Cecil B. DeMille’s Los Feliz estate has hit the market for just shy of $25 million.
The groundbreaking Hollywood filmmaker’s former Beaux Arts Style mansion was built in 1913 and is set on just over 2 acres of land in the gated Laughlin Park, according to the listing.
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According to various reports, DeMille, whose most famous movies include "Samson and Delilah" and "The Ten Commandments," paid $27,893 for the home in 1916and lived there until his death in 1959.
Since then it has changed hands several times and its current owners, Lisa Lyons and Richard Grossman, who first listed the propertyin 2008 for $26.25 million, undertook a six-year renovation, keeping many original details while simultaneously adding modern amenities.
Features include a six-bedroom white main house and a classic old Hollywood-style pool with arched fountains. The pool is surrounded by rolling lawns and rose gardens and boasts impressive views from the observatory to the ocean. There is also a pool house and a studio house with a separate entrance.
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The listing agents, Brett Lawyer, Branden Williams, Rayni Williams, all of Hilton & Hyland, did not respond immediately to request for comment.