Remembering Jayne Mansfield's Pink Palace

Jayne Mansfield and new Hubby Mickey Hargitay brought the Pink Palace in 1958 from Rudy Vallee. The mansion, located at 10100 Sunset Boulevard, was purchased using an inheritance of $81,340 from Jayne's grandfather Elmer Palmer. The Hargitay's purchased the house at a low cost as it was in dire need of repair. Mickey was a fantastic handyman and did all the repairs himself. He built the withering home into a fantastic movie star palace. This is when Jayne adopted the trademark of the love heart by insisting the fireplace, bathtub, and pool be shaped as a love heart.

The young family moved into their new home on the 20th of March 1958. Jayne remained the owner of the home until her death in June 1967. The house was sold for $185,000 on August 5th 1968. It was again placed on the market in 1971, this time the asking price was $285,000. In August 1978 Engerlbert Humperdink purchased the house and remained there until 2002 when he sold the house to Roland and Dawn Arnall. The Arnall's lived next to the property and at the time of purchasing the pink palace also purchased two other mansion's in the same area with hopes to expand their land. In 2004 the couple demolished the pink palace (allegedly without the proper permits). The grounds where the pink palace once stood were kept bare for quite sometime until the couple built a parking lot. I have birds eye view images of the parking lot and it is quite sad to look at. It is so bare, plain and ugly to behold. A very wealthy and greedy couple robbed the world of a Hollywood landmark just so they can park their expensive cars and add more land to their already gigantic property.

With that said here are some happy photos of Jayne Mansfield at her marvelous home, the pink palace.

Remembering the Pink Palace

Jayne & Mickey out the front of their home

The Hollywood treasure that was Jayne Mansfield's home

The Pink Palace not long before Jayne left us
I'm sure it was never the same without her there

The Dining Room

The Bedroom

One of Jayne's many fireplaces
with Mickey's inscription

Jayne in the kitchen
Is that a guinea pig she is holding?

The Nursery

Jayne's beloved piano

The front door

At the front gate

Construction

Building that famous pool

The heart shaped swimming pool
and the kiddy's mini heart shaped pool

Jayne inside her heart shaped bath tub

With Zolie in a cute relaxing nook
I think this was inside the pool/guest house

And now for the sad photos. The pictures of the land today.

The huge property Dawn Arnall lives in

Google map view

Ruble left from the pink palace is still left on the property

The ruble left behind is clearly visible
Appears to me that the kids mini heart shaped pool
is still there also

The lucky fans who had the pleasure of visiting the pink palace while it was still around, don't ever forget that marvelous view. There are too many of us who would love to visit this beautiful home but sadly will now never get the chance to do so.