Errol Flynn's abandoned pool house in Runyan Canyon. Let's take a hike to it shall we?!

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Discover the fascinating history of Runyon Canyon and its connection to Hollywood legend Errol Flynn. After his divorce, Errol Flynn retreated to a property in Runyon Canyon, the ruins of which still stand today. Join us as we explore these remnants and uncover the secrets of this historic Hollywood hideaway. This video delves into the rich history of Runyon Canyon and provides a glimpse into the life of one of Hollywood's most notorious stars. Perfect for history buffs, hikers, and fans of Old Hollywood!
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@seanliske2265 8 месяцев назад

Ok so I was the security guard that was on the property before they opened up the canyon. They were drilling for oil in 1992-1994. His house had tree going through the middle of it. It was up on the ridge and the tree at that time was not doing to well. There was not much of the foundation left. Down below were bungalows and those are the foundations you see. Yes part of the tennis court and pool can be found, but you need to know where to look. We also had the plans of what used to be there. I worked for Westec Security if anyone remembers and we had most of the properties and land lots in Hollywood. We used to have all the famous people in the area and know most of the history of the area. I even know where they moved Errol Flynn because of the crazy young chick that used to dance on his grave at Forest Lawn.

@Kyle_Hester 8 месяцев назад

That is so cool!! Thank you for sharing!!

@auntysandy3032 7 месяцев назад

I had just come from London in 1991 and lived on Poinsettia. My boyfriend took me to for a hike up to Runyon Cyn and i rarely saw another person there as it was closed with a " No tresspassing" fence up ( ha!) ( with a small hole to crawl through) I used to walk up there every day, and I sat on the rock overlooking the city and read. I watched the city burning as the L.A. Riots exploded. Helicopters and smoke circling like a scene from a movie. I moved away after a year but always remember my time exploring that beautiful old estate as a great memory of my beginning life on L. A.

@elodiesaintpierre1467 7 месяцев назад

Crazy young chick that’s used to dance on his grave !??? 😮

@dojocho1894 8 месяцев назад

My mom was a model in the 1950's she modeled for DIOR in Paris...She thought Errol Flynn was the most handsome man( sorry dad) she ever saw. I used to watch those old movies with her my favorite was charge of the light brigade.

@Kyle_Hester 8 месяцев назад

That is absolutely the coolest thing ever!

@muck4227 8 месяцев назад

In like Flynn, indeed.

@kat35lulu88 8 месяцев назад

He was FINE!!!!

@elaniecardenas1544 6 месяцев назад

My grandmother loved him. My favorite is Ivanhoe ❤

@robheiler4841 6 дней назад

@@elaniecardenas1544 Robert Taylor was in Ivanhoe.

@user-xu9fd1rh7n 8 месяцев назад

Just beyond the tennis courts is a small Vista where the pool was. There’s a little bit of evidence of it now. In the 80s it was an abandoned pool, and Runon Canyon was terrifying because of all the punk rock visitors at night. I was a teen who lived up off Mulholland, and spent many an afternoon exploring the hills.

@Kyle_Hester 8 месяцев назад

Thank you for sharing your story!

@slcpunker 8 месяцев назад

Yeah, last time I was there the pool was still there... covered with graffiti and half-filled with trash. @@Kyle_Hester

@Kyle_Hester 8 месяцев назад

I remember seeing that too. Crazy times

@rodturner6759 6 месяцев назад

ooooh scary punk rockers...LOL

@user-qv2cq5kv1h 6 месяцев назад

I love old Hollywood history.

@Kyle_Hester 6 месяцев назад

Thank you so much! I am going up to Lake Hollywood today!

@AlbieSol560 Месяц назад

What a trek! Thanks for a great tour!

@Kyle_Hester Месяц назад

Glad you enjoyed it!

@desireejames1538 7 месяцев назад

I'm not sure if this is the same location ofErrol Flynn house that afterwards The Ricky Nelson family lived but Gunnar Nelson recently did an interview & showed a few pictures of this home that was white with small pane windows throughout & he said it was in a deserted area!

