THE BEAUTIFUL DESIGN OF CIELO DRIVE

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8 жыл бұрын

Beautiful French actress Michele Morgan, now living in Hollywood decides to build her dream home with the money she had made from her hit movie "Joan of Paris." Michele hired Architect J.F Wadkins, in 1941, he builds her dream home, now famous, on Cielo Drive in Beverly Hills, California.
In her autobiography "Avec Les Yeux-là", Michele Morgan, tells an ominous anecdote about moving to Hollywood during WWII. Once she arrived, she had a house built at 10050 Cielo Drive, slightly isolated from the other star mansions. She was really scared at the thought of staying alone at the place and claimed that she often heard "sinister" noises. She initially hired some domestics to keep her company, but eventually sent them away when they turned out to be drunkards and thieves. For a while she kept living there with a friend, but, once she married William Marshall, he demanded that she sell the mansion and move in with him because, in his family's conservative views, it was dishonorable for a man to live at his woman's place.
In 1969 the house became the site of Sharon Tate's murder by the followers of Charles Manson.

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@spitfire3984 Жыл бұрын

This home was breathtaking. The fact it was demolished is sad. The monstrous mega mansion in its place is horrendous.

@cathygiuliana9089 2 жыл бұрын

How could anyone destroy such a beautiful masterpiece as this! Cryin’ Shame!

@margaretrutkowska1559 Ай бұрын

I agree! But evil visited so maybe that’s why

@philging 3 жыл бұрын

What a great house it was - beautiful setting and style.

@nativetexanful Жыл бұрын

Despite the terrible tragedy that occurred there that should not have been demolished.

@CalTxDude 8 жыл бұрын

George Smith what a lovely tribute to Unpretentious Elegance. I've actually fallen in love with the home...that once was. Well done!

@BruTube 6 жыл бұрын

Absolutely beautiful and sad. The music made me want to cry. The home was so lovely and innocent a scene for such tragedy.

@sinnombre-xs9ub 4 жыл бұрын

That beautiful, wistful music is from the score of “ To Kill a Mockingbird”

@nativetexanful Жыл бұрын

Too bad that house was demolished. Should have never happened despite the terrible tragedy that occurred there.

@rhwinner 2 жыл бұрын

Michele Morgan: so successful, so famous, so glamorous, now so forgotten. Oh, the ephemeral nature of life.... 😔

@A.Netizen.Since.2010 2 жыл бұрын

..This beautiful large piece of art was sitting on gorgeous location in a dreamland...Little did the Beverly Hills know. .that it'd turn into a most depressing murder house on a cursed weekend night towards the end of the 60's... 😔 ..That location is only scary. .during high magnitude Earthquakes.....There used to be a well on the property when Michelle Morgan was living there...I wonder if it was discarded or removed as Sharon Tate & Roman Polanski rented the abode when Terry Melcher left it... ..I never got the chance to see some of the interiors of 10050 Cielo Dr. home before...Thanks a trillion to Mr. Smith for the opportunity... . . 🙏🏼

@sandydorda4959 2 жыл бұрын

I absolutely adore the original charm and beauty of the home with Michele Morgan lived there. Such a tragedy what happened there. Not sure if anyone could have lived there very long after that. Thank you for preserving the beautiful memories of the home and sharing it for everyone to see.

@copperbluej1997 8 жыл бұрын

The home fit the area so beautifully and is looks just timeless. The monstrosity lying on the property now doesn't suit the area and is plain gaudy. Luckily, photos remain of a sweet, charming and lovely home.

@OnTheFritz602 6 жыл бұрын

I agree, that house never should have been demolished. Building that monstrosity and changing the address doesn't erase what happened at that location.

@stephaniestanley8041 6 жыл бұрын

copperblueJ charming, indicative of the Bringing Up Baby style.

@mousetreehouse6833 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for preserving and sharing an important part of our shared cultural history.

