Goldwyn Digs on the Block

While the rest of us watch our meager savings disappear in the wretched greed and excess that is Wall Street, I predict that somebody will soon snatch up the old Samuel Goldwyn place of MGM fame, despite its $24 million price tag. Rich folks seem to do all right in even the toughest times.

In a nice little cul-de-sac behind the Beverly Hills Hotel, the old Goldwyn place is nearly 11,000 square feet of Hollywood history, all wrapped up in a classic mansion with a fab swimming pool and properly aligned tennis courts. Sadly, room for only four of your luxury automobiles in the garage (apparently, four cars used to be a lot).

If these walls could talk, they'd talk about Charlie Chaplin, Frank Capra, Greta Garbo, the Goldwyns, and who knows how many deluded starlets and director wanna-bes.

You know, I don't begrudge the excesses of Hollywood so much as Wall Street. At least Hollywood gives us glamor, dreams, adventure, laughter and some great stories for the price of a ticket - and we get to choose. Most of us are going to pay a lot more for the greed on Wall Street, and as taxpayers, we won't have much of a say in the matter.

The swimming pool pic from the real estate listing