Paul De Longpre: French-born flower painter was the first Hollywood celebrity in the early 1900s

In Hollywood, there’s a street called De Longpre Avenue, one block south of Sunset Boulevard, between La Brea Avenue and North Gower Street, and De Longpre Park is located at De Longpre Avenue and …

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Betty Lasky: “My father [Jesse L. Lasky] was co-founder of Paramount, yet now he’s a forgotten film mogul”

This old black and white still from Betty Lasky’s family album was taken by her mother Bessie, ca. 1930, Santa Monica beach, near their beach home. Jesse L. Lasky and his three children, Jess…

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