Errol Flynn's abandoned pool house in Runyan Canyon. Let's take a hike to it shall we?!

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  • @seanliske2265
    @seanliske2265 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Ok so I was the security guard that was on the property before they opened up the canyon. They were drilling for oil in 1992-1994. His house had tree going through the middle of it. It was up on the ridge and the tree at that time was not doing to well. There was not much of the foundation left. Down below were bungalows and those are the foundations you see. Yes part of the tennis court and pool can be found, but you need to know where to look. We also had the plans of what used to be there. I worked for Westec Security if anyone remembers and we had most of the properties and land lots in Hollywood. We used to have all the famous people in the area and know most of the history of the area. I even know where they moved Errol Flynn because of the crazy young chick that used to dance on his grave at Forest Lawn.

    • @Kyle_Hester
      @Kyle_Hester  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That is so cool!! Thank you for sharing!!

    • @auntysandy3032
      @auntysandy3032 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      I had just come from London in 1991 and lived on Poinsettia. My boyfriend took me to for a hike up to Runyon Cyn and i rarely saw another person there as it was closed with a " No tresspassing" fence up ( ha!) ( with a small hole to crawl through)
      I used to walk up there every day, and I sat on the rock overlooking the city and read. I watched the city burning as the L.A. Riots exploded. Helicopters and smoke circling like a scene from a movie.
      I moved away after a year but always remember my time exploring that beautiful old estate as a great memory of my beginning life on L. A.

    • @elodiesaintpierre1467
      @elodiesaintpierre1467 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Crazy young chick that’s used to dance on his grave !??? 😮

  • @dojocho1894
    @dojocho1894 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    My mom was a model in the 1950's she modeled for DIOR in Paris...She thought Errol Flynn was the most handsome man( sorry dad) she ever saw. I used to watch those old movies with her my favorite was charge of the light brigade.

    • @Kyle_Hester
      @Kyle_Hester  ปีที่แล้ว +5

      That is absolutely the coolest thing ever!

    • @muck4227
      @muck4227 ปีที่แล้ว

      In like Flynn, indeed.

    • @kat35lulu88
      @kat35lulu88 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He was FINE!!!!

    • @elaniecardenas1544
      @elaniecardenas1544 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      My grandmother loved him. My favorite is Ivanhoe ❤

    • @robheiler4841
      @robheiler4841 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@elaniecardenas1544 Robert Taylor was in Ivanhoe.

  • @LindaCarter-m5z
    @LindaCarter-m5z 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    I love old Hollywood history.

    • @Kyle_Hester
      @Kyle_Hester  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Thank you so much! I am going up to Lake Hollywood today!

  • @petersaraceno-o3t
    @petersaraceno-o3t ปีที่แล้ว +32

    Just beyond the tennis courts is a small Vista where the pool was. There’s a little bit of evidence of it now. In the 80s it was an abandoned pool, and Runon Canyon was terrifying because of all the punk rock visitors at night. I was a teen who lived up off Mulholland, and spent many an afternoon exploring the hills.

    • @Kyle_Hester
      @Kyle_Hester  ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Thank you for sharing your story!

    • @slcpunker
      @slcpunker ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah, last time I was there the pool was still there... covered with graffiti and half-filled with trash. @@Kyle_Hester

    • @Kyle_Hester
      @Kyle_Hester  ปีที่แล้ว

      I remember seeing that too. Crazy times

    • @rodturner6759
      @rodturner6759 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ooooh scary punk rockers...LOL

    • @LauraBzar-bk5sd
      @LauraBzar-bk5sd 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I was a scary punk, but there were criminals and homeless living in tents all over up there. A friend took us on a walk up there one night after clubbing, saw the fireplace in the dark, heard a gun cock from a nearby tent. We decided that was enough tour, and got the f out of there.

  • @dominikstarck5340
    @dominikstarck5340 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Sure, it's just a bunch of stones and dirt- but one can feel the history and legay of ol' Hollywood(land) even watching this video. Thanks for taking us around.

    • @Kyle_Hester
      @Kyle_Hester  2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Thank you for checking it out!

    • @marknewton6984
      @marknewton6984 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Cheers!

