Marilyn Monroe apos;s Former LA Townhouse Hits The Market For 900 000

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An iconic Hollywood property that was reportedly once home to some of the industry's brightest stars - including Marilyn Monroe and Greta Garbo - has hit the market for $900,000, decades after it played host to the on-screen sirens. 
Chateau Beachwood is a 10-unit French Normandy-style complex located near the Two Stone Gates entrance to Beachwood Canyon, which was originally known as Hollywoodland. 
Before they went on to own luxury mansions of their own,  and Greta were housed in the 1930s townhouse by the film studios they worked with, which, in those days, often contracted actors and actresses to work solely on their projects.  
Now one of its two-bedroom units has hit the market for $899,000, much to the delight of those interested in owning a slice of old Hollywood history.
Chateau Beachwood has hit the market for $899,000, and is perfect for all those interested in owning a slice of old Hollywood history
Iconic stars such as Marilyn Monroe (left) and Greta Garbo (right) were reportedly housed in a stunning 1930s Hollywood townhouse by the film studios they worked with
Chateau Beachwood is a 10-unit French Normandy-style complex, and the property where Monroe lived in now on the market
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Back in the Golden Age of Tinsel Town, young film stars who had been locked into multi-year contracts with the top studios would often be given places to live near their places of work.
For the likes of Monroe, Garbo and Marlene Dietrich, they reportedly found themselves living in the idyllic complex while churning out projects for the studios.
With its convenience to the movie and television studios, Beachwood Canyon has been the current or former neighborhood for many celebrities over the years, including Humphrey Bogart, Kevin Bacon and Anna Kendrick.
Thanks to its location in one of LA's older areas, the neighborhood homes retain much of grew up in Sweden and started appearing in commercials for women's clothing after college. In the 1920s, she landed a few Swedish roles before she was discovered by Louis B. Meyer, vice president of media company Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios.
Meyer believed he could turn her into a big star and had her relocate to Hollywood, where he did just that. The actress soon got into a contract dispute with MGM after the stellar success of her first few films.
In fact, Garbo threatened to return to Sweden and eventually landed a new contract that paid her a record $270,000 per movie and gave her unprecedented control over her roles and the films she starred in.
She went on to become one of the most well-known actresses of her time, but after starring in 28 feature films across 16 years, she retired in 1941.
With its convenience to the movie and television studios, Beachwood Canyon has been the current or former neighborhood for many celebrities over the years, including Humphrey Bogart, Kevin Bacon and Anna Kendrick
Thanks to its location in one of LA's older areas, the neighborhood homes retain much of the atmosphere of the glamorous mid-century Hollywood era with the well-manicured lawns, huge willow trees and colorful gardens
During her career, Monroe famously became frustrated with the quality of work she was being given by Fox Studio and often took issue with how much she was being paid during her sever year contract
Garbo once threatened to return to Sweden in order to land a record contract with MGM, while Dietrich became Paramount's answer to Garbo and used this to leverage her contract terms
Greta - who was best known for her roles in A Woman of Affairs, Filma Vizatimor - https://www.naucmese.cz, Anna Christie, Romance, and Camille - died in 1990 at the age of 85, after leading a private life in her New York apartment for 50 years.
German-born star Marlene Dietrich was a Hollywood icon and a bisexual beauty whose style and intoxicating sex appeal endured through the ages. 
In her first Hollywood film for Paramount Pictures in 1930, Morocco, she acted alongside Gary Cooper, and in quick succession she appeared in several movies including Blonde Venus, The Scarlet Empress and The Devil Is A Woman. 
Dietrich became Paramount's answer to Greta Garbo and she used this to leverage a contract which saw her become the world's most highly paid actress in the 1930s. She died of kidney failure in Paris at the age of 90. 




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