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1917  Movie moguls, Jesse Lasky, founder of Paramount Pictures and Sam Goldwyn of MGM built Hollywood Boulevard’s first artist’s ‘high-rise’. Exclusively for actors, the Hillview quickly became Hollywood’s hottest address. The vast basement housed a rehearsal space until Rudolf Valentino reputedly converted it to a rip-roaring, star-studded speakeasy. Former big-screen residents include, Mae Busch, Stan Laurel and Viola Dana. Charlie Chaplin, as adept with investments as with the camera, was once a proprietor of the Hillview. |
| Everybody who was anybody in the silent movie days lived there DIRECTOR, DOUGLAS CARLTON |