@michellebaker1974 4 жыл бұрын

I would have loved to of lived there in Michele Morgan time. It was beautifully kept then. What a beautiful home and area.

@sharonletchford9375 2 жыл бұрын

It was ALWAYS BEUTIFULLY kept!!

@lindalee5871 3 жыл бұрын

So pretty..what a terrible tragedy.....the house was so innocent...and lovely...

@oksanavodka Жыл бұрын

There is a home in my town that reminds me so much of the Tate house. I love it so much, so when I drive by it I always smile. Wish one day I could buy it if it ever comes up for sale. I would never sell it, if I were the owner. What a beautiful home this once was.

@ramonahaner3767 3 жыл бұрын

The music is from the movie "To Kill a Mockingbird" the theme in the book/movie meaning mockingbirds don't do harm they are here to give their beautiful song. Makes me think of the lovely Sharon Tate. RIP to all those who passed at this resident in August 1969.

@ccjjpp1966 3 жыл бұрын

What a beautiful house! Michele Morgan really knew how to decorate too.

@StONed-mb1iv 3 жыл бұрын

What IS cool is seeing the pine trees so young in the early photos of the home. Especially the old B/W shot from the pool area. If the trees could talk instead of whisper.....

@caveman3021 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for posting this vintage video! I cant get over how bald the grounds are of trees and vegetation. We see from the crime scene photos in the late 60s that it was quite well hidden from view by trees and bushes. Such a shame it was demolished in 1993. Surely someone would have loved it, despite its dark past. Cheers from Canada : )

@radamik 2 жыл бұрын

Some of the houses in a suburban Philly town (Elkins Park) built in the 40s have a French look and the interior detail - fireplaces, bookshelves, woodwork etc. - are really beautiful. My mother’s rich relatives had a house from that era with yellow kitchen appliances including (in 1946) a dishwasher!

@lindalee5871 4 жыл бұрын

Beautiful home.....to think years later the crime of the century would happen there.....so pretty.......the nicest it ever looked........the style so in keeping with the house...

@jinnybergan8978 4 жыл бұрын

Its so hard to believe that evil lurked in every corner the night of August,8,1969 in this cozy, beautiful home. Its a shame it was torn down but I would imagine no one would want to live there now, too many memories of the horrendous murders. It was the perfect home to raise a family and Sharon and Roman would have been amazing parents to little Paul. God bless them..

@sherrihobbs3464 4 жыл бұрын

It was 8/9/69 when they were murdered.

@raquellambropoulos279 3 жыл бұрын

I would of lived there no problem

@nativetexanful Жыл бұрын

@@raquellambropoulos279 I would too. Despite the awful tragedy that occurred there it was still a beautiful home. It was very quaint so unique. It should have never been demolished.

@Handiman544 5 жыл бұрын

Happy, innocent times long past. Who could have ever imagined what was in horrible future laid in waiting.

@Badfingerbabe777 8 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing these rare unseen pictures of the Tate house. It was a beautiful cozy home. I did not know who Michele Morgan is, the French actress. I wonder if she lived to see what happened to her house? I love the big porches and lots of windows. I would not like to live in home where a tragic event happened but it would be fun to have seen it since Sharon was there. Although I believe her spirit moved on along with her friends. God Bless them.

@caseystutzman568 8 жыл бұрын

I just looked her up on IMDb and it says she's still alive! They have a lot of interesting info on her on there. 😊

@jamesmichael7991 4 жыл бұрын

@@caseystutzman568 Michele Morgan died in 2016 I believe

@FrankiesFancy 3 жыл бұрын

Thats a really good question. I also wonder if she had heard and what she had thought as she did not like living there alone. She claimed to have heard "sinister" noises. Mark Lindsay of "Paul Revere and his Raiders" claimed that there was something "off" about the master bedroom, how he would walk all the way from the front door, around the house, to get to the pool rather than go through the French doors off of the master bedroom. It was Rudy Altobelli, the man who owned the house when Sharon was murdered, who made up the claim that there was a "lady in white" ghost who had killed herself on the property because she caught her husband cheating on her and would chase off pretty young women. But Rudy was openly gay during a time when that was not acceptable and I do believe he was a bit bitter about that and was a bit misogynistic and didn't like Mark or Terry Melcher having women in his house. Its plausible, as Rudy Altobelli sued Sharon's parents for "damages" resulting from the attack on their daughter. If that isn't lowlife and disgusting, then I don't know what is. Especially with the image of Sharon's father on his knees washing up his daughters blood from the carpet. Altobelli was a disgusting man.

