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Coordinates: 51°30′32″N 0°08′51″W / 51.508755°N 0.14743°W / 51.508755; -0.14743
Mayfair (originally called The May Fair) is an area of central London, located within the City of Westminster.
Mayfair is named after the annual fortnight-long May Fair that took place on the site that is Shepherd Market today (from 1686 until it was banned in that location in 1764). Until 1686, the May Fair was held in Haymarket, and after 1764, it moved to Fair Field in Bow because the well-to-do residents of the area felt the fair lowered the tone of the neighbourhood.
Mayfair was anciently part of the parish of St Martin in the Fields, and became part of St George Hanover Square in 1724. The new parish stretched to Bond Street in the southern part of Mayfair and almost to Regent Street north of Conduit Street. The northern boundary was Oxford Street and the southern boundary fell short of Piccadilly. The parish continued west of Mayfair into Hyde Park and then south to include Belgravia and other areas.
The old telephone district of MAYfair (later 629) changed east of Bond Street to REGent (later 734). Most of the area was first developed between the mid 17th century and the mid 18th century as a fashionable residential district, by a number of landlords, the most important of them being the Dukes of Westminster, the Grosvenor family. The Rothschild family bought up large areas of Mayfair in the 19th century. The freehold of a large section of Mayfair also belongs to the Crown Estate.
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Actors: Ted Fletcher (actor), Alessandro Leën (director), Alessandro Leën (producer), Jessica Howard (actor), Isolde Rosevear (producer), Jessica Howard (actor), Isolde Rosevear (writer), Anna Curran (actor), Jonas Verzyck (miscellaneous crew), Ruth P. England (actor), Killian Stanley (actor), Elvan Gokgoz (actress), Dara Keegan (actress), Tony van Melleart (editor), Bernie Gareth Charles (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: The last thing Gitane Mayfair did before disappearing mysteriously was to forbid her niece Pallas Greene from following 'artistic pursuits' - a rule which Pallas, in the grand tradition of all teenagers, promptly ignored. When Pallas finds out that she has inherited Gitane's vast estate, she returns to the House of Mayfair and discovers the reason for her aunt's strange rule.
Genres: Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Short,Actors: Luci Christian (actress), Andy McAvin (actor), Hilary Haag (actress), Tiffany Grant (actress), John Swasey (actor), Greg Ayres (actor), Christine M. Auten (actress), Shelley Calene-Black (actress), Kira Vincent-Davis (actress), Jay Hickman (actor), K.C. Jones (actor), Illich Guardiola (actor), Cynthia Martinez (actress), Steven Foster (actor), Marty Fleck (actor),
Genres: Adventure, Animation, Fantasy,Actors: Carl Laemmle (miscellaneous crew), Jean Hersholt (actor), George J. Lewis (actor), Jack McDonald (actor), Helen Jerome Eddy (actress), Helen Foster (actress), Julia Swayne Gordon (actress), Alice Joyce (actress), Zasu Pitts (actress), Walter Anthony (writer), Harry O. Hoyt (writer), Harry O. Hoyt (writer), Ray Curtiss (editor), Melville W. Brown (director), Leroy Scott (writer),
Genres: Comedy, Crime, Romance,Mayfair strange in the morning light
Mayfair strange in the summer night
Mayfair strangest in the afternoon
Mayfair stretching far above
Full of fame but lacking love
Could it be we see the Mayfair moon?
Mayfair strange across the park
In the day or in the dark
There's no need to walk or even run
Mayfair faces clean and nice
But beauty here is cold as ice
Could it be we see the Mayfair sun?
Mayfair strange at every hour
Hidden frowns with mystic power
Starry heights and golden throne
Down below you're on your own
Mayfair strange for passers-by
Sights of wonder for the eye
Could it be that they'll pass by again?
Mayfair calling far and near
For even trees are wealthy here
Could it be we hear the Mayfair rain?
Mayfair strange in the morning light
Mayfair strange in the summer night
Mayfair strangest in the afternoon
Mayfair stretching far above
Full of fame but lacking love