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11-955: Jay Paley and his brother Samuel were Jewish Russian immigrants who had founded the Congress Cigar Company, manufacturers of the La Palina brand, in Chicago in the 1890s. The Paley family founded the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS), and Paley subsequently sold a substantial shareholding in 1928 for several million dollars. He became a film producer in the early 1930s, and in 1934 founded JayPay Productions with film executive Walter Wanger in association with Paramount Studios in 1934. He sold further CBS shares to Samuel Paley, his brother, and his nephew William S. Paley to finance his film production company. Paley and his wife Lilian moved to Los Angeles, and

22-545: A Classical design with landscape architect c.1932 and built by the Paddock Pool Complex. The pool house contains a bar and grill and games room. The success of the swimming complex convinced Paley to commission the main house from Williams. The pool is known as the Zodiac pool as the base features the 12 signs of the Zodiac in blue, yellow and gold tiles imported from France with a sunburst design. The pool house

33-425: A residence that was both traditional and contemporary". The style of the house has also been described as Hollywood Regency and English Georgian. The house was built by the building contractors O'Neal and Sons, at a cost of $ 100,000 (equivalent to $ 2,222,330 in 2023). The interior of the house was designed by Harriet R. Shellenberger, her interior designs were removed in 1961 following Paley's death. The interior

44-806: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Cigar box A cigar box is a box container for cigar packaging . Traditionally cigar boxes have been made of wood , cardboard or paper . Spanish cedar has been described as the "best" kind of wood for cigar boxes because of its beautiful grain, fine texture, and pleasant odor and ability to keep out insects. Eucalyptus and yellow poplar have been popular substitutes that were sometimes stained and scented to resemble it. Other typical woods for cigar boxes include mahogany, elm, and white oak; less-popular are basswood, Circassian walnut , and rosewood. There are several types of cigar boxes, differing both in construction and purpose. The following are common boxes: Cigar boxes, labels, and bands are considered

55-485: The dining room, a breakfast room, and four maids rooms with a separate living room. A private garden for the servants is located next to the service wing . Writing in The Legendary Estates of Beverly Hills , Jeffrey Hyland felt that the house marked a 'new direction' for Williams as "He started with the traditional English Georgian style and then gave the residence a thoroughly modernist spirit, creating

66-503: The grandson of Sam Paley, has reclaimed the rights to the La Palina name and currently produces La Palina cigars once again. Within the context of La Palina cigar boxes , the interior and exterior images featured Goldie Drell Paley, Sam Paley's wife, dressed in a Spanish costume. The name "La Palina" originated from "the female Paley" and was chosen to reflect the portrait used in the product's marketing. This product article

77-409: The house also has extended northeast and southwest wings, with a two-story conical roof supported by columns summouting the semicircular southeast wing. A central hall runs the entire length of the house from north to south. A large living room is to the right, it opens to a small garden and ornamental pond. The first floor is the site of the music room and the library. The east side of the house contains

88-451: The house until his death in 2019. The Hilton family sold the estate in May 2021 to former Google CEO Eric Schmidt for $ 61.5 million. The two-story brick house is designed as a modified H-plan, made up of 32 rooms. The northwest and southwest wings and center are extended to form an E-configuration from the flat facade. The entrance door is framed with wooden columns and a pediment. The rear of

99-615: The house was commissioned. Williams had previously designed a house for Jay Paley's nephew, William S. Paley, at 200 South Mapleton Drive that was completed in 1934. Paley subsequently invested in the Arrowhead Springs Hotel , which was also designed by Williams. After Paley's death in 1961, the furnishings were sold at auction and the estate subdivided and developed. The house, retaining the pool & tennis court, sold for $ 475,000 (equivalent to $ 4,843,096 in 2023) to Barron Hilton . The businessman and hotelier lived at

110-529: Was featured on the cover of Architectural Digest in 1933. La Palina La Palina is an American cigar brand that holds historical significance in the realms of radio and advertising. The brand received sponsorship from the Congress Cigar Company, which was under the ownership of Sam Paley, the father of CBS founder William S. Paley . La Palina gained a notable association with Kate Smith 's initial CBS radio network program titled " Kate Smith and Her Swanee Music ". In recent times, William C. Paley,

121-570: Was redesigned by Kathryn Crawford in the 1960s; Crawford's designs for the house were featured in Architectural Digest in September 1968, including gold bathroom faucets across its 13 bathrooms. After redecorating, Hilton displayed his collection of guns and model airplanes. The house also has an 80-seat movie screening room and an elevator. The swimming pool and the pool house precede the main house and were designed by Williams to

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