Hollywood Celebrity Homes: From Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks to Persian Palaces and Tom Cruise

Hollywood moguls, gangsters and silver screen stars have been obsessed with their homes since the inception of the movie business and the larger entertainment industry. Their self-involved and detailed needs resulted in grandiose monster-sized homes, which dotted the landscape from old Hollywood to Malibu with enclaves of celebrity shrines in Beverly Hills and Bel-Air.