Mount Lee (California)
| Mount Lee | ||
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 Mount Lee from the east |
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| height | 521 m | |
| location | California , USA | |
| Dominance | 0.46 km → Cahuenga Peak | |
| Notch height | 36 m | |
| Coordinates | 34 ° 8 ′ 5 ″ N , 118 ° 19 ′ 18 ″ W | |
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The Mount Lee ( 521 m ) is a mountain in the Santa Monica Mountains .
The well-known Hollywood sign is on its south side . The mountain peak behind the famous letters experienced changeful times. The cinematic all-rounder Mack Sennett , who had directed over 300 films, appeared as an actor and excelled as a singer and dancer, wanted to fulfill his dream of a huge villa here. The implementation of the plan ultimately failed due to financial problems. Sennett sold the mountain plateau to a man named Don Lee, who had made his money selling cars and ran a television station, the first American outside of New York. In his honor the area was renamed and is still called Mount Lee today. At the highest point there is still a fenced area with transmitter systems and a radio tower .
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=25197
- ↑ Torsten Meyer: Journey through the city of angels , ISBN 978-3-7386-2083-2