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Done & Dunne

46. Laurel Canyon | A Primer

Done & Dunne

Hemlock Creatives

True Crime, History

4.7630 Ratings

🗓️ 25 April 2022

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

In today's episode, we take an tour of Laurel Canyon, from the 16th Century to the Present Day. Laurel Canyon's storied history is fascinating and complex and all the players connect in one timeframe or another. This episode is your foundation and introduction for many of the stories to come in the next few weeks.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:07.6

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0:09.6

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0:15.2

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0:19.5

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0:23.1

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0:25.4

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0:27.1

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0:30.0

Welcome to Dun & Dunn.

0:32.1

I'm Alicia, your hostess on this podcast journey,

0:35.1

All Things Dominic Dunn.

0:37.2

Thanks for joining me today as we continue our tour

0:40.0

through old Hollywood and going to take it back a whole lot of years as we delve into one of the

0:47.9

canyons this week, Laurel Canyon. When we talk about high society as it plays in Hollywood, it is the movie stars, the producers,

0:58.0

the directors, the glamorous people who do form very tight-knit communities, colonies almost,

1:06.5

very similar to the other communities and colonies we've seen develop as we've gone to other locations.

1:13.5

Laurel Canyon does have a storied history, a lot of spider webs.

1:17.8

And when Dominic and his wife and family land in Hollywood in the late 1950s,

1:23.7

they are going to end up in a beach house in Santa Monica before buying their home on Walden Drive over in the Holmbey Hills.

1:32.7

This area, the Holmby Hills, is a little bit closer to Benedict Canyon than Laurel Canyon.

1:39.0

We will be getting to Benedict Canyon in short order, but as we kicked off with the Garden of Alla, Laurel Canyon is

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