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Old Posted Oct 5, 2015, 7:21 AM
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The Villain in "Easy Street"

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Originally Posted by tovangar2 View Post
The guy chasing Charlie Chaplin in the scene above is Eric Campbell. I remembered that Campbell had
died in an auto accident, but I never knew it was at Wilshire and Vermont:

December 21, 1917 Los Angeles Times @ LAPL

If he was eastbound on Wilshire in the westbound lanes, and the other car was going north on Vermont,
the accident must have happened right in front of this house:

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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality View Post
The 23-room 'Villa Madama' built for Capt. Allan Hancock's widow, Ida, on the northeast corner of Wilshire Blvd. and Vermont Avenue in 1909.
Sadly, it was demolished in 1938.


http://www.flickr.com/photos/7294653@N07/2378140525/


below: The 'Villa Madama' fronting Wilshire Boulevard with Vermont Avenue in the foreground.
In the center of the photograph is the Villa Florist, a small flower shop.


http://photos.lapl.org/carlweb/jsp/D...wdate=&hidate=

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