  • @cindygirl64
    @cindygirl64 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I enjoyed the hike, thanks for taking me along via video. Will definitely follow and support!

    • @Kyle_Hester
      @Kyle_Hester  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You are awesome!! Thank you Cindy!

  • @sdhscrosscountry
    @sdhscrosscountry ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Love Errol Flynn

  • @hmark29
    @hmark29 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Thank you! That was fun!!

    • @Kyle_Hester
      @Kyle_Hester  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Glad you enjoyed it!

  • @ronaldrose7593
    @ronaldrose7593 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Hello 👋 my hiking friend, thank you for the guided tour. I didn't get tired at all. Greetings from Northern California. All the best to you. Stay safe out there. 😊

    • @Kyle_Hester
      @Kyle_Hester  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you for watching!

  • @WilliamNast-v1g
    @WilliamNast-v1g ปีที่แล้ว +2

    VERY COOL AND WORTH THE WALK!

  • @AlbieSol560
    @AlbieSol560 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    What a trek! Thanks for a great tour!

    • @Kyle_Hester
      @Kyle_Hester  5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Glad you enjoyed it!

  • @aliciacruz5957
    @aliciacruz5957 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Enjoyed this

    • @Kyle_Hester
      @Kyle_Hester  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you so much!!

  • @desireejames1538
    @desireejames1538 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    I'm not sure if this is the same location ofErrol Flynn house that afterwards The Ricky Nelson family lived but Gunnar Nelson recently did an interview & showed a few pictures of this home that was white with small pane windows throughout & he said it was in a deserted area!

    • @Kyle_Hester
      @Kyle_Hester  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I don't know. He did live in a few places . Hmmmmm

    • @samspencer582
      @samspencer582 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You mean the Mulholland Farm on Mulholland Drive. If this place is the Mulholland Drive then it´s the place of that house.

  • @jaratoll8739
    @jaratoll8739 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    I remember hiking that every week with my mother 1988-1989. We only lived 2 blocks away from one of the entrances. I remember the swimming pool had graffiti all over it and I went down in it, And the floor to the original house was still visible and was checkered/mosiac.

    • @Kyle_Hester
      @Kyle_Hester  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Such a wild place!!

    • @jaratoll8739
      @jaratoll8739 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@Kyle_Hester we lived on Franklin Ave. It looks more built up now. I remember the nearest entrance had an old cabin that went up the hill.

    • @jerrys9226
      @jerrys9226 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Very interesting. So the first ruins you came to was Errol Flynn’s pool house and the second ruins was the main house? And the tennis court was part of the same estate? Great video! Just found this.

    • @robertbohnaker9898
      @robertbohnaker9898 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Destiny not Dust. Always loved Flynn’s great movies during his glory days. Was sad to discover he was such a Waster. Just my opinion…bittersweet. His roles didn’t reflect his private life…

  • @johngomes4278
    @johngomes4278 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    This channel 🎉rocks !

    • @Kyle_Hester
      @Kyle_Hester  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      YOU rock!!

  • @elaniecardenas1544
    @elaniecardenas1544 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Loved the tour. Great to see you❤️

    • @Kyle_Hester
      @Kyle_Hester  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you so much for your support my friend +

  • @maverickflint1991
    @maverickflint1991 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Never been there in my life. Thanks for taking me there in your video.😊👍

  • @johngomes4278
    @johngomes4278 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I think the breathless 1983 🎥🍿 movie was filmed there too !

    • @Kyle_Hester
      @Kyle_Hester  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Glad you liked it my friend! Thank you!

    • @marknewton6984
      @marknewton6984 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Good movie...Jerry Lee! 😮

  • @maverickflint1991
    @maverickflint1991 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Another great video. Be safe and careful.😊👍🙏

  • @imellove9938
    @imellove9938 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Thank you for sharing it's helpful to know were to go hiking etc same time Erroll Flynn was great actor and he is God bless all

    • @Kyle_Hester
      @Kyle_Hester  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Glad you enjoyed it!!

  • @carlaschultheis3662
    @carlaschultheis3662 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    He only stayed there from 57-58. He lost his house to alimony. He was pretty much partied out by then and he died a year later a broken man, that’s the sad end note. He was probably there alone thinking about by gone days.

