Serial house-flippers Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi strike again. This time, it was a bit of Hollywood residential aristocracy that piqued the interest of the duo, a formal bit of flash designed by architect John Elgin Woolf and built in 1962. The pair set their sights on the home and plunked down $15 million to pass papers and take the keys.

The house reflects the period just after the Hollywood golden age. Columns, plentiful marble, a lengthy series of eye-catching surprises in the interior, and a layout that belies the 3,900 square feet of living spaces are a few of the home’s highlights, but there’s a touch of the era’s dominant modern style in there too.

To be sure, the house has a few tricks up its sleeve, and a sly wit. The heavily stylized interiors were revised by the firm of Marmol Radziner, who relegated its more dated aspects to a refined sense of historical relevance, and softened things considerably. Period details seem highlighted now, in the context of the present. The original black marble stands out beautifully as an accent, with the wet bar’s dark blue cabinetry setting it off particularly well.

Wide-plank, matte-finished hardwood runs throughout the three bedrooms and four baths and, along with the kitchen, looks entirely contemporary. The marble soaking tub in the master bath is framed by a picture window that looks out on a small private terrace, a nice effect, and one of many in the home.

DeGeneres and de Rossi aren’t long absent from the real-estate news. The couple’s last major sale was of their renovated estate in Montecito, which they sold in July for $35 million against an initial ask of $45 million.