@Kyle_Hester 7 месяцев назад

I don't know. He did live in a few places . Hmmmmm

@samspencer582 21 день назад

You mean the Mulholland Farm on Mulholland Drive. If this place is the Mulholland Drive then it´s the place of that house.

@dominikstarck5340 Год назад

Sure, it's just a bunch of stones and dirt- but one can feel the history and legay of ol' Hollywood(land) even watching this video. Thanks for taking us around.

@Kyle_Hester Год назад

Thank you for checking it out!

@marknewton6984 День назад

Cheers!

@ronaldrose7593 9 месяцев назад

Hello 👋 my hiking friend, thank you for the guided tour. I didn't get tired at all. Greetings from Northern California. All the best to you. Stay safe out there. 😊

@Kyle_Hester 9 месяцев назад

Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you for watching!

@sdhscrosscountry 8 месяцев назад

Love Errol Flynn

@carlaschultheis3662 8 месяцев назад

He only stayed there from 57-58. He lost his house to alimony. He was pretty much partied out by then and he died a year later a broken man, that’s the sad end note. He was probably there alone thinking about by gone days.

@whiteorchid5412 3 месяца назад

The house Flynn lost to alimony was an 11.5 acre property with a large house and a barn approximately a mile further west of Runyon Canyon park just off Mulholland Blvd. Flynn bought the larger property after becoming a well established movie star and was know for hosting legendary wild Hollywood parties there1950's. Actor and singer Rick Nelson bought the property but sold it in the 1980's to land developers when his marriage broke up. They tore down the original house, subdivided the 11.5 acres into 7 individual lots. Justin Timberlake now owns the house that sits on the approximate location where Errol Flynn's house was once located.

@jaratoll8739 Год назад

I remember hiking that every week with my mother 1988-1989. We only lived 2 blocks away from one of the entrances. I remember the swimming pool had graffiti all over it and I went down in it, And the floor to the original house was still visible and was checkered/mosiac.

@Kyle_Hester Год назад

Such a wild place!!

@jaratoll8739 Год назад

@@Kyle_Hester we lived on Franklin Ave. It looks more built up now. I remember the nearest entrance had an old cabin that went up the hill.

@jerrys9226 8 месяцев назад

Very interesting. So the first ruins you came to was Errol Flynn’s pool house and the second ruins was the main house? And the tennis court was part of the same estate? Great video! Just found this.

@robertbohnaker9898 4 месяца назад

Destiny not Dust. Always loved Flynn’s great movies during his glory days. Was sad to discover he was such a Waster. Just my opinion…bittersweet. His roles didn’t reflect his private life…

@cindygirl64 7 месяцев назад

I enjoyed the hike, thanks for taking me along via video. Will definitely follow and support!

@Kyle_Hester 7 месяцев назад

You are awesome!! Thank you Cindy!

@elaniecardenas1544 6 месяцев назад

Loved the tour. Great to see you❤️

@Kyle_Hester 6 месяцев назад

Thank you so much for your support my friend +

@agentofficerthomasa.porter107 8 месяцев назад

A great trail walk tour. Am sure when Errol Flynn was on site, there was much enjoyment & pleasures to be experienced. No Mountain Lion's & Rattle Snakes makes a trail walk enjoyed. always, Tommy🤠

@imellove9938 Год назад

Thank you for sharing it's helpful to know were to go hiking etc same time Erroll Flynn was great actor and he is God bless all

@Kyle_Hester Год назад

Glad you enjoyed it!!

@user-gb6re9eg3i 8 месяцев назад

VERY COOL AND WORTH THE WALK!

@Kyle_Hester 8 месяцев назад

Thank you so much!

@stevemoore3951 8 месяцев назад

I think this is was featured in the 1983 feature film “ Breathless”. It starred Richard Gere as the main character. His character even mentions that the property was once occupied by Errol Flynn. His character is on the lamb and spends the night with his GF. There is a pretty cool scene at night with two people fighting with light sabers on the foundation. Back then the entire area and front gates was heavily graffitied up. Thanks for the video 👍🏻👍🏻 FYI : Breathless 1983 is a remake of the Jean-Luc Goddard French New Wave Classic Film of the same name. It was made in 1963 and shot in black and white.

