December 12, 2011

Luxury Home with Sinatra, Marilyn Monroe, and JFK Connection Listed

Hollywood history buffs prepare yourselves: for a handsome $12 million dollars you can live in Farralone, the mansion where Frank Sinatra lived, and where Marilyn Monroe is said to have met with John F. Kennedy for a tryst. The glamorous estate is found in Chatsworth, C.A. and its connections to Hollywood royalty and their history runs deep. It also sits on a 14 beautiful acres.

The house dates to the start of the 1950’s, and was designed by the same folks who were responsible for two American structures that are recognized around the globe: San Francisco’s iconic Transamerica Pyramid Building and Washington, D.C.’s Kennedy Center. Talk about a home with cultural import. Dora Hutchinson, an American heiress to a banking fortune (Chase Manhattan Bank), was the original inhabitant and the person whom many would shower in flowers and praises for her tireless work to host fabulous parties!

According to Forbes.com, Lucille Ball, Paul McCartney, Ava Garner, and Judy Garland all sang, danced, and schmoozed at this place. The home’s pool is not only the location of the last photo shoot session of the former Mrs. Joe DiMaggio, but for a period of time she lived in the guesthouse, whose square footage is a comfy 1,000 sq. ft. More recently, the home has appeared on television and film in “Mad Men,” “Californication,” Jennifer Hudson’s and Beyoncé Knowles’ Dreamgirls, Will Smith’s Ali, and an Usher music video.

It’s reported that the house’s income from location shoots has climbed to as much as 2 million in one year. Because it is so lucrative, the home has a production studio inside as well as a production studio-funded manager to work out shooting scheduling and compensation. If you’d like some more cherries thrown in, know that the property comes with a young vineyard and around it is a nature preserve.

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