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• All Roads Lead to Whitley Heights On July 13, 1935 the Los Angeles Citizen News indicated that Paramount Studios screenwriter Jack McDermott “has a house near Whitley Heights, Hollywood which can be entered only by a tunnel leading up through a trapdoor beside the master’s bed”. Back then, it was understandable many locations would be…

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  June 6, 2026

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