House Built for Cowardly Lion in the Wizard of Oz
September 12 2018
The home is at the end of a long drive, and it’s paved with stone, rather than yellow brick.
Private and luxurious, the Beverly Hills estate was first built for actor Bert Lahr, best known for his role as the Cowardly Lion in “The Wizard of Oz.” Lahr had just finished playing the Lion when he hired architect Paul Williams to build a colonial-revival-style home.
In an interview with the Los Angeles Times in the 1970s, Williams explained that Lahr wanted a cozy stone fireplace, wood paneling and “graceful entryway” that inspired a feeling of home…
Read More…[zillowblog.com]
- Angeleno Magazine 2
- Architectural Digest 4
- Arts and Culture 3
- Beverly Hills Courier 2
- Beverly Hills Lifestyle 2
- Blog 31
- Bloomberg 1
- Buzznews UK 1
- Celebrity Real Estate 10
- Coming Developments 4
- Curbed LA 1
- Featured In 27
- Featured Listing 4
- Fox Business 1
- Lifestyle 2
- Los Angeles Times 10
- Mansion Global 0
- News 8
- OC Register 2
- On Television 5
- On The Cover 5
- People 1
- Philanthropy 2
- Press 59
- Realtor.com 1
- Record Sale 7
- Special Events 7
- Swagger Magazine 1
- The Hollywood Reporter 3
- The MLS Magazine 1
- The Real Deal 10
- The Wall Street Journal 3
- The Washington Post 1
- Wall Street Journal/REAL Trends 3
- Yolanda's Little Black Book 1
-
The Hollywood Reporter
Jason is selected as one of The Hollywood Reporter’s Top 30 Real Estate Agents.
-
Philanthropy
The Oppenheim Group Charitable Foundation
-
Press
The Oppenheim Group Sponsors Baseball Team
-
The Wall Street Journal
Malibu Horse Ranch Hits the Market for $17.3 Million
-
OC Register
Corona del Mar home with one of West Coast’s longest private docks nabs $24.5M
-
People
See Inside the Oppenheim Group’s New Office — Plus, Whether It’ll Get a ‘Selling Sunset’ Spinoff (Exclusive)