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By SARAH SHMERLING | Managing Editor
Mystery, history and … 180-degree ocean views?
The home where 29-year-old actress Thelma Todd mysteriously died, known as “Castillo del Mar,” is on the market, with a listing price of $6 million.
The Castellammare home, located on Revello Drive, was designed and constructed in 1927 by Nathaniel Coleman in the Italianate style, reminiscent of the Amalfi coast.
The three-story villa is comprised of six separate parcels, totaling more than a half-acre, with a two-bedroom, two-bathroom main house, as well as one attached two-bedroom, one-bathroom guest room and a second one-bedroom, one-bathroom guest room. Also on the property, a detached studio/chauffeurs quarters.
Inside the home, there are peg and groove wood floors, leaded/stained glass windows, hand-carved redwood doors, original art deco tiles, thick lathe and plaster walls, and handcrafted mill work.
The estate was formerly owned by Hollywood director Roland West, known for his innovative proto-film noir movies of the 1920s and 1930s. Todd, West’s mistress, died in one of the lower garages on Dec. 18, 1935, in what was ruled suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning.
The death continues to be a long-running Hollywood mystery due to unexplained details surrounding to death, including the fact that Todd was discovered with a broken nose and other injuries.
The listing agent is Dan Urbach of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices.
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