@Zeke1379 2 жыл бұрын

@@FrankiesFancy so was roman polanski

@janiceince1965 Жыл бұрын

She died in 2016 so I'm sure she knew about her beloved home and the murders. And when they tore it down. 😢

@dr662 8 жыл бұрын

Such a beautiful house.

@radamik 5 жыл бұрын

Gorgeous 1940s French provincial style - love that kitchen, especially the stove - I’m sure that was a top of the line appliance for the time - interior was probably done by a top L A decorator, bet the cost of the house and furnishing was still under $100,000.

@katika44 4 жыл бұрын

It' a French Normand style.

@1jiko1 2 жыл бұрын

Morgan built it for $32,000 (equivalent of a little less than $500,000 today).

@lauraorsini73 Жыл бұрын

C'est Michèle Morgan, qui avait créé, elle même toute la décoration, tout avait été fait selon ces goûts.....magnifique Michèle.

@acastrohowell 4 жыл бұрын

So cozy and beautiful

@DD-hy1nl 4 жыл бұрын

To think this once cozy lovely inviting home would one day be turned into the house of horrors in 1969...So sad for the people who were murder there and for the home that was once so sweet and lovely.

@SuperNevile 4 жыл бұрын

So once again the word "Cielo" (Sky) appears in the news, almost 50 years to the day. A tragic coincidence? I don't know. But what is certain is that nothing has been learnt in the last 50 years, with talk of "race wars". What is ironic is the latest massacre occured in El Paso, a Spanish name (along with San Francisco San Diego Los Angeles, San Antonio etc. etc.). Don't these "white kids" get taught American History in their schools?

@SuperNevile 4 жыл бұрын

@@crapple009 get your point ~ my reaction was "knee-jerk" :-(

@terryyates8014 2 жыл бұрын

Was such a beautiful home.

@lincmerc1581 13 күн бұрын

I loved this house so much I emulated as much as I could with my own home. Even the fence along the front.

@onionjohnny4998 Жыл бұрын

Of all the rich and famous people in L.A , i can't believe somebody didn't buy the property so that it stayed with us and was not demolished forever . What a shame ! . . . .

@ShannonLee1956 4 жыл бұрын

It was so much more cozy and polished looking then. When Sharon lived there I don't even recall seeing any window dressing aside from cheap looking black out kind of shades in the guest bedroom. I think I heard Sharon was going to redecorate but of coarse never got a chance to. George Smith you may know this but others may not, in the master bedroom are night stands that were there when Lillian Gish lived there. I just discovered this not long ago and found it interesting.

@jamesmichael7991 4 жыл бұрын

It's probably where Jay Sebrings's beer and the ashtray with the roach in it were found by the cops the day after the murders

@hollylynn9322 3 жыл бұрын

It waz such a beautiful cozy home ~ until that nite of true horror😢RiP to them all❣🕊🌈

@ProudKansan08 5 жыл бұрын

Not a big fan of 1940's style of interior design, like some of it, but, not all of it, but, seriously, I love how the house was decorated MUCH better than when people were renting it back during the 1960's and during Sharon's short stay in the house. Thank you, George for putting this up.

@Chrisfeb68 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely gorgeous house and the views are unbelievable.

@Modguy61 8 жыл бұрын

Thank you, George :-D Beautiful job, as always.

