“Hooray for Hollywood,
That screwy ballyhooey Hollywood,
Where any office boy or young mechanic can be a panic,
With just a good looking pan,
Any barmaid can be a star maid,
If she dances with or without a fan”
Yeah, sing it Johnny! How fabulous is the word “ballyhooey?” It is the most perfect word to go with the home featured in this week’s column. It is as though Johnny Mercer’s song “Hooray for Hollywood” was destined for this home. Do I have to say it? I love this house so much it pains me.
You are welcome, ladies. I digress.
Now, unless you love movies a lot — and I mean a lot, a lot — then this home may cause you a different type of pain.
This testament to Hollywood is located at 1021 Fantasy Drive, Davenport, Florida. It has 20 bedrooms, 23.5 bathrooms, and is 14,297 square feet in size. The owner is asking $11.745 million. All 20 of the bedroom suites are themed after films and you are greeted with the theme song from said movie when you cross the threshold.
The selection of movies is on point! Ghostbusters, The Terminator, and Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. Those three movies by themselves are the stuff of Hollywood dreams. I could keep showing you the rooms but there is so much more to this house.
Yes, yes, yes, I know. The kitchen is shiny and the faucets are gold but I do not care. You wanna know why? Take it away, Johnny.
“Hooray for Hollywood,
That phoney super-Coney Hollywood,
They come from Chillicothes and Paducas with their bazookas,
To get their names up in lights,
All armed with photos from local rotos,
With their hair in ribbon and legs in tights“
If you do not like what is being shown on the movie screen in the living room then you can go to your movie theatre and see what is showing there.
I do not have a clue what this room is so I will just call it the movie poster room.
The pool is sensational.
The only thing missing was the Hollywood sign but there it is in all its glory. The pool has its own lazy river.
Just so you all know, puttering around a lazy river, under a waterfall with a drink in my hand as my favorite movie is playing on the big screen is my version of heaven.
Take us out, Johnny.
“Hooray for Hollywood,
You may be homely in your neighborhood,
But if you think that you can be an actor,
See Mr. Factor,
He’ll make a monkey look good,
Within a half an hour,
You’ll look like Tyrone Power,
Hooray for Hollywood“
For more photos go here.
