Movie stars sell their homes all the time, for example Sandra Bullock and Vince Vaughn have both bid adieu to properties recently. But what happens when the house itself is the movie star? With star turns in iconic films from The Bodyguard to The Godfather and a career spanning back to 1927, the Beverly House of Los Angeles has just hit the market asking $135 million. Once the home of newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst and actress Marion Davis, the mansion is the embodiment of Old Hollywood glamour.Sitting on a sprawling 3.5-acre estate, the 50,000-square-foot (yes, 50,000-square-foot) main house features 19 bedrooms and 29 full bathrooms. Among the dazzling home’s star features are long colonnades, wide balconies, arched floor-ceiling windows, and generally immense open spaces throughout. Rooms with the most cinematic potential include a two-story library with hand-carved paneling and an intricate billiards room boasting herringbone parquet floors, a hand-carved stone fireplace mantle, and an ornate stonework ceiling.The grounds of the Beverly House, complete with a working fountain, stunning landscaping, three swimming pools, and a motor court, are suitably private considering they once were the site of JFK and Jackie’s honeymoon.Jade Mills of Coldwell Banker has the listing, which was first reported by Architectural Digest.