@dorianmatthes9512 2 жыл бұрын

The music is the score from the brilliant movie To Kill A Mockingbird. So beautiful and so unbelievably sad. I have often thought of the terror these innocent people lived that night. And when the few remaining members have gone up for parole and they have their letters attesting to what wonderful people they have become. And then the look on their face when their parole was denied, they actually looked pissed! And was it Susan Adkins and Tex Watson who had become " born again" Gee they got the chance to be born again and little Paul and wasn't given even one chance to be born at all.These subhuman pieces of s--t were given life when they should have been given death as painful and frightening as they gave Steve, Sharon , her baby, Jay, Abigail, Voytec Leno and Rosemary. They had to have been so scared. These creeps didn't deserve life in prison.

@janiceince1965 Жыл бұрын

I absolutely love the song from To kill a Mockingbird.. Beautiful George

@DmPmRr1959 3 жыл бұрын

They never should have torn it down.

@brunonapert206 3 жыл бұрын

Merci M.George!!!

@RoyalBeautyShop 4 жыл бұрын

Beautiful!

@aprilg9315 8 жыл бұрын

Wow George Thank You

@paulyandle1286 3 жыл бұрын

To Kill a Mockingbird...Elmer Bernstein. 1962. Beautifully appropriate.

@Alexander-tj2dn 4 жыл бұрын

Michele Morgan was a great actress.

@alanbrown4445 2 жыл бұрын

Such a beautifull house its a shame it was demolished , i dont see why a memory of a lovely house should be tainted by the actions of a madman and his followers , its not the fault of the house its good people that make a house a home and sharon tate would have made it a loving home !

@dave1956 Жыл бұрын

What a cool house. It’s just too bad on more than one count how the house was a part of history.

@ghost-ez2zn Жыл бұрын

Did Michele Morgan know about the horror in 1969? What was the purpose of the loft? It was a very charming house. Until...

@jamesmichael7991 5 жыл бұрын

It was a beautiful house. A couple of armed guards and a few proffesionally trained Rottweilers with a taste for hippie scumbags & it still could be. Sharon would be 76 & her son 50 this August

@DeepScreenAnalysis 4 жыл бұрын

The actions of the Manson family does not reflect all hippies.

@crapple009 4 жыл бұрын

Actually, the Manson Family referred to themselves as 'Slippies', having slipped through society.

@jamesmichael7991 4 жыл бұрын

@@crapple009 ok hippie aside, scumbags. I don't think anybody other than Manson family sympathizers and conspiracy theorists can argue with that

@cherihill2003 4 жыл бұрын

Well said.

@cerberus732 3 жыл бұрын

@@jamesmichael7991 A few bad apples...

@melissaonorati2243 3 жыл бұрын

I meant to say that it was so sad that Michelle's Morgan's House had to be a Crime scene

@crapple009 4 жыл бұрын

Apparently there is a lot of paranormal activity on Cielo Drive. Just wondering if it had been going on before the murders?

@tammybrown4901 3 жыл бұрын

Was indian land

@Daisypetal100 5 жыл бұрын

It was a beautiful home.

@rhondaforbes5418 3 жыл бұрын

Are there any photos of the inside of the caretakers cottage. I find it hard to believe he didn’t see or hear anything that night, numerous gunshots, and screams. I know he changed his story over the years, but if he did see and hear something, why didn’t he go for help, after the killers left. His version of events, doesn’t add up..

@IanP1963 4 жыл бұрын

Beautiful - tainted by the monstrosity that was Manson not the building which is there now!

@getlauriekor 3 жыл бұрын

So beautiful and tragic.

@terrymitchell6935 2 жыл бұрын

If I had money, Id buy the house (it was for sale earlier this year, could still be) and then tear that house down and restore this house to its original. lol, the neighbors would think I was a nut but I prefer this house to some gaudy mansion. It has such a beauty and rich history. Sigh.

@nadyoliveira241 5 жыл бұрын

A casa era bem diferente na época que Michele Morgan morava. .tinha poucas árvores!

