The Wildly Excessive History Of Hollywood’s Party Castle
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ก.ย. 2024
- Of all the places celebrities partied during Hollywood's Golden Age, one of the most popular was more than four hours north of Tinseltown. Movie stars and others among Hollywood's most famous drinkers often attended parties at Hearst Castle in San Simeon, CA, owned by publishing mogul William Randolph Hearst. While Hearst's enormous hillside estate may have inspired the somber epic Citizen Kane, what went on behind the walls of the real castle had a more playful and fun tone - at least until Hearst ran out of money.
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This narrator is the gold standard on TH-cam.
PLEASE NEVER LOSE THIS NARRATOR EVER WE LOVE HIM SO MUCH
It's AI, I think.
@@ivareskesner2019 no, they’ve been using this narrator for years and years and he’s gone away at times to be replaced by other people. Come on, know what you’re talking about before putting weird notions into the universe
@@ivareskesner2019 the guys name is Tom Blank and he’s not A.I
He's not a him but an AI.😅
He's allowed to take breaks FCOL! Just accept that he'll do the majority of the videos and be nice to his temporary replacement. That poor guy doesn't deserve such hate!
"Truth is not only stranger than fiction, it is more interesting." - William Randolph Hearst
In 2023 I took 6 different tours of Hearst Castle. The place in unimaginably packed with antiquities and the ceilings in each room are different and incredibly intricate. Both the Roman and Neptune pools are sights to behold. If you're someone with an 'eye for detail' then you'll love visiting. From the kitchen to the bathrooms, everything is amazing. Also, don't forget there's three guest houses that are located in front of the castle
6 times in one year?
@@steph7738no they make you pay separately for every tour your take. Around 30-40 per person per tour
Having been there many, many times, it is truly spectacular, everyone should visit. And yes, GREAT narrator!
It's a treasure, a by-gone era, that will never come again. Left for us to enjoy.
Not sure if you’ve already done it, but Patty Hearst deserves an episode of her own.
Agreed!
Especially Symbionese Army stuff....
Have been to the castle many times. My mother loved it. My favourite part were the tapestries. Their size and beauty blew me away as a child.
Were the tapestries Scottish?
@@TDK360 I couldn't tell you. Many didn't have any labels or information near them and it has been about 30 years since last I was there. Just curious, why Scottish in particular? I imagine that there may be some images online.
I liked the indoor L pool. Actually it was all great. I was bummed we couldn't see the Neptune pool. It was being refurbished (retrograded?) because of asbestos. Our tour guide said that it was insane when Lady Gaga was there. I'd like to go again some time.
@TDK360 lol not sure how many will get the joke!! I do appreciate it though 😂
@@TDK360 😅
Place Is Absolutely
Gorgeous.. Marble
Pool... Just Beautiful Part of
Cali. Worth the Drive.🎉💗
Here’s the Voice , thanks for keep him on !!😊👍🏼
I've been there twice... and as a CA resident I expect I'll go again.... It may be a monument to excess but it is spectacular.
I've been there twice also
I love that he revved up the Spanish American War then named his castle in Spanish.
Good point.
No worry. With the white Birth Rate what it is, everything will be "renombrado" anyway. 🍷 😇
You’re mad about him doing that in the past, but you’re not mad you’re literally not mad about the news media doing the same do you same players different names?😊
@@arielslack7015 Oh, darling, if you're so angry about the media doing it today, you should see a comment like mine and think, yes, someone else is paying attention. Pointing out past hypocrisy and corruption is a pretty good sign that I'm up on the current events as well.
@@portlandsamberwell put.
I would've been disappointed if he didn't quipped that "oh my!" after listing all the animals. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Inherited 11 Million in 1919.... Damn.
And still managed to find himself in bankruptcy
No income tax either...
Yeah, you know--a 'self-made' man
@@Yeoldelole and his long-time mistress, Marion Davies, helped him.....financially
@@Yeoldelole Just Like Most Big Lottery Winners that simply Overspend to satisfy their Lusts
Scottys castle in Death Valley was quite the party place. Extremely interesting history and is beautiful
I toured the castle with my parents when I was a child. Don't remember too much about it except for an indoor fountain that flowed over some brightly colored tiles. Beautiful effect! Also remember seeing the remaining parts of the zoo.