@Kyle_Hester 8 месяцев назад

That is very cool! Thank you for the information!

@brucepedersen5647 8 месяцев назад

Lam, not Lamb

@OrangeTabbyCat 5 месяцев назад

Which of course could easily have researched before someone makes a video about it….. I mean to me, if someone makes a video about a place, saying “Erol Flynn was here, cool huh?” And “a lot of people visited here but I don’t know who” that is not a video I would give a thumbs up. There are better researched videos to pretty much everything out there. Sorry.

@hmark29 7 месяцев назад

Thank you! That was fun!!

@Kyle_Hester 7 месяцев назад

Glad you enjoyed it!

@suncitypro1 8 месяцев назад

Errol Flynn got around! He and David Niven had some wild times on Linden! Swashbucklers get the girls!

@Kyle_Hester 8 месяцев назад

Also true! Lol

@dennisszejman6390 8 месяцев назад

Not as crazy as his times with John Barrymore.

@marknewton6984 День назад

Rock on, Errol! 😎

@maverickflint1991 8 месяцев назад

Another great video. Be safe and careful.😊👍🙏

@Kyle_Hester 8 месяцев назад

Thank you so much!

@maverickflint1991 8 месяцев назад

Never been there in my life. Thanks for taking me there in your video.😊👍

@johngomes4278 7 месяцев назад

This channel 🎉rocks !

@Kyle_Hester 7 месяцев назад

YOU rock!!

@lemorab1 8 месяцев назад

The only Flynn houses I knew about were 601 North Linden Drive in Beverly Hills, rented by Flynn and David Niven in the 1930's, when they were both single; a beach cottage rented from Marion Davies at Santa Monica (now torn down;) and the one he built in 1940 on Torreyson Place, just off Mulholland Drive, overlooking the Valley. That one got torn down about 30 years ago and there is a boring housing development there now. A street is called Flynn Ranch Road. That is the only remaining trace of what happened there. That is the one where wild parties and cockfights happened. Flynn lost that house to Lili Damita in the late 1950's. Did he live in this Runyon Canyon place after he lost Mulholland House? I have only read that he lived on his boat, the Zaca, after that. For awhile his friend Doris Duke let him stay in a house, but I thought that was on Doheny Drive. This Runyon Canyon place is news to me. Who owns the property now and who did then, if you know? Thanks.

@Kyle_Hester 8 месяцев назад

I believe the city owns the land now. It is a big hiking area. As far as when, I believe it was after he lost the house like you said.

@lemorab1 8 месяцев назад

@@Kyle_Hester I may have seen a photo of Flynn next to the swimming pool at the Runyon Canyon place. It is in the book "Hollywood Babylon II" by Kenneth Anger, and it is a terrible photo, but then Kenneth Anger was a terrible man. A teenage girl is on Flynn's back, playing horsie. It isn't Beverly Aadland, but I mention it because it may have been taken at this house.

@johngomes4278 7 месяцев назад

Totally awesome 💯😎 thanks 👍 for making this ! Happy holidays 🎊⛄🎉

@Kyle_Hester 7 месяцев назад

Happy holidays!

@craigbettendorf8458 8 месяцев назад

A scene in 1983's Breathless with Richard Gere was filmed there before the houses demolition.

@aliciacruz5957 7 месяцев назад

Enjoyed this

@Kyle_Hester 7 месяцев назад

Thank you so much!!

@user-dz8wl6hk8v 8 месяцев назад

Being a Runyon I know this hike very well…. It’s beautiful and not easy💕

@Kyle_Hester 8 месяцев назад

You are so right! Lol Awesome!

@karingoodman4999 Год назад

I used to hike there when I lived there late 80s....I broke my leg in 2 places going too fast down a hill...I rem the old pool and marble like foundations from pool house remains

@Kyle_Hester Год назад

Oh no! The broken leg part is awful!!

@muck4227 8 месяцев назад

Go down a hill sideways!

