Tasteful Friends - House formerly owned by W.C. Fields on sale for $15M

I AM an LA person and I have no idea what Laughlin Park is either.

Wikipedia gives us some background, including a tragedy that occurred there:

[quote]Fields fraternized at his home with actors, directors and writers who shared his fondness for good company and good liquor. John Barrymore, Gene Fowler, and Gregory La Cava were among his close friends. On March 15, 1941, while Fields was out of town, Christopher Quinn, the two-year-old son of his neighbors, actor Anthony Quinn and his wife Katherine DeMille, drowned in a lily pond on Fields's property. Grief-stricken over the tragedy, he had the pond filled in.

Magnificent. Anthony Quinn's son drowned in the pool. WC Fields who's act was hating children was devastated and moved out sold the place.

I'll pay cash.

Now I know what Laughlin Park is.

I remember Fields’ last wife Carlotta wrote a memoir (W.C. and Me) and when she was on The Dick Cavett Show promoting it, she mentioned that Deanna Durbin was their neighbor and Deanna’s constant vocalizing and rehearsing songs for her films drove W.C. up the wall.

Deanna and her style of singing was out of fashion in the ‘70s so this got a big laugh.

Love everything about it. Right down to the last blade of grass.

Very well appointed!

Recall Lily Tomlin painted over the great hall in lavender. Would have thought beige.

David Fincher and Angelina Jolie have homes in Laughlin Park.

Laughlin park is nice. Ellen and Portia had a house there. Deanna Durbin lived there near WC. Allegedly WC you to scream at her to shut up when she was vocalizing.

Too much.

R1, I was about to say. "Laughlin Park" sounds like some BS new name.

As a long-time resident of Los Feliz, I love it here, but $15 million seems outrageous for the area. For that price, one would expect the amenities found on the west side. While Los Feliz has its charm, it simply doesn't compare to Beverly Hills, Brentwood, or Holmby Hills etc.

For a better idea the commercial area Google Hollywood blvd and Normandy, and that is one and a half blocks from this home.

I think it’s gorgeous. Don’t adore the kitchen in toto but would be absolutely delighted with this home. I love old Hollywood homes and Los Feliz, especially.

It is really an Italianate/Beaux-Arts style mansion?

Seems underpriced, what's the catch?

I hate the exterior: the hash of horizontal windows and strange balcony detailing and the facade looks like a strip mall chain store. The interior, however --from the few photos and what I recall from a previous listing-- has some very nice aspects.