Exclusive | Spider-Noir producer asks $2.1M for century-old LA home full of preserved touches: Its like living in a piece of art

A Hollywood screenwriter and producer has listed his century-old LA home for $2.1 million — and with a property tax reduction for the next buyer who continues to preserve and maintain its historical integrity. Bruce Marshall Romans — a co-executive producer and writer on the surprise Amazon Prime Video hit show, Marvel’s “Spider-Noir,” starring Nicolas Cage as a retired superhero-turned-jaded-private-investigator in 1930s New York — bought the historic home at 130 N Catalina Street for $1.92 million in 2022.Built in 1925 and known as the Monsignor O’Brien House, the Mediterranean and Spanish Revival-style residence was designated a Los Angeles Historic Cultural Monument in 2007. Romans said he fell in love with the home — and a woman he planned to share it with.But plans change.

The relationship ended, and the house is simply too big for one person and a little dog, he told Gimme Shelter. “It’s just too much house for me,” Romans said, adding that he will move into another LA residence that he owns. At 3,103 square feet, the Catalina crib comes with four bedrooms and three baths — and sits on just .17 of an acre. Original details include some of the light fixtures, arched French doors and windows, a sunken living room with a woodburning fireplace, wedding cake crown moldings, high ceilings and hardwood floors. “I had been looking for one of those romantic old Hollywood homes that you see in the movies,” Romans said. “I’m from Kentucky and went to architecture school for a time, and California has the best collection of these homes.But every one I went to had something wrong — the stairs had been torn out or the original floors and crown moldings had been stripped and the homes’ original charm and design was gone — except for the Catalina house.”When he walked in, he said: “I was immediately blown away.” “There’s this beautiful foyer, and 12-foot-high ceilings, and an old-fashioned, step-down living room wit...