@carlaschultheis3662 8 месяцев назад

Lol, shoes are important. I almost left the house in my slippers last week.

@bradfordbarrettluckotheIrish 8 месяцев назад

I like your garage Kyle, no clutter.

@Kyle_Hester 8 месяцев назад

Lol! Many thanks!

@jeffdaglow7135 8 месяцев назад

I enjoyed watching this video ... yet ... felt very sad doing so as i remember when i was Very young perhaps fifty (plus) years ago when i wandered around this area and the structures were still standing though in disrepair and basically shut down. As were many of the old Movie Stars old homes. Which was very sad. Actually, i lived in the old Hollywood area and from my apartments kitchen window i could see Paula Negrea's (not sure of the spelling of her last name) home which was an impressive tasteful brick house. But my favorite home was Charlton Heston's home which was dare i say quiet interesting t look at.

@Kyle_Hester 8 месяцев назад

Thank you so much for sharing this. I am glad you enjoyed it!

@johngomes4278 7 месяцев назад

I think the breathless 1983 🎥🍿 movie was filmed there too !

@Kyle_Hester 7 месяцев назад

Glad you liked it my friend! Thank you!

@josephnickel3665 8 месяцев назад

There were some ruins off of Argyle too. Old pool and tennis courts we hiked up there at nifgt to see Hollywood.

@Kyle_Hester 8 месяцев назад

Hmmmmm. Do tell! Where?

@maverickflint1991 8 месяцев назад

So sorry to see the home is not there anymore.😢

@marknewton6984 День назад

Sic Gloria Transit. Flynn lives on! 😎

@Longplay_Games Год назад

Great video! I never actually managed to check this area out in all my years there. This was super cool to see.

@Kyle_Hester Год назад

Next time you are here!!

@elodiesaintpierre1467 7 месяцев назад

This saddens me 😢

@Chef-Really5365 8 месяцев назад

Hey thank You Kyle for sharing another piece of forlorn HOLLYWOOD LAND I love to have been born in Flynn’s Day. I’d be right there partying with them. Sadly many iconic places and people Fading rapidly in LaLa Land. I am looking from Birds Eye view in gps and the street views are fun to follow up without the physicality behind it. Kudos for doing it for us. It looks strenuous specially when I saw the man carrying the dog down the hill after.

@Kyle_Hester 8 месяцев назад

Glad you enjoyed it! Check out my secret stairs video. I think you will like it!

@FindingNorcal 8 месяцев назад

Neato! 👌💥

@Kyle_Hester 8 месяцев назад

Thank you for watching!!

@whiteorchid5412 3 месяца назад

I've been to Runyon Canyon park many times with a friend who used to walk his dog there. When the dog died and was cremated he spread the ashes in the area of those old foundations. I never realized Errol Flynn once lived there.

@Kyle_Hester 3 месяца назад

That is a nice thing to do. Very cool

@desireejames1538 7 месяцев назад

My Mom used to say my Dad looked like Errol Flynn & yes he did.

@Kyle_Hester 7 месяцев назад

Handsome man!

@marknewton6984 День назад

Then your dad was good looking! 😮

@thecatsmeowfromny 6 месяцев назад

I clicked like & subscribed because I was feeling your pain. 😅

@Kyle_Hester 6 месяцев назад

Lol!! Thank you for your support!

@MLCDelux 7 месяцев назад

Totally enjoyed this… now subscribed!

@Kyle_Hester 7 месяцев назад

Awesome! Thank you!

@TimBurVlogs Год назад

Wow, that is just amazing and cool.

@Kyle_Hester Год назад

Thank you so much for checking it out!

@beatriceallen3771 8 месяцев назад

Thank you for your hard work. I wish I could be there!

@randersson3672 7 месяцев назад

A Thorshammer 🏆👍

@Kyle_Hester 7 месяцев назад

Absolutely my friend

@randersson3672 7 месяцев назад

@@Kyle_Hester Did not see lots of them during my time in Cali...not many here in Sweden either sadly...

@Kyle_Hester 7 месяцев назад

We are all over the place. Some just don't wear it like I do.

