Screenshot of Princess Leda Amun-Ra in The American Dreamer In August of this year, Thomas Lee, son of photographer Bud Lee, contacted me with an intriguing mystery about a colorful Angeleno. Heโd come across my post, Los Angeles Gothic, and wondered whether Iโd ever heard of anything about Princess Leda Amun-Ra and her colorful cohorts. … Continue reading The Mystery of Princess Leda Amun-Ra, Hollywood’s Legendary Acid Witch
Month: October 2024
Ask Silver Lake — Music Box Steps Day and Silver Lake’s Stair Stars of the Silver Screen
Thanks, in large part, to its proximity to many early film studios โ Silver Lake has been home to numerous film stars since at least the 1910s. Not all of those stars were human. There was, for example, Tom Mixโs horse, Old Blue, who is rumored to be buried underneath the parking lot in front … Continue reading Ask Silver Lake — Music Box Steps Day and Silver Lake’s Stair Stars of the Silver Screen
Eric Brightwell 