Orson Welles ’s former Hollywood Hills estate is a perfect place to get aside from society , grow a bushy beard , and brood over a bottle of whiskey .
Interested ? The late Hollywood icon ’s 3000 - square - foot home is available torentfor about $ 755 a night through HomeAway . The house , which sits on its own private 15,000 - solid - foot knoll , was home to Welles at the very beginning of his vocation and is where he wrote the screenplay for 1941’sCitizen Kane . Bring along your typewriter and prove to canalize some of his greatness .
Quite a few other celebrities have inhabited the house as well , include Rita Hayworth , Frank Sinatra , Barbra Streisand , andDavid Bowie . Features of the grand four - bedroom mansion — build in 1928 — include a lagoon kitty , Jacuzzi , deck , and both canyon and city views .
There ’s never been a good time to rentWelles ’s home : his net motion picture , The Other Side of the Wind , is set topremiereat this month ’s Venice Film Festival before get in on Netflix . The bare flick , which wasshotintermittently between 1970 and 1976 , has been completed and restored for its much - prognosticate release . ( Of naturally the residence has pile of TVs for your catch pleasure . )
The property has a three- to five - night stay minimum , look on the season . For more pictures , see below or head toHomeAway . And since you ’re already in holiday - planning mode , another creative celebrity abode to consider is F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald ’s Montgomery , Alabama home , which is available to rent viaAirbnb .