@melissaonorati2243 3 жыл бұрын

It's so sad that such a Beautiful actress as Michelle Morgan and the House had to be a Crime scene with I think it was 9 people who were killed from the Charles Manson Demonic evil Family; my Prayers and Condolences to the Victims Family and Friends

@TheScunion 5 жыл бұрын

So sad that this beautiful home was besotted with such tragic circumstances. The new build makes me want to puke.

@jamesmichael7991 4 жыл бұрын

It was gorgeous. That new thing on the property is a sequin encrusted 💩

@frankb821 Жыл бұрын

If I ever become a multi-millionaire, first thing I'm doing is buying this property, tearing down the monstrosity currently sitting on it, and rebuilding the old house precisely. Then selling it to someone who will preserve that version.

@margaretrutkowska1559 Ай бұрын

I wish you could do that

@Gynajones-vk8gj 3 жыл бұрын

Cielo is Heaven in Spanish 💜

@lindalee5871 4 жыл бұрын

the house at its best....when I look at those rafters....terrible shame..

@Mickcotton 3 жыл бұрын

So Beautiful. Such A Shame Even Trent Reznor Defiled that house and named it Pig Studios. To record his Devil Music. He Stole the front door Absolutely Horrifying. The New house is Absolutely Massive. Who owns it Now ? RIP to The Victims 😪

@caveman3021 3 жыл бұрын

Its someone who worked on the show Full House. Frank something? His name escapes me..

@ccjjpp1966 3 жыл бұрын

Did Michele Morgan ever comment as to what happened to Sharon Tate and the others in 1969 at the house she had built 25+ years prior? I was searching on the internet for an interview or something and didn't really find anything.

@tinaliang909 3 жыл бұрын

NO...

@snapnpiksallthetime7672 Жыл бұрын

I wonder who the architect was that designed this beautiful home

@janes6894 3 ай бұрын

At 1:39 is what started the rumor that the house was designed by Robert Byrd. We know that’s not true since the 10050 Building Application from 1941 shows it was Arthur W. Hawes.

@peternewman1179 Жыл бұрын

That big white front door was there way back then.. Creepy… 😮

@abbysbud1 2 жыл бұрын

The tiny trees were incredibly poignant to me for some reason. 💔

@dras8533 8 жыл бұрын

Era una casa meravigliosa come Sharon

@_Sakidora_ 6 жыл бұрын

Such a gorgeous house, destroyed to create a 12-year olds version of what a rich persons house should look like.

@lindalee5871 4 жыл бұрын

Awful I hate those vile carbuncles...those silly OTT houses in Beverley Hills.....they think they look impressive half the time they look silly and pretentious....10050 looked pretty and approachable like a real home.....

@tonyadenton9196 3 жыл бұрын

@@lindalee5871 Yep...I hear some foreigner from the middle east or Pakistan owns it, that's why it looks so "gawdy" I suppose most of California doesn't look nice anymore.

@stephaniestanley8041 Жыл бұрын

Some people did live there after Sharon's death. But the dream and the house died that horrific night. It was for the best to demolish it.

@jamestan3458 5 жыл бұрын

Very sad🙁

@geraldinman5633 5 жыл бұрын

They should have left it alone

@ProudKansan08 5 жыл бұрын

It is rare when THAT is done to nice houses in the LA environs. Rich people like to tear down the old and build new. Sadly, that's the way it is over there. I've read it so many times.

@SuperNevile 4 жыл бұрын

@@ProudKansan08 I now think that that was what Tarantino was partly on about in his film. The "old" Hollywood represented by this house and location ended in 1969 as did the film. In my view the future is exemplified by the monstrosity that is there now, and is representative of where Hollywood went next.

@lindalee5871 4 жыл бұрын

it looks so beautiful...until that beam comes into view......

@carol-annseitzinger1610 3 жыл бұрын

My thought exactly when it came to view 😓