    • @whiteorchid5412
      @whiteorchid5412 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The house Flynn lost to alimony was an 11.5 acre property with a large house and a barn approximately a mile further west of
      Runyon Canyon park just off Mulholland Blvd. Flynn bought the larger property after becoming a well established movie star and was know for hosting legendary wild Hollywood parties there1950's. Actor and singer Rick Nelson bought the property but sold it in the 1980's to land developers when his marriage broke up. They tore down the original house, subdivided the 11.5 acres into 7 individual lots. Justin Timberlake now owns the house that sits on the approximate location where Errol Flynn's house was once located.

  • @agentofficerthomasa.porter107
    @agentofficerthomasa.porter107 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    A great trail walk tour. Am sure when Errol Flynn was on site, there was much enjoyment & pleasures to be experienced. No Mountain Lion's & Rattle Snakes makes a trail walk enjoyed. always, Tommy🤠

  • @jeffdaglow7135
    @jeffdaglow7135 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I enjoyed watching this video ... yet ... felt very sad doing so as i remember when i was Very young perhaps fifty (plus) years ago
    when i wandered around this area and the structures were still standing though in disrepair and basically shut down. As were
    many of the old Movie Stars old homes. Which was very sad. Actually, i lived in the old Hollywood area and from my apartments
    kitchen window i could see Paula Negrea's (not sure of the spelling of her last name) home which was an impressive tasteful
    brick house. But my favorite home was Charlton Heston's home which was dare i say quiet interesting t look at.

    • @Kyle_Hester
      @Kyle_Hester  ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you so much for sharing this. I am glad you enjoyed it!

    • @marknewton6984
      @marknewton6984 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Progress? Boring!

  • @karingoodman4999
    @karingoodman4999 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I used to hike there when I lived there late 80s....I broke my leg in 2 places going too fast down a hill...I rem the old pool and marble like foundations from pool house remains

    • @Kyle_Hester
      @Kyle_Hester  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Oh no! The broken leg part is awful!!

    • @muck4227
      @muck4227 ปีที่แล้ว

      Go down a hill sideways!

  • @carlaschultheis3662
    @carlaschultheis3662 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Lol, shoes are important. I almost left the house in my slippers last week.

  • @stevemoore3951
    @stevemoore3951 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I think this is was featured in the 1983 feature film “ Breathless”. It starred Richard Gere as the main character. His character even mentions that the property was once occupied by Errol Flynn. His character is on the lamb and spends the night with his GF. There is a pretty cool scene at night with two people fighting with light sabers on the foundation. Back then the entire area and front gates was heavily graffitied up. Thanks for the video 👍🏻👍🏻 FYI : Breathless 1983 is a remake of the Jean-Luc Goddard French New Wave Classic Film of the same name. It was made in 1963 and shot in black and white.

    • @Kyle_Hester
      @Kyle_Hester  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That is very cool! Thank you for the information!

    • @brucepedersen5647
      @brucepedersen5647 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lam, not Lamb

    • @OrangeTabbyCat
      @OrangeTabbyCat 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Which of course could easily have researched before someone makes a video about it….. I mean to me, if someone makes a video about a place, saying “Erol Flynn was here, cool huh?” And “a lot of people visited here but I don’t know who” that is not a video I would give a thumbs up. There are better researched videos to pretty much everything out there. Sorry.

  • @JenniferJuniper-i7d
    @JenniferJuniper-i7d ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Being a Runyon I know this hike very well…. It’s beautiful and not easy💕

    • @Kyle_Hester
      @Kyle_Hester  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You are so right! Lol Awesome!

  • @desireejames1538
    @desireejames1538 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    My Mom used to say my Dad looked like Errol Flynn & yes he did.

    • @Kyle_Hester
      @Kyle_Hester  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Handsome man!

    • @marknewton6984
      @marknewton6984 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Then your dad was good looking! 😮

  • @johngomes4278
    @johngomes4278 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Totally awesome 💯😎 thanks 👍 for making this ! Happy holidays 🎊⛄🎉

    • @Kyle_Hester
      @Kyle_Hester  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Happy holidays!

  • @bradfordbarrettluckotheIrish
    @bradfordbarrettluckotheIrish ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I like your garage Kyle, no clutter.

