Photos © Robin Dunitz
Date
1970
Location
Sunset Blvd. and Vine St. (northeast corner)
Home Savings of America, exterior and interior
Media Notes
Designed by Sheets and Hertel. Executed by Denis O'Connor.
Description
Of the close to 40 Home Savings that Sheets designed, this was one of his personal favorites. It sits on the site where the first full-length Hollywood film was made. Outside, at the building's front and rear, are portraits of major movie stars in vertical mosaic strips alternating with hundreds of famous Hollywood names carved in gold. A stained glass window inside, designed by Susan Hertel, shows film strips of classic movie chase scenes. A painted Sheets' mural, also inside, shows the shooting of the first Hollywood feature.
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