room comes with picture windows overlooking city skyline views.
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Fillet picked up the estate in 1972 for a mere $138,000. Now, for the first time in over 50 years, the Spanish Colonial Revival-style property has popped up on the market again for $7.5 million, with Tom Davila, John Zaffarano, and Kennon Earl of Rare Properties of Compass sharing the listing.
Originally designed and built for retired physician and surgeon Frederick Dunsmoor in the late 1920s by lesser-known architect Adolph Semrow, Villa Dorada rests beyond gates at the end of a secluded cul-de-sac parcel spanning a third of an acre, high above Brad Pitt’s newly purchased home. Half a dozen bedrooms and seven baths are spread across 7,400 square feet of decidedly dated yet well-preserved living space on three stories accessible via a wood-paneled elevator. Period details include magnesite floors, an intimate “telephone room,” and the original intercom system.
The primary bedroom has a sitting area and access to two private balconies.
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Among the highlights is the circular entry foyer, which boasts a spiral staircase and a massive wrought-iron chandelier dangling from a vaulted hand-painted ceiling. From there, a sunken reception parlor comes with a built-in bar and a powder room, and a spacious wood-beamed living room has a decorative tiled fireplace and a glass and wood-trimmed door spilling out to a covered terrace. An adjacent coffer-ceilinged dining room connects to the eat-in kitchen.
Directly below the main level is an exercise room and a primary suite flaunting a fireplace, a sitting area, dual balconies, a walk-in closet, and a fanciful stone-clad bath with dual vanities and a large glass-encased shower. The bottom-most level, meanwhile, hosts staff quarters with two bedrooms, a living room, and a kitchen, along with a fireside recreation room that leads out to a terraced backyard overlooking sweeping city lights and ocean views. There’s also an attached three-car garage out front.
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A Prime-Time Soap Opera Icon’s Rosy Hollywood Hills Home is Up for Grabs at $6 Million
Two years after his death at age 84, the longtime Los Angeles estate of prime-time soap opera writer and producer David Jacobs is now on the market in the Beachwood Canyon neighborhood of Hollywood Hills for just under $6 million after it was initially priced at $7 million. Ed Solorzano and Lauren Ravitz of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties hold the listing.
A Baltimore native who started out as a writer of magazine articles and nonfiction books, Jacobs went on to create two of the small screen’s most popular shows of all time—Dallas and its spinoff Knots Landing, both of which ran for 14 seasons and notched a total of 700 episodes between them. He’s also known for Paradise, Four Corners, Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, and Homefront.
A spacious double-height living room spills out to a terracotta-lined deck.
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Custom built in 1984 and designed by architects Michael Pearce and Richard Clemenson, the rose-hued architectural spread is perched on two contiguous parcels spanning over an acre. Three separate structures set at the end of a lengthy gated driveway include a main home, a guesthouse, and a studio-topped garage, for a combined total of four bedrooms and eight baths in roughly 6,400 square feet.
The primary dwelling features three bedrooms and six baths in 4,000 square feet. Three levels boast ’80s-appropriate details, beginning with a pastel color palette and extending to bleached oak floors and copious glass blocks. Expansive windows and multiple patios and terraces overlook picturesque views of Griffith Observatory, the Hollywood sign, the downtown skyline, and the ocean beyond.
The pool and sundeck are separated by a modern take on a mono-style colonnade.
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Main-level highlights include a double-height living room warmed by a fireplace, a dining area, and a tiled kitchen outfitted with a stainless island and matching stainless appliances, plus a breakfast nook. A downstairs primary suite comes with a stone fireplace, a private balcony, a dressing room, and dual walk-in closets and baths, while a loft and flex space on the topmost floor are currently being used as an entertainment area and an office.
Outdoors, the grounds are showcased by a long, rectangular swimming pool that flows through a maroon colonnade-like structure to the grass-trimmed sundeck, as well as a barbecue station, a flat play area, and several spots ideal for alfresco lounging and entertaining. Rounding it all out is the one-bedroom, two-bath guesthouse with a glass-ceilinged living room and a kitchenette, along with the two-car garage and its upper-level studio space.
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‘Mountainhead’ Star Jason Schwartzman’s Cozy L.A. Bungalow Lists For $1.8 Million
It’s definitely not the over-the-top Utah mansion in Deer Valley that Jason Schwartzman inhabited as a tech mogul in the HBO movie Mountainhead, though that place is currently available as a vacation rental for a whopping $60,000 per night. But a charming and far more modest Tudor-style cottage he owns in real life is now for sale in the celeb-packed Los Angeles neighborhood of Toluca Lake for a speck under $1.75 million after it was initially priced at $1.8 million. Danny Emmer of Douglas Elliman holds the listing.
Records show the actor—probably best known for the Wes Anderson films Rushmore and The Grand Budapest Hotel, as well as the HBO series Bored to Death and animated film Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse—paid exactly $1.75 million for the property less than a year ago, in October 2024.
