1436 Bella: Falcon's Lair (Rudolph Valentino Estate) in Los Angeles - Celebrity Homes

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1436 Bella: Falcon's Lair (Rudolph Valentino Estate)

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Los Angeles, CA 90210

34.10° N 118.43° W

The ghost of Rudolph Valentino lingers in his former mansion, known as Falcon Lair. Actor Harry Carey was one of several subsequent owners who encountered the silent star’s specter. The ghost has appeared in his old bedroom and in the stables, where his beloved horse was kept. Passersby have reported his dark silhouette looking out over the Los Angeles skyline from his favorite window on the second floor of the mansion.

(from: http://www.haunted-places.com/californ.htm)

Highlights

Famous People who lived here:

Bob Balzer

DATE: 1990s

Edgar Bergen
DATE: 1950s

Thomas Blount
DATE: 2000s philanthropist invests in a few movies

Gypsy Buys
DATE: 1950s

Harry Carey
DATE: 1930 census records, silent and sound films, at top of Bella, llsted as Falcon’s Lair in 1930 census

Henry Casey
DATE: 1930 census records, silent and sound films

Joe Castro
with Duke

Doris Duke
with Castro

Ann Harding
with Janssen

Werner Janssen
with Harding

George E. Read
DATE: pre-1920 early Beverly Hills real estate investor, would only sell estate to Rudolph Valentino if the studio guaranteed the loan

Juan Romero
DATE: 1950s

Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel
DATE: 1940s mobster

Gloria Swanson
DATE: 1951 rented estate for three or four months

Rudolph Valentino
DATE: 1920s Falcon’s Lair, last home

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