Artist, early Pasadena settler, socialite and philanthropist. Mrs. Eva Scott Fenyes, an artist, married first a general in the U.S. Marine Corps then a titled Hungarian neurologist. The Fenyes Mansion is the current site of the Pasadena Museum.
The Fenyes Mansion was the first residence in the West San Gabriel Valley to encourage film production on its property. Eva Scott Fenyes welcomed film crews to her estate and took photos of the well-known actors and directors.
In 1912, D.W. Griffith became the first to use the property as a film location for his period costume drama When Kings Were the Law, starring Mabel Normand and Mae Marsh (retitled The Necklace). The property's film credits also include:
* Being There (1979) - Peter Sellers
* Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years (1977, made-for-television)
* The Immigrants (1978, made for television)
* The Mirror Crack'd (1981) -- Rock Hudson, Angela Lansbury, Kim Novak, Elizabeth Taylor
* Newsies (1992) -- Christian Bale
* Reggie Mixes In (1916) -- Douglas Fairbanks and Bessie Love
* Renunciation (1914) -- Edna Payne
* A Testimony of Two Men (1977, made for television)
* Western Blood (retitled Western Life, 1918) -- Tom Mix
* The West Wing (2003, television series)
The Fenyes Mansion was the first residence in the West San Gabriel Valley to encourage film production on its property. Eva Scott Fenyes welcomed film crews to her estate and took photos of the well-known actors and directors.
In 1912, D.W. Griffith became the first to use the property as a film location for his period costume drama When Kings Were the Law, starring Mabel Normand and Mae Marsh (retitled The Necklace). The property's film credits also include:
* Being There (1979) - Peter Sellers
* Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years (1977, made-for-television)
* The Immigrants (1978, made for television)
* The Mirror Crack'd (1981) -- Rock Hudson, Angela Lansbury, Kim Novak, Elizabeth Taylor
* Newsies (1992) -- Christian Bale
* Reggie Mixes In (1916) -- Douglas Fairbanks and Bessie Love
* Renunciation (1914) -- Edna Payne
* A Testimony of Two Men (1977, made for television)
* Western Blood (retitled Western Life, 1918) -- Tom Mix
* The West Wing (2003, television series)
Artist, early Pasadena settler, socialite and philanthropist. Mrs. Eva Scott Fenyes, an artist, married first a general in the U.S. Marine Corps then a titled Hungarian neurologist. The Fenyes Mansion is the current site of the Pasadena Museum.
The Fenyes Mansion was the first residence in the West San Gabriel Valley to encourage film production on its property. Eva Scott Fenyes welcomed film crews to her estate and took photos of the well-known actors and directors.
In 1912, D.W. Griffith became the first to use the property as a film location for his period costume drama When Kings Were the Law, starring Mabel Normand and Mae Marsh (retitled The Necklace). The property's film credits also include:
* Being There (1979) - Peter Sellers
* Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years (1977, made-for-television)
* The Immigrants (1978, made for television)
* The Mirror Crack'd (1981) -- Rock Hudson, Angela Lansbury, Kim Novak, Elizabeth Taylor
* Newsies (1992) -- Christian Bale
* Reggie Mixes In (1916) -- Douglas Fairbanks and Bessie Love
* Renunciation (1914) -- Edna Payne
* A Testimony of Two Men (1977, made for television)
* Western Blood (retitled Western Life, 1918) -- Tom Mix
* The West Wing (2003, television series)
The Fenyes Mansion was the first residence in the West San Gabriel Valley to encourage film production on its property. Eva Scott Fenyes welcomed film crews to her estate and took photos of the well-known actors and directors.
In 1912, D.W. Griffith became the first to use the property as a film location for his period costume drama When Kings Were the Law, starring Mabel Normand and Mae Marsh (retitled The Necklace). The property's film credits also include:
* Being There (1979) - Peter Sellers
* Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years (1977, made-for-television)
* The Immigrants (1978, made for television)
* The Mirror Crack'd (1981) -- Rock Hudson, Angela Lansbury, Kim Novak, Elizabeth Taylor
* Newsies (1992) -- Christian Bale
* Reggie Mixes In (1916) -- Douglas Fairbanks and Bessie Love
* Renunciation (1914) -- Edna Payne
* A Testimony of Two Men (1977, made for television)
* Western Blood (retitled Western Life, 1918) -- Tom Mix
* The West Wing (2003, television series)
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