I had the honor to visit Hurst Castle twice with my grandmother. She grew up in a small town just south of the castle. Beautiful memories 💖
I absolutely love this place it’s part of my family history as well so Hearst Castle holds a special place in my heart❤
Ok
.Flow some Hearst cash over here.
My grandma use to hang out there with Victor French
Oh word?
It's a fascinating place to visit.
Visited this home 3 times growing up in Ca. It is an amazing place..
I performed here in Hearts’ private movie with my college choir in 2009. We sang Vivaldi to a bunch of Castle donors. You can feel the weird energy from all the historical relics he hoarded and collected, a very strange and fascinating place!
I'd like to know the continuing history of Hearst Castle after Hearst died.
The entire property was donated to the State of California. For tax reasons, the contents were donated over a 20-year period. The state makes a lot of money, conducting all those tours.
it's still there
I took one of the 4 Hearst Castle tours in 1999, the one of the main House, and it just reminded me that some people have way too much wealth. With that amount of wealth, one really should reassess their ethical values.
So, what have you done for the poor and indigent in the past year? He probably gave more to charity in one month than you've given in a lifetime.
I'm sure purely as a tax write off if they had them in his day. Nonetheless, 10% of billions is not much of a sacrifice compared to 10% of a few hundred when it comes to owning enough to live on. So tell me, what did he give since you seem to think you know? I've done a lot of giving considering how little I have. But this man had gold leaf imbedded in decking of his indoor pool. No one needs that much put into a pool deck. That's nothing but a status display and a blatant waist of wealth that could serve better elsewhere.@@danidavis7912
I toured the castle a couple of times as a kid. It’s just amazing how rich he was. Filthy rich…
Thanks for this! 🏰
My boo and I love going to Hearst castle!!
I was just there in November! It’s sort of amazing & appalling at the same time. ✌🏼
Yes I would like to tour that place for sure. But wow it amazes me with people with endless money choose to spend it on.
Fascinating ❤
There aren't many places I care to go but this is definitely on my bucket list 😍
Let's see the construction photos! I call Bravo Sierra that Hearst built this castle.
Interesting theory? Why do u question if he had castle built? There are numerous illuminate related items in house and strange depictions of children, if you know what to look for it stands out , almost in every room ,kinda weird vibe in some areas
A must see.
Been there and seen how magnificent it really is. And even Mr. Hearst private home at Wytoon. Was a great man
looks like the depiction of hearst on "deadwood" was dead on 😁
You forgot Jean Harlow as a Guest...
Once at dinner, Hearst commented on her scanty clad dinner dress and asked her to change her gown..
She returned 10 min. Later wearing an overcoat! 😮
The tour is dope. Y'all should go.
Great story! Love this guy! I went to Hearst Castle in 2010. What a Xanadu!
Thank you! Awesome video, as usual. I went there many years ago. It is a very beautiful and interesting place!
This is great! Correction on a few things: Hearst never said he could obtain Julia Morgan for a discount - you are probably mistaking a quote from John Galen Howard whom Julia Morgan worked for early in her career - John Galen Howard boasted that he didn't have to pay his new architect that much as it was "only a woman" - also, Hearst Castle was never a home that the family moved in to, their main residence was New York, Hearst Castle was a vacation home. Hearst inherited the fortune after his mom died. When George Hearst died the fortune went to Phoebe Hearst not WRH.
Sincerely, A Hearst Castle Guide. :)
I’ve visited the Hearst Castle, five times to make sure I saw all of the property. Fascinating place! Plus, I visited the property 3 times before the PLO bomb part of the property.
They even had a mini museum in the parking lot that was fabulous❤
I've been to the Biltmore castle in North Carolina, love to see a program on its history.
While filming my scenes for the movie called "To Live and Die and Live" I definitely did not venture into Hearst Castle. It could be cursed
Always go to hear your voice, tom
I've never been, but it's within 3 hours drive of me. I should check it out someday.
Coity Castle has a cool story History. Gave a look. 😎👌🏽
My Uncle was a landscaper for the Hearst castle in the 80s. He says he got to swim in the pool a few times. My grandparents had a huge poster of the castle.
