![]() ![]() “These Hollywood movie stars would play cowboys on screen, but they weren’t always the roughest and toughest,” jokes Victoria Kastner, Hearst Castle’s 30+ year historian and author of Hearst Ranch: Family, Land and Legacy. ![]() "The Enchanted Hill is crowned by Hearst Castle – a lesson in excess that housed Hollywood’s who’s-who of yesteryear and a host of European art" After accepting, Clark Gable found himself trotting alongside Hearst on one of his infamous trail rides. This same invitation was extended to many guests in Hearst’s heyday: David Niven, Joan Crawford, Charlie Chaplin, Errol Flynn, Cary Grant. The Enchanted Hill is crowned by Hearst Castle – a lesson in excess that housed Hollywood’s who’s-who of yesteryear and a host of European art. A highly coveted invite from William Randolph Hearst in the late 1920s asking to “Please come and ride the range with me” was your Willy Wonka golden ticket to enjoy all 130 square miles of virgin ranchland along the Californian coast surrounding “La Cuesta Encantada”. ![]()
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