@garyhelsinger 8 месяцев назад

None of that was Errol Flynn's house or property. He briefly lived in the pool house of George Headley, a friend of George Huntington Hartford II who owned the land in the canyon and had a big house at the top. Headley’s house was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. Your video cuts out just before you were about to reach where the house, pool, and pool house were where Flynn briefly stayed. (just above the tennis court remnants you visited.)

@Kyle_Hester 8 месяцев назад

Thank you for watching it! Good information!

@muck4227 8 месяцев назад

Oh, no! They tore down a Frank Lloyd Wright house?!?

@garyhelsinger 2 месяца назад

@@muck4227 The pool house that Lloyd Wright (Frank’s son) built burned down in the huge Runyon Canyon fire in 1972. The Frank Lloyd Wright house still stands behind fences at the top of the canyon.

@lizzytan277 18 дней назад

Back in 80s ....teens...trespass......covered with brushes.....dark.....pool....lots broken glass....tennis courts....sprayed painted.....welcome to the gates of hell.....scary during the night

@SD0224 7 месяцев назад

I’d be watching out for Mountain lions hiking up there

@Kyle_Hester 7 месяцев назад

Too many people but I hear you !

@robertbohnaker9898 4 месяца назад

Thanks Kyle. You think many people know about Flynn or his old digs ?

@Kyle_Hester 4 месяца назад

Probably not. Lol They just walk through the ruins

@GaryYoung-eq1ph 8 месяцев назад

action hero Flynn was here looks like ancient ruins, burned down or what?

@marknewton6984 День назад

Ozymandias😮

@georgiabelle5176 8 месяцев назад

There is a picture online of the intact house

@Kyle_Hester 8 месяцев назад

Very cool!!

@CenturyHomeProject 8 месяцев назад

Wasn't a scene from American Gigolo filmed there?

@Kyle_Hester 8 месяцев назад

Hmmmm. Research to be done!

@user-jf7xp8fk1b Месяц назад

Richard Gere mentions that Errol was his hero in that movie.

@gailspaw5521 7 месяцев назад

❤❤❤❤❤

@robertallen6710 8 месяцев назад

You're a very likeable, personable guy...how you get a zillion subs! ☺

@Kyle_Hester 8 месяцев назад

Wow, thank you! I have been trying to get this channel off the ground fir 3 years. I finally feel like they are shiny videos. :) Just keep going!!

@weirdshibainu 8 месяцев назад

Errol was a real cad.

@kat35lulu88 8 месяцев назад

Yeah but he's a legend.

@user-jf7xp8fk1b Месяц назад

And cavalier.

@marknewton6984 День назад

But knew how to live...😎

@jc-to4ue 8 месяцев назад

Where Vista St ends (1900 Vista) is the Sheryl Crow estate.

@Kyle_Hester 8 месяцев назад

Oh very cool!!

@jerrys9226 8 месяцев назад

Great video! Just curious, was the first ruins you came to the Pool house and the second ruins the main house? And the tennis court was all part of the estate?

@Kyle_Hester 8 месяцев назад

All the same estate. Crazy huh?!

@jerrys9226 8 месяцев назад

@@Kyle_Hester I just found some pictures online of the pool house and swimming pool from December 1957, with Errol Flynn standing there and what must be his 10 year old daughter Rory and ex wife. Very interesting story behind the owner of the estate and how he tried to donate it to the city but they didn’t want it.

