Casa del Rio
Description
When British industrialist Walter Price visited California in the 1930s, he was so impressed by Pickfair - the glamorous residence of Hollywood stars Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford - that he decided to construct his own Art Deco mansion back in the Devon countryside. This program examines Price's luxurious creation, a palace fit for Tinseltown complete with a marble staircase built to look like a piano keyboard. Casa del Rio, as Price christened it, also features smaller but no less intriguing accoutrements - Art Deco gadgets such as Bakelite radios and toasters that were cutting-edge for the time. A bar, pool room, and cinema were added later, but with the original Pickfair mansion no longer extant, Casa del Rio stands as a rare example of a fantasy house from the height of England's Art Deco period.
Runtime
29 min
Series
Subjects
- Sculpture (61)
- Decorative arts (49)
- Modernism (Art) (159)
- Architecture, Modern (230)
- Installations (Art) (64)
Geography
Genre
Date of Publication
[2013], c2011
Database
Films on Demand
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