  • @suncitypro1
    @suncitypro1 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Errol Flynn got around! He and David Niven had some wild times on Linden! Swashbucklers get the girls!

    • @Kyle_Hester
      @Kyle_Hester  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Also true! Lol

    • @dennisszejman6390
      @dennisszejman6390 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Not as crazy as his times with John Barrymore.

    • @marknewton6984
      @marknewton6984 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Rock on, Errol! 😎

  • @craigbettendorf8458
    @craigbettendorf8458 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    A scene in 1983's Breathless with Richard Gere was filmed there before the houses demolition.

  • @maverickflint1991
    @maverickflint1991 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    So sorry to see the home is not there anymore.😢

    • @marknewton6984
      @marknewton6984 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Sic Gloria Transit. Flynn lives on! 😎

  • @lizzytan277
    @lizzytan277 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Back in 80s ....teens...trespass......covered with brushes.....dark.....pool....lots broken glass....tennis courts....sprayed painted.....welcome to the gates of hell.....scary during the night

    • @LauraBzar-bk5sd
      @LauraBzar-bk5sd 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Were you there at night too?

  • @josephnickel3665
    @josephnickel3665 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    There were some ruins off of Argyle too. Old pool and tennis courts we hiked up there at nifgt to see Hollywood.

    • @Kyle_Hester
      @Kyle_Hester  ปีที่แล้ว

      Hmmmmm. Do tell! Where?

  • @lemorab1
    @lemorab1 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    The only Flynn houses I knew about were 601 North Linden Drive in Beverly Hills, rented by Flynn and David Niven in the 1930's, when they were both single; a beach cottage rented from Marion Davies at Santa Monica (now torn down;) and the one he built in 1940 on Torreyson Place, just off Mulholland Drive, overlooking the Valley. That one got torn down about 30 years ago and there is a boring housing development there now. A street is called Flynn Ranch Road. That is the only remaining trace of what happened there. That is the one where wild parties and cockfights happened. Flynn lost that house to Lili Damita in the late 1950's. Did he live in this Runyon Canyon place after he lost Mulholland House? I have only read that he lived on his boat, the Zaca, after that. For awhile his friend Doris Duke let him stay in a house, but I thought that was on Doheny Drive. This Runyon Canyon place is news to me. Who owns the property now and who did then, if you know? Thanks.

    • @Kyle_Hester
      @Kyle_Hester  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I believe the city owns the land now. It is a big hiking area.
      As far as when, I believe it was after he lost the house like you said.

    • @lemorab1
      @lemorab1 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@Kyle_Hester I may have seen a photo of Flynn next to the swimming pool at the Runyon Canyon place. It is in the book "Hollywood Babylon II" by Kenneth Anger, and it is a terrible photo, but then Kenneth Anger was a terrible man. A teenage girl is on Flynn's back, playing horsie. It isn't Beverly Aadland, but I mention it because it may have been taken at this house.

  • @Chef-Really5365
    @Chef-Really5365 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Hey thank You Kyle for sharing another piece of forlorn HOLLYWOOD LAND I love to have been born in Flynn’s Day. I’d be right there partying with them. Sadly many iconic places and people Fading rapidly in LaLa Land. I am looking from Birds Eye view in gps and the street views are fun to follow up without the physicality behind it. Kudos for doing it for us. It looks strenuous specially when I saw the man carrying the dog down the hill after.

    • @Kyle_Hester
      @Kyle_Hester  ปีที่แล้ว

      Glad you enjoyed it! Check out my secret stairs video. I think you will like it!

  • @Longplay_Games
    @Longplay_Games 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Great video! I never actually managed to check this area out in all my years there. This was super cool to see.

    • @Kyle_Hester
      @Kyle_Hester  2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Next time you are here!!

  • @elodiesaintpierre1467
    @elodiesaintpierre1467 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This saddens me 😢

  • @whiteorchid5412
    @whiteorchid5412 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I've been to Runyon Canyon park many times with a friend who used to walk his dog there. When the dog died and was cremated he spread the ashes in the area of those old foundations. I never realized Errol Flynn once lived there.