My Uncle swears the place is haunted, he turns white if you ask about the ghosts.
Well, if you’re gonna haunt a house when you’re dead, yeah, I’d pick that one
Hearst Castle is pretty cool to see! I recommend checking out.
5:01 Jag-wires? Lol
Been to Hearse Castle decades ago. Had a piece of gold leaf tile from one of the swimming pools. Mom hung on to it for safe keeping. IDK what happened to it.
I'm here for the narrator. Oh and the story seems interesting too 😉
7:16 That's awesome.
Hearst acolytes were attacking Welles well into the 1990s, trying character assassination that never stuck, but it did make it hard for him to find work. I went on the Hearst Castle tour, and it's beautiful, though his taste was in his shoe. When we got to the indoor pool, the reverb made it irrestistable, and I got vigorously 'shushed' by the tour guide after I imitated the narrator in "Citizen Kane", starting "XANADU..."
I've been there a couple times and it's worth a trip. The entire area is gorgeous with things to do. As far as the castle, there are I believe four tours you can choose from. The last time I was driving to it we saw zebras hanging out by the fencline and pulled over to try and pet them. Absolutely random.
Didnt quite do your homework.... 720,000 acres total at one point!
Bigger than the state of Delaware!!
I've been there and it's one of the most beautiful houses there in California. If Cali falls off into the ocean that house and the Sarah Winchester House should be saved! The Sarah Winchester House has over 250 million dollars worth of custom Lewis comfort Tiffany stained glass in it. For the Hearst castle it's the swimming pools that do it for me❤
I love this place ❤
Fun fact. If you go across the highway and slightly north of Hearst castle, there’s a gap in the fence and you can walk right up to gigantic elephant seals
Oh my😂😂😂
This is the voice.
How did he dump on the movie with his newspapers if he sold most of the newspapers in the late 1930s and you said Citizen Kane was released in 1941 and he died in 1941 I’m confused
Visiting as a child.I'll never forget seeing the zoo when you drive up and the infinity point
11:56 If I had the money...
1:36 yes unknown,,meanwhile the spanish frog men found clear sings of INTERNAL explosion in 1898
Mr. Hurst didn't serve alcohol nor allowed smoking due to the floors ..😮
When served wine they most likely dranked outside...😮I know this because of in laws of William..
hearst was the original epstein
Imagine all the baby sashimi they had at that place and the dark twisted ritualistic sacrifices. The maids sure had a lot to clean up the morning after. What a time to be alive.
Eat yer heart out, Hef!
I want a place like this, I'd be a hotel and I'd have my own suite
As soon as he said “for ppl who can’t get into Disneyland “ I was done
Do a video about Pickfair.
Interesting...How about Ormonds Castle Ireland or Scotland???..☺️
A house of evil - Hearst Castle.
Actually it means
“The Nice Cost”. Lol
Probably implying he didn’t use much of his money 😆
Around 5:38, what is meduckian?
It's a reference to Scrooge Mcduck cartoon. He was over the top wealthy.
McDuckian--yeah it's Scrooge McDuck-style living
“You provide the pictures, I’ll provide the war.”
I liked the Super Chief (Ford) and E-10 (Chevy)77³$:
10 million for that whole estate .
11:45 - just his Beverly Hills home would be waaaaay plenty for me, ffs....
Cool
Welcome back good sir.
Could you not find a picture of the actual dining room?
Dracula’s castle please 🙏
imagine spending that kind of money due to an inflated ego while people are going hungry all over the world.. what a jerk
I used to work there, I smoked pot in the right bell tower 😌
Do a viedo of the battle of alcatraz
I want a wizard.
What about Marion Davies?
And we all know what "Rosebud" meant.
McDuckian Domian, Hahahahah!
His property was half the size of Rhode Island. Can you how many cities could have been built on that land?
I thought it was called Zanadu
So this is what the opening scene of Babylon was based on?
Obviously family wasn't that wealthy as Patti had to rob bank
Rose Bud.
I’ve been to San Simon but not Hearst castle
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Playful, sure
dude is trash but that place is amazing. went once but definitely ‘wanna go again.