@drawntomountains 10 дней назад

Found some info on the property: Irish tenor John McCormack bought the property from coal baron Carman Runyon who used the sites for hunting and riding. Thus, the riding arena seen on earlier aerial photos. McCormack buikt the huge mansion in 1929. A&P heur. Huntington Hartford bought it in 1942, he renaned it The Pines. He commissioned Frank Lloyd Wright to build a poolhouse. Hartford's frequent guest was Flynn at the poolhouse and threw wild parties. In 53, Flynn left the country to avoid oaying back taxes and alimony. His first wife got the 7740 Mulholland Drive property. This was NOT his house !! It was Hartford's home. Flynn's house was up on 7740 Mulholland Drive, a few miles away. Jukes Bernan, a liquer importer bought the property The Pines, and tore it down. The poolhouse later burned down in 1972. Again, this is NOT Errol Flynn's house. He only visited Hartford abd stayed in the poolhouse. There are 7 houses on Flynn Ranch Road and 7740 Mulholland Drive. Nothing remains of Errol Flynn's Mulholland Farms. No trace other than a road named for him. Edit: the round, stone looking thing was actually remnents of a fish pond/fountain. Check Historic Hollywood Photographs- images 196-201. There is also a picture of McCormack, his wife and his daughter on the front door steps that still remain to this day !! (Image 200)

@Kyle_Hester 10 дней назад

Very cool!!

@marknewton6984 День назад

Thanks for the info.

@robertmcgee7083 8 месяцев назад

Wonder how the state/city acquired this property? Tax extortion?

@Kyle_Hester 8 месяцев назад

I have no idea

@richierich2048 8 месяцев назад

Just to add for the sake of clarity, what was left of 'The Pines' was destroyed by a wildfire in 1972. A number of photos from after the fire can be found on the internet.

@Kyle_Hester 8 месяцев назад

Thank you for sharing!

@marlene4702 3 месяца назад

How did he climb all the way up there. Where did he park his car?

@Kyle_Hester 3 месяца назад

The path I walk up was a road at one point.

@mollycaz1 8 месяцев назад

I am guessing that before that area became a park it was full of homes ? When did it become a park ?

@Kyle_Hester 8 месяцев назад

It became a park in 1984

@christopherwilliams3141 7 месяцев назад

1900 is Cheryl Crow's house

@Kyle_Hester 7 месяцев назад

Which street is that? Very cool!

@richardsmegma5081 8 месяцев назад

Everything connected to Errol ended up in ruins!

@carlaschultheis3662 8 месяцев назад

Do people in California worry about Rattle snakes?

@Kyle_Hester 8 месяцев назад

They are certainly here in the desert areas. They should be careful!

@DougB-pg1tf 8 месяцев назад

Why would someone put the tennis courts so far away and hard to hike to from the house???

@Kyle_Hester 8 месяцев назад

I think their was more property up there

@maverickflint1991 8 месяцев назад

Who's place was that with the fireplace?

@Kyle_Hester 8 месяцев назад

I am actually not sure. Maybe another cottage?

@maverickflint1991 8 месяцев назад

@@Kyle_Hester cool. Was that property owned by Errol Flynn?

@Kyle_Hester 8 месяцев назад

No. He stayed in the pool house after he list his housing the divorce.

@maverickflint1991 8 месяцев назад

@@Kyle_Hester 😢

@dbluehorsedeboe5567 7 месяцев назад

Why wasn't this iconic home taken care of?

@Kyle_Hester 7 месяцев назад

That is a good question

@dbluehorsedeboe5567 7 месяцев назад

I always loved Hollywood history of classic stars homes

@dbluehorsedeboe5567 7 месяцев назад

The address was 7740 Mulholland Dr. Sold in '59 to Ricky Nelson, then after Nelson died, sold to a developer and tore the house down

@Brian-ey7qs 7 месяцев назад

Use ariel photos

@xxxbbbqqq 7 месяцев назад

Why didn't you drive up there?

@Kyle_Hester 7 месяцев назад

Cars aren't allowed. It is a hiking trail.

@user-jf7xp8fk1b Месяц назад

Was her name Joi?

@Kyle_Hester Месяц назад

I actually don't know. Thank you for supporting!

@moggiepetty8577 8 месяцев назад

You walked all that way for that ?

@Kyle_Hester 8 месяцев назад

It is an awesome hike! :)

@trenawawrzyniak4397 8 месяцев назад

I like your content but you should have shown before and after photos. You can find photos of what the property looked like back in the late 1950's on Google. It would bring your content to the next level. Do your research. So That way the lazy people who are curious of what it looked like don't have to. It would only improve your content .

@Kyle_Hester 8 месяцев назад

That is a great idea! Thank you for checking it out. :)