I found this on You Tube. It looks like public access work. But still,for those who haven't been to the house, it's a quickie tour. The rooms shown are the Card Room, Great Room, Murder Room, First Floor Guest Room, Library, Dining Room, Sun Room, Breakfast Room, Barbara Lazaroff's Bedroom, The Gun Room, Mr. Doheny's Bedroom and Mrs. Doheny's Bedroom. I could do without the music. It makes it sound so stuffy.
Meanwhile, UCLA will be adding another 9 rooms to the tour! You'll definitely get your money out of this years show!
Sunday, August 19, 2007
Greystone on MTV?
Will wonders never cease?
I was researching Greystone on every available venue the Internet had to offer when on Wikipedia i came across a reference stating Greystone had been used in two Mariah Carey videos and a Meatloaf video. Of course I had to find out for myself and of course it was true!
Greystone's Foyer, Card Room (as a ball room), Breakfast Room (as Eric Roberts Office), Great Room (as a game room), and Mr. Doheny's Bedroom (as a Dressing Room) were used in Mariah's "It's Like That" video and the garden's were used in the follow up video "We Belong Together". Both video's also show Mariah's prolific use of Hair Extensions and double stick tape. Greystone's Foyer and Halls also showed up in Meatloaf's "I Would do Anything For Love (but I Won't do That" video.
I was researching Greystone on every available venue the Internet had to offer when on Wikipedia i came across a reference stating Greystone had been used in two Mariah Carey videos and a Meatloaf video. Of course I had to find out for myself and of course it was true!
Greystone's Foyer, Card Room (as a ball room), Breakfast Room (as Eric Roberts Office), Great Room (as a game room), and Mr. Doheny's Bedroom (as a Dressing Room) were used in Mariah's "It's Like That" video and the garden's were used in the follow up video "We Belong Together". Both video's also show Mariah's prolific use of Hair Extensions and double stick tape. Greystone's Foyer and Halls also showed up in Meatloaf's "I Would do Anything For Love (but I Won't do That" video.
More Vintage Greystone Pics...
...With Some Interesting Differences...
The Great Room
I'm not sure when this image dates from but I think it could be more modern. the most noticeable difference seen in this photo is that the fireplace and over mantle is not the same one as seen in this room today. the one in the photo seems very Tudor, while the one currently installed seems very neoclassical with swags and urns. Also, beneath the minstrel's loft, we can see two lanterns hanging in the passage way.
The reflecting pool looking towards the Great Room. There isn't much that has changed here, but we can see the original bronze planters that are now missing. Two similar planters can be found in the Portico at the homes main entry.
The Card Room
This is the Card Room or Receiving Room as it was for the Doheny family. The light fixtures and fountain with surrounding detail are missing, the mural has been painted over. However, as we speak, a group of artists is replicating one of the two murals original to the room. Last year, a film company restored the marble floors.
The original Motor Court
This photo shows the Motor Courts circular fountain was once fitted with a Putti figure on a Swan and a central spray. The Fountain today is missing the Putti group and has a pedestal bowl in it's place.
The Great Room
I'm not sure when this image dates from but I think it could be more modern. the most noticeable difference seen in this photo is that the fireplace and over mantle is not the same one as seen in this room today. the one in the photo seems very Tudor, while the one currently installed seems very neoclassical with swags and urns. Also, beneath the minstrel's loft, we can see two lanterns hanging in the passage way.
The reflecting pool looking towards the Great Room. There isn't much that has changed here, but we can see the original bronze planters that are now missing. Two similar planters can be found in the Portico at the homes main entry.
The Card Room
This is the Card Room or Receiving Room as it was for the Doheny family. The light fixtures and fountain with surrounding detail are missing, the mural has been painted over. However, as we speak, a group of artists is replicating one of the two murals original to the room. Last year, a film company restored the marble floors.
The original Motor Court
This photo shows the Motor Courts circular fountain was once fitted with a Putti figure on a Swan and a central spray. The Fountain today is missing the Putti group and has a pedestal bowl in it's place.
So It's Been a While....
It's been ages since posted anything regarding Greystone! Ack! So here are some photos of the newly cleaned original light fixtures. Initially, we thought they were rusted and ruined, but in reality, they were just really dirty! Be sure and note the shoddy paint job that ran over onto the bases of the fixtures. Thanks AFI! So, we were able to clean them and they turned out to be chrome plated! There are 6 on the second floor, 4 on the first and 2 wall sconces. They look fab! It's amazing what a little elbow grease can do. Makes you wonder why it wasn't done before.
Oh, I remember...no one cared.
Sunday, August 12, 2007
Not Related to Greystone...
So today I went to the Getty for family day with Constance and Ben. Ben is so frickin' cute, Constance will totally miss him after I kidnap him and raise him as my own in Canada. The top image is a photo of him 'dancing'. We went to see a performance of Farmer Jason and the Barnstormers. Yes, it did rock just as much as you would think.
The scab on his melon was brought on by his nana, Trisha. He's OK, no need to call child services, apparently concrete can do that when you trip as you learn to walk. It's just building up his resistance, like giving him cyanide in his malt-o-meal.
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