The fireside living room flows to a dining area via a wide arched doorway.
Noel Kleinman
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Built almost a century ago and recently remodeled, the white stucco and gable-roof structure features three bedrooms and two bathrooms in roughly 2,300 square feet on a single level boasting red oak floors, high ceilings, built-ins, arched doorways, and latch-style windows. There’s also a detached one-bedroom, one-bath guesthouse with a kitchen and living area.
Sitting beyond an ivy-lined sidewalk, the home is accessed via a red-hued walkway that meanders through a manicured lawn with a tiered fountain before emptying at the covered porch entry. Once inside, a living room is anchored by a modern ceramic-tiled fireplace and an adjacent dining area has French doors spilling outside. The kitchen comes with quartz countertops, a glossy subway tile backsplash, an apron-front sink, a refurbished vintage O’Keefe and Merritt stove, and a breakfast nook.
A light and bright kitchen is outfitted with a refurbished vintage O’Keefe & Merritt stove.
Noel Kleinman
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Set off by themselves are the sleeping quarters, which include a primary suite flaunting a reading alcove, a walk-in closet, and an upgraded bath, plus two additional bedrooms that share a bath. Outdoors, the hedged parcel spans less than a quarter of an acre and is spotlighted by a pergola-shaded dining space and a patio fronting the 634-square-foot guesthouse and attached one-car garage with a bonus space up top.
An L.A. native and member of the Coppola family—he’s the son of Rocky actress Talia Shire and nephew of filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola—Schwartzman is also recognized for his musical endeavors as a drummer and songwriter for the rock band Phantom Planet, famous for the theme song for The O.C. TV series, and as a solo artist under his Coconut Records label. As far as acting, he recently joined the ensemble cast of the upcoming Amazon MGM Studios AI film Artificial, directed by Luca Guadagnino.
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David Lynch’s Midcentury Hollywood Hills Compound Lists for $15 Million
The avant-garde Los Angeles compound assembled and customized over several decades by legendary filmmaker David Lynch has officially popped up for sale, eight months after he passed away at age 78. Consisting of seven separate structures, the asking price for the entire spread is $15 million. Marc Silver and Barry Sloane of The Agency Beverly Hills share the listing.
Tucked away on five contiguous hillside parcels, amid two-plus acres just below Mulholland Drive in the Outpost Estates neighborhood of the Hollywood Hills, the gated property is centered on a pink-hued residence originally designed for writer Marilyn Johnson in the early 1960s by Lloyd Wright, the eldest son of Frank Lloyd Wright. The aptly named Marilyn Johnson House, acquired by Lynch in 1987 for $560,000, per The Wall Street Journal, has been recognized by Historic Places LA as an “excellent example of Mid-Century Modern residential architecture.”
The main home was designed in the 1960s by Lloyd Wright, the eldest son of Frank Lloyd Wright.
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The unconventional writer and director—famous for his movie and TV projects ranging from Eraserhead and Blue Velvet to Twin Peaks—went on to purchase a home to serve as a base for his Asymmetrical Productions company, plus a Brutalist-style abode that held a library, a screening room, and an editing suite and later starred in the film Lost Highway. In 1991, he commissioned Lloyd Wright’s son, Eric Lloyd Wright, to create a pool and pool house notched high up on the hillside. There’s also a two-story guesthouse and a one-bedroom space finished in smooth gray plaster—for a combined total of 10 bedrooms and 11 baths in 11,000 square feet.
Containing roughly 2,000 square feet with three bedrooms, the primary dwelling boasts a cement exterior accented with chevron patterns. Adorned throughout with walls of glass, clerestory windows, natural wood, and metalwork, the minimalist interiors are highlighted by a living room sporting a soaring wood-beam ceiling, an eye-catching sculptural fireplace, and access to a fountain-clad patio. A dining area connects to a galley-style kitchen, which is outfitted with chartreuse green countertops.
The living room is anchored by a monumental sculptural fireplace.
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Lynch, who was also an accomplished visual artist, musician, and actor, looked to his L.A. compound as a source of creativity and inspiration. “The whole space is just pleasing, gives me a good feeling,” he said in a 1997 article by the German design magazine Form. “So it effects my whole life to live inside of it. And then, sometimes I see things, shapes or something that would go inside of it and that leads to furniture or film.”
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Inside Drake’s $97 Million Property Portfolio
Few artists have shaped the cultural landscape like Aubrey Drake Graham—mononymously known to his legions of fans as just Drake and sometimes as Champagne Papi or Drizzy. From his breakout acting role as a teenager on Degrassi: The Next Generation to hit songs, including Hotline Bling, and chart-topping albums like Take Care, the Canadian rapper, singer, and actor has proven […] More
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An Emmy-Winning Comedy Writer Just Listed His 1920s L.A. Home for $6.3 Million
After a little more than 17 years of ownership, Mike Sweeney has decided to part ways with his Los Angeles home in the leafy foothills of Los Feliz, just minutes from Griffith Park and the Greek Theatre.
