John Elgin Woolf's Hollwood Regency

1139 Tower Rd., Beverly Hills, CA. Photograph of exterior entry way with two lamps and Asian influenced statues . Courtesy Art, Architecture & Design Museum, UCSB

139 Tower Rd., Beverly Hills, CA. Photograpic view of the swimming pool and pavillion. Photo by George de Gennaro. Courtesy Art, Architecture & Design Museum, UCSB

1139 Tower Rd., Beverly Hills, CA. Courtesy Art, Architecture & Design Museum, UCSB

1196 Brooklawn Drive, Los Angeles, CA. Entrance detail, photograph by Max Eckert. Courtesy Art, Architecture & Design Museum, UCSB

Proposed Residence in Nassau, Bahamas. Entrance Court Façade. Courtesy Art, Architecture & Design Museum, UCSB

"Day Dream House." Ink and watercolor rendering of façade. Courtesy Art, Architecture & Design Museum, UCSB

"Daydream House" (Los Angeles). Ground floor plan. Courtesy Art, Architecture & Design Museum, UCSB

Alteration for Mrs. Cary Grant (Barbara Hutton), Bel Air. Courtesy Art, Architecture & Design Museum, UCSB

Entrance Façade, photograph by Fred A. Dappich silver gelatin print. Courtesy Art, Architecture & Design Museum, UCSB.

The Pendleton house was considered one of Woolf's more perfect an iconic homes, and was eventually the home of producer Robert Evans. In a Vanity Fair interview with Matt Tyrnauer, Evans spoke of the house: "The deal for The Godfather was made here; the deal for Chinatown was made here. Orson Welles loved to come here, and Alain Delon stayed here for six months. Roman Polanski lived here after [his wife Sharon Tate’s] murder. Laurence Olivier lived here for six months when he was making Marathon Man. Some very famous women stayed here, but I can’t — let me just phrase it that I’ve had at least three dozen above-the-title female stars stay here. I don’t mean for the night — I mean they resided here for a while."

Alteration, Beverly Hills. Entrance façade. Courtesy Art, Architecture & Design Museum, UCSB

325 North Carolwood, West Los Angeles, CA, 1969. Graphite on vellum rendering of house façade. "Office of John Woolf" written large at top of drawing. Courtesy Art, Architecture & Design Museum, UCSB

Photo portrait of John Elgin Woolf. Courtesy Art, Architecture & Design Museum, UCSB

Condominium Type A. Courtesy Marrakesh Country Club Collection

Courtesy Marrakesh Country Club Collection

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