    • @Kyle_Hester
      @Kyle_Hester  7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That is a nice thing to do. Very cool

  • @thecatsmeowfromny
    @thecatsmeowfromny 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I clicked like & subscribed because I was feeling your pain. 😅

    • @Kyle_Hester
      @Kyle_Hester  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Lol!! Thank you for your support!

  • @FindingNorcal
    @FindingNorcal ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Neato! 👌💥

    • @Kyle_Hester
      @Kyle_Hester  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you for watching!!

  • @SD0224
    @SD0224 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I’d be watching out for Mountain lions hiking up there

    • @Kyle_Hester
      @Kyle_Hester  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Too many people but I hear you !

  • @MLCDelux
    @MLCDelux 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Totally enjoyed this… now subscribed!

    • @Kyle_Hester
      @Kyle_Hester  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Awesome! Thank you!

  • @mikejames-drummerreginacan1386
    @mikejames-drummerreginacan1386 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    GREAT VIDEO....THANKS. Was this Flynn location part of his Mulholland Farm or a completely different spot. I don't know LA too well.

    • @Kyle_Hester
      @Kyle_Hester  หลายเดือนก่อน

      This is a different spot. In Hollywood proper. Thank you for your support!

  • @robertbohnaker9898
    @robertbohnaker9898 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Thanks Kyle. You think many people know about Flynn or his old digs ?

    • @Kyle_Hester
      @Kyle_Hester  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Probably not. Lol They just walk through the ruins

  • @randersson3672
    @randersson3672 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    A Thorshammer 🏆👍

    • @Kyle_Hester
      @Kyle_Hester  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Absolutely my friend

    • @randersson3672
      @randersson3672 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@Kyle_Hester Did not see lots of them during my time in Cali...not many here in Sweden either sadly...

    • @Kyle_Hester
      @Kyle_Hester  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      We are all over the place. Some just don't wear it like I do.

  • @TimBurVlogs
    @TimBurVlogs 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Wow, that is just amazing and cool.

    • @Kyle_Hester
      @Kyle_Hester  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you so much for checking it out!

    • @beatriceallen3771
      @beatriceallen3771 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you for your hard work. I wish I could be there!

  • @georgiabelle5176
    @georgiabelle5176 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    There is a picture online of the intact house

  • @CenturyHomeProject
    @CenturyHomeProject ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Wasn't a scene from American Gigolo filmed there?

    • @Kyle_Hester
      @Kyle_Hester  ปีที่แล้ว

      Hmmmm. Research to be done!

    • @CarlosFernandez-r8o
      @CarlosFernandez-r8o 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Richard Gere mentions that Errol was his hero in that movie.

  • @garyhelsinger
    @garyhelsinger ปีที่แล้ว +6

    None of that was Errol Flynn's house or property. He briefly lived in the pool house of George Headley, a friend of George Huntington Hartford II who owned the land in the canyon and had a big house at the top. Headley’s house was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. Your video cuts out just before you were about to reach where the house, pool, and pool house were where Flynn briefly stayed. (just above the tennis court remnants you visited.)

    • @Kyle_Hester
      @Kyle_Hester  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thank you for watching it! Good information!

    • @muck4227
      @muck4227 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Oh, no! They tore down a Frank Lloyd Wright house?!?

    • @garyhelsinger
      @garyhelsinger 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@muck4227 The pool house that Lloyd Wright (Frank’s son) built burned down in the huge Runyon Canyon fire in 1972. The Frank Lloyd Wright house still stands behind fences at the top of the canyon.

  • @weirdshibainu
    @weirdshibainu ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Errol was a real cad.

  • @robertmcgee7083
    @robertmcgee7083 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Wonder how the state/city acquired this property? Tax extortion?

  • @jc-to4ue
    @jc-to4ue ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Where Vista St ends (1900 Vista) is the Sheryl Crow estate.

  • @GaryYoung-eq1ph
    @GaryYoung-eq1ph ปีที่แล้ว +3

    action hero Flynn was here looks like ancient ruins, burned down or what?

    • @marknewton6984
      @marknewton6984 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Ozymandias😮

    • @LauraBzar-bk5sd
      @LauraBzar-bk5sd 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes destroyed by fire is what I heard.

    • @marknewton6984
      @marknewton6984 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      What memories! 😮

  • @mollycaz1
    @mollycaz1 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I am guessing that before that area became a park it was full of homes ? When did it become a park ?