The Emmy-winning writer and producer—best known for partnering with comedian and talk show host Conan O’Brien on the highly rated 2025 Oscars broadcast, as well as Conan O’Brien Must Go, Conan, and Late Night with Conan O’Brien—is asking $6.3 million for the Italianate-style spread he acquired in 2008 for $3.5 million. Sherri Rogers, Anthony Stellini, and Elisa Ritt of Compass share the listing.
An arched window in the living room overlooks the Los Angeles California Temple.
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Originally built in the mid-1920s and known as Villa Palazzetto, the stucco and terracotta-roof structure sits on a walled and gated corner parcel spanning over a third of an acre. Famously occupied in the 1930s by the late Hollywood screenwriter and director Delmer Daves, whose most successful work was the 1959 film A Summer Place, the property has six bedrooms and an equal number of baths in roughly 5,000 square feet across three levels.
Steps lead up to a hand-carved front door, which opens into a double-height entry foyer that flows to an elegant living room sporting a French stone fireplace and large windows overlooking sweeping views of Downtown L.A. The formal dining room connects to a kitchen outfitted with a white subway tile backsplash, an eat-in island, Wolf and Sub-Zero appliances, and a U-shaped breakfast banquette set against a bay window. An adjacent media room has French doors spilling out to an alfresco entertaining area, while a coffer-ceilinged library comes with a Juliet balcony.
The walled and foliage-laced backyard hosts a saltwater pool and spa.
Cristopher Nolasco
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Three upstairs bedrooms include a secluded primary suite, which has a stately fireplace flanked by built-in window seats, plus a walk-in closet and a bath decked out with dual vanities, a pedestal soaking tub, and a glass-encased shower. The lower level, meanwhile, has a guest suite with its own entrance.
Topping it all off is the lushly landscaped backyard, which is dotted with colorful mosaic tile and offers a heated dining pavilion, an outdoor kitchen with a built-in barbecue, and a saltwater pool and spa. An added bonus: The property is located directly across from the Berendo Stairway, one of L.A.’s storied secret staircases.
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Cristopher Nolasco
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Dom DeLuise’s Former Pacific Palisades Estate Hits the Market for $21 Million
The totally reimagined onetime estate of late actor and comedian Dom DeLuise has popped up for sale at $21 million, 16 years after he passed away at age 75.
Records show The Cannonball Run and Blazing Saddles star acquired the third-acre spread in 1968 for just $103,000 and lived there until his death in 2009. The place subsequently traded hands for the first time in over half a century in late 2021, selling to an entity managed by Jeff Mironer of Provincetown Estates for nearly $6.5 million, per The Real Deal. The developer went on to raze DeLuise’s outdated 1950s house and replace it with the modern mansion now on the market. Anthony Marguleas of Amalfi Estates holds the listing.
The family room is anchored by an elegant stone fireplace embedded in white oak paneling.
Pierre Galant
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Completed this year, the new residence offers a total of seven bedrooms and nine baths in more than 10,000 square feet across three levels serviced by an elevator. Elegant European-inspired interiors boast white oak floors and high wood-beam ceilings throughout, plus walls of glass overlooking picturesque canyon vistas. All the furnishings are also available for purchase.
Tucked away behind gates off Corsica Drive, just minutes from the Riviera Country Club and the Brentwood Country Mart, the structure stuns from the outset with its tumbled natural stone and fire-resistant ACRE siding. A walkway passes through a courtyard framed by heritage olive trees, vintage ceramic pots, and lush gardens, while custom double iron and glass doors open into a double-height foyer flanked by formal living and dining rooms.
A refrigerated wine room can accommodate up to 1,657 bottles of your favorite vintages.
Pierre Galant
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A hallway with archways on either side flows to the rear of the house, where a fireside family room opens seamlessly to a grassy backyard featuring a barbecue station and pizza oven, a sculptural fire pit, and a pool and inset spa lined with checkered stone tiles. Back inside, a casual dining area connects to a sleek kitchen outfitted with Calacatta Monet honed marble countertops, an eat-in island, a Lacanche range, and a butler’s pantry. One of two laundry rooms leads to an attached three-car garage.
All the bedrooms are of the en-suite variety, with one of two on the main level currently set up as an office. Four more upstairs include a posh primary suite flaunting a fireplace, a separate sitting area with a balcony, dual walk-in closets, and a bath spotlighted by a Hydro Systems soaking tub. The remaining bedroom on the lower level is joined by a wet bar-equipped recreation area, a 21-seat movie theater, a climate-controlled wine room, and a wellness center with a gym, cold plunge, sauna, and steam and massage rooms.
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Pierre Galant
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