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Letter from F. Scott Fitzgerald at the Garden of Allah Hotel, Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, April 19, 1938
Genuine Garden of Allah Hotel ephemera doesn’t surface very often, so when it does, it’s worth checking out. This item is especially noteworthy: It’s a hand-written letter by F. Scott Fitzgerald, dated April 19, 1938, to his secretary in Baltimore … Continue reading
Color photo looking west along the Sunset Strip from Crescent Heights Blvd toward the Chateau Marmont Hotel, West Hollywood, July 1963
This photo give us an idea of what it was like to be driving west along the Sunset Strip from Crescent Heights Blvd in July 1963. On the left we can see the zigzag-roofed Lytton Savings bank branch built on … Continue reading
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“Garden of Alla” – A hybrid of theatre and film – Written and Performed by Romy Nordlinger
For those of you in Southern California: I am so very excited to let you know that New York-based actress, Romy Nordlinger, is bringing her one-woman show about Alla Nazimova to Hollywood. “The Garden of Alla” tells the story of … Continue reading
An early menu from the restaurant of the Garden of Allah Hotel, 8152 Sunset Boulevard, West Hollywood, March 23, 1934
It’s always nice to see a new piece of Garden of Allah ephemera. This one popped up on Dave DeCaro’s site – a menu from their restaurant. From the look of that gorgeous logo, I’d say that it’s from early … Continue reading
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The listing for the Garden of Allah Hotel in the Los Angeles Extended Area telephone directory for March 1937
I was recently gifted with four Los Angeles telephone books from the 1930s and ’40s. Naturally, the first thing I looked up was the Garden of Allah Hotel, where my Hollywood’s Garden of Allah novels are set. And there it … Continue reading
Looking at the southeast corner of the Garden of Allah Hotel at Sunset Blvd and Havenhurst Dr., West Hollywood, circa late 1950s
The Garden of Allah Hotel on Sunset Blvd at the gateway to the Sunset Strip was open from 1927 to 1959. During those years, it underwent a succession of management teams. At some point in the 1950s, one of those … Continue reading
Garden of Allah Hotel model scan superimposed over former site at the southwest corner of Sunset Blvd and Crescent Heights Blvd, West Hollywood, March 2022
Today’s post is a departure from my usual daily vintage photo of Los Angeles. But first, a bit of backstory. Recently, I did an on-camera interview for a documentary about some of Marilyn Monroe’s effects found in a public storage … Continue reading
Lytton Savings Plaza at Sunset Blvd and Crescent Heights Blvd, West Hollywood, 1966
When financier Bart Lytton, bought the Garden of Allah Hotel in 1959, he acquired it for the land. He promptly tore the hotel down, and in its place put up a saving-and-loan bank that stood on the northwest corner of … Continue reading
Garden of Allah Hotel pool looking north toward the main house and the Hollywood Hills behind
For those of you who indulge in daydreaming about what it would be like to sit poolside at the Garden of Allah Hotel (where my 9-book series of novels are set) this photo is probably about as near as we’ll … Continue reading
Exhibitor’s Herald, December 25, 1926, announcing the plan for The Garden of Alla(h) Hotel on Sunset Blvd in Los Angeles
You’d think that after a dozen years researching and writing about the Garden of Allah Hotel, that somewhere somehow I’d have come across this announcement in the Exhibitor’s Herald, December 25, 1926 that Alla Nazimova planned to turn her movie-star … Continue reading