Falcon Lair
[2] In an Associated Press interview in Beverly Hills, California on March 31, 1930, actor Harry Carey recounted his experience during a brief stay at Falcon Lair.No more will the spirit of Rudolph Valentino stalk through the spacious rooms of Falcon Lair, the palatial mansion he once occupied on a terrace overlooking Beverly Hills.No more will pale lights, weird moaning and sinister whispering flash and echo through the castle chambers where once the sheik held sway."After several owners, Doris Duke acquired the estate in the early 1950s to be with her companion, jazz musician Joe Castro, and to mingle with the Hollywood crowd.[5] Eventually, she settled on a pattern where she would rotate her residence during the year, staying at Duke Farms in New Jersey and Rough Point in Newport, R.I. during the summer, flying to Falcon Lair on her birthday, November 22 and spending the winter months at Shangri La in Hawaii.[8] Remaining at the property were the former stable building and three-bay garage, converted by Duke into a three-bedroom guesthouse and pool pavilion.
Spanish Colonial RevivalBenedict Canyon, Los AngelesCaliforniaCoordinatesWallace NeffestateBenedict CanyonBel Air, Los AngelesRudolph ValentinoDoris DukeNatacha RambovaAssociated PressBeverly Hills, CaliforniaHarry CareyLos Angeles WestsideJoe CastroSharon Tateher Benedict Canyon neighborDuke FarmsRough PointNewport, R.I.Shangri LaZoot SimsPablo RecordsTeddy EdwardsSonny RollinsMetroJazz RecordsProject MUSELos Angeles Times