    • @Kyle_Hester
      @Kyle_Hester  ปีที่แล้ว

      It became a park in 1984

  • @robertallen6710
    @robertallen6710 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    You're a very likeable, personable guy...how you get a zillion subs! ☺

    • @Kyle_Hester
      @Kyle_Hester  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Wow, thank you! I have been trying to get this channel off the ground fir 3 years. I finally feel like they are shiny videos. :) Just keep going!!

  • @richierich2048
    @richierich2048 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Just to add for the sake of clarity, what was left of 'The Pines' was destroyed by a wildfire in 1972. A number of photos from after the fire can be found on the internet.

    • @Kyle_Hester
      @Kyle_Hester  ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you for sharing!

  • @gailspaw5521
    @gailspaw5521 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    ❤❤❤❤❤

  • @drawntomountains
    @drawntomountains 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Found some info on the property:
    Irish tenor John McCormack bought the property from coal baron Carman Runyon who used the sites for hunting and riding. Thus, the riding arena seen on earlier aerial photos.
    McCormack buikt the huge mansion in 1929. A&P heur. Huntington Hartford bought it in 1942, he renaned it The Pines.
    He commissioned Frank Lloyd Wright to build a poolhouse. Hartford's frequent guest was Flynn at the poolhouse and threw wild parties. In 53, Flynn left the country to avoid oaying back taxes and alimony. His first wife got the 7740 Mulholland Drive property.
    This was NOT his house !! It was Hartford's home. Flynn's house was up on 7740 Mulholland Drive, a few miles away.
    Jukes Bernan, a liquer importer bought the property The Pines, and tore it down. The poolhouse later burned down in 1972.
    Again, this is NOT Errol Flynn's house. He only visited Hartford abd stayed in the poolhouse.
    There are 7 houses on Flynn Ranch Road and 7740 Mulholland Drive.
    Nothing remains of Errol Flynn's Mulholland Farms. No trace other than a road named for him.
    Edit: the round, stone looking thing was actually remnents of a fish pond/fountain. Check Historic Hollywood Photographs- images 196-201.
    There is also a picture of McCormack, his wife and his daughter on the front door steps that still remain to this day !! (Image 200)

    • @Kyle_Hester
      @Kyle_Hester  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Very cool!!

    • @marknewton6984
      @marknewton6984 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks for the info.

  • @jerrys9226
    @jerrys9226 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great video! Just curious, was the first ruins you came to the Pool house and the second ruins the main house? And the tennis court was all part of the estate?

    • @Kyle_Hester
      @Kyle_Hester  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      All the same estate. Crazy huh?!

    • @jerrys9226
      @jerrys9226 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Kyle_Hester I just found some pictures online of the pool house and swimming pool from December 1957, with Errol Flynn standing there and what must be his 10 year old daughter Rory and ex wife. Very interesting story behind the owner of the estate and how he tried to donate it to the city but they didn’t want it.

  • @marlene4702
    @marlene4702 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    How did he climb all the way up there. Where did he park his car?

    • @Kyle_Hester
      @Kyle_Hester  7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The path I walk up was a road at one point.

  • @carlaschultheis3662
    @carlaschultheis3662 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Do people in California worry about Rattle snakes?

    • @Kyle_Hester
      @Kyle_Hester  ปีที่แล้ว

      They are certainly here in the desert areas. They should be careful!

  • @dbluehorsedeboe5567
    @dbluehorsedeboe5567 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Why wasn't this iconic home taken care of?

    • @Kyle_Hester
      @Kyle_Hester  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That is a good question

    • @dbluehorsedeboe5567
      @dbluehorsedeboe5567 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I always loved Hollywood history of classic stars homes

    • @dbluehorsedeboe5567
      @dbluehorsedeboe5567 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The address was 7740 Mulholland Dr. Sold in '59 to Ricky Nelson, then after Nelson died, sold to a developer and tore the house down

  • @christopherwilliams3141
    @christopherwilliams3141 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    1900 is Cheryl Crow's house

    • @Kyle_Hester
      @Kyle_Hester  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Which street is that? Very cool!

