For American actor Harold Lloyd (April 20, 1893 – March 8, 1971) Christmas was the time to illuminate his home in Beverly Hills, California, with a magnificent tree. His granddaughter Suzanne says preparation began around Thanksgiving (the fourth Thursday in November), when her family would buy three large Douglas firs and wire them together to form one huge Christmas tree that measured 20 feet high and 9 feet wide.
The tree was covered with thousands of ornaments from all over the world, many of them highly valuable, Eventually the tree grew so large that it stayed on display all year around.
Harold Lloyd was a keen photographer. From the mi-d1940s, Lloyd took pictures on a 3-D camera of friends and neighbours – including, Bob Hope, Gary Cooper, Alan Ladd, Marilyn Monroe, Richard Burton, Dick Powell, Candice Bergen, Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall. Suzanne compiled them in the terrific Harold Lloyd’s 3-D Hollywood, Lloyd also took many nudes pictures of starlets (including the great Bettie Paige, Dixie Evans and Tura Satana), which Suzanne brings to life in Harold Lloyd’s Hollywood Nudes in 3-D! .
Via: Harold Lloyd, London Stereo
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