  • @richardsmegma5081
    @richardsmegma5081 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Everything connected to Errol ended up in ruins!

  • @maverickflint1991
    @maverickflint1991 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Who's place was that with the fireplace?

    • @Kyle_Hester
      @Kyle_Hester  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I am actually not sure. Maybe another cottage?

    • @maverickflint1991
      @maverickflint1991 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Kyle_Hester cool. Was that property owned by Errol Flynn?

    • @Kyle_Hester
      @Kyle_Hester  ปีที่แล้ว

      No. He stayed in the pool house after he list his housing the divorce.

    • @maverickflint1991
      @maverickflint1991 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Kyle_Hester 😢

  • @jeffdaglow7135
    @jeffdaglow7135 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I felt an urge to cry as i watched this. About thirty five years ago i was living in LA.
    And of course i wanted to see as many movie stars homes as possible.
    And this was one of them. The building was still standing (sorta) but much of
    it had collapsed and the grounds were a total disaster. To be honest you had to
    sneak in to the grounds to see them as the gate still stood (sorta). I remember
    my feelings of total sadness. As i walked around. As it was a disaster then.
    Yet much of it was still standing (sorta). For some reason just now i felt the same
    sadness i felt back then. Actually it was not the "ONLY" hollywood mansion in total
    disrepair. But i will spare You the details. And just end with hollywood was so
    disgusting.
    That after a few months i decided to just get out of that ever so EVIL City !!!
    And left ... NEVER... go back again !!!

    • @Kyle_Hester
      @Kyle_Hester  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you for checking it out!

    • @jeffdaglow7135
      @jeffdaglow7135 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Hello, Thank You for a somewhat surprising message BUT i fear i am
      way to old to be hiking around up there. Sorry Jeff

  • @DougB-pg1tf
    @DougB-pg1tf ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Why would someone put the tennis courts so far away and hard to hike to from the house???

    • @Kyle_Hester
      @Kyle_Hester  ปีที่แล้ว

      I think their was more property up there

  • @trenawawrzyniak4397
    @trenawawrzyniak4397 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I like your content but you should have shown before and after photos. You can find photos of what the property looked like back in the late 1950's on Google. It would bring your content to the next level. Do your research. So That way the lazy people who are curious of what it looked like don't have to. It would only improve your content .

    • @Kyle_Hester
      @Kyle_Hester  ปีที่แล้ว

      That is a great idea! Thank you for checking it out. :)

  • @CarlosFernandez-r8o
    @CarlosFernandez-r8o 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Was her name Joi?

    • @Kyle_Hester
      @Kyle_Hester  5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I actually don't know. Thank you for supporting!

  • @stevendavis1940
    @stevendavis1940 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Walking around modern ruins because Errol Flynn was there... OK

    • @Kyle_Hester
      @Kyle_Hester  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Great place to hike too! :)

    • @CarlosFernandez-r8o
      @CarlosFernandez-r8o 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I would have loved to have done that with friends. Did it by myself in the mid seventies after I read his book.

  • @Brian-ey7qs
    @Brian-ey7qs 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Use ariel photos

  • @nickbovi
    @nickbovi ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Lots of womanizing went on at that place.

  • @DonnaFoster-p3j
    @DonnaFoster-p3j 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Kyle, Errol Flynn owned all that property?

    • @Kyle_Hester
      @Kyle_Hester  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      No that was his friend's property. I forget who at the moment. Lol

  • @BJones-gs4hn
    @BJones-gs4hn 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Spider web pool he made a spider web pool

    • @Kyle_Hester
      @Kyle_Hester  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Really? That is awesome!

  • @singin8324
    @singin8324 ปีที่แล้ว

    If I click thumbs up to keep you alive, what happens if I click thumbs down. Just wondering.

    • @Kyle_Hester
      @Kyle_Hester  ปีที่แล้ว

      That just means you don't like the video. Thank you for checking it out!

  • @moggiepetty8577
    @moggiepetty8577 ปีที่แล้ว

    You walked all that way for that ?

    • @Kyle_Hester
      @Kyle_Hester  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It is an awesome hike! :)

  • @Butter615s
    @Butter615s ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What a shame.

  • @BJones-gs4hn
    @BJones-gs4hn 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Spider webs