Tag Archives: The Garden of Allah Hotel
Clara Bow at the Garden of Allah hotel
Clara Bow came to be known as the movies’ quintessential flapper. The film “It” brought her global fame and the nickname “The It Girl.” She attended the Garden of Allah’s opening party after which she moved in. The Bow biograpy … Continue reading
Ronald Colman at the Garden of Allah hotel
Ronald Colman, star of “Tale of Two Cities”, “Lost Horizon”, and “The Prisoner of Zenda” lived at the Garden of Allah in the late 1920s and had left by the time he made “Raffles” for Goldwyn in 1930.
Bandleader Artie Shaw at the Garden of Allah hotel
Artie Shaw was a widely regarded as one of jazz’s finest clarinetists. He led one of America’s most popular big bands of the late 1930s and early ’40s. Their signature song, a 1938 version of Cole Porter’s “Begin the Beguine.” … Continue reading
Ava Gardner at the Garden of Allah hotel
Ava Gardner lived at the Garden of Allah for a while when she was married to Artie Shaw. (October 1945 to October 1946) She left Shaw because he was too egotistical and as a teacher was too unsympathetic. She wanted … Continue reading
Robert Benchley at the Garden of Allah hotel
Humorist and critic and one of the original members of the famed Algonquin Round Table in New York, Robert Benchley, was one of the Garden of Allah’s most frequent residents. He always stayed at the Garden whenever he was in … Continue reading
Dorothy Parker at the Garden of Allah hotel
Writer Dorothy Parker stayed at the Garden of Allah on and off over the years when Hollywood studios would beckon her to write for them. The first time she made the trip went was in 1929 to work at MGM … Continue reading
Harpo Marx at the Garden of Allah hotel
Harpo Marx (of the ‘Marx Brothers’ fame) lived at the Garden of Allah early 30s with his wife Susan. The bungalows there had notoriously thin walls. He later got a new neighbor whose hours didn’t coincide with Harpo’s and who … Continue reading
Errol Flynn at the Garden of Allah hotel
Errol Flynn always seemed to be staying at the Garden of Allah while in between marriages. In 1935 he married Lili Damita who had a villa at Garden. He also shared a villa with actor David Niven and writer Bill … Continue reading
F. Scott Fitzgerald at the Garden of Allah hotel
F. Scott Fitzgerald (author of ‘The Great Gatsby’) moved into the Garden of Allah in July of 1937. Down on his luck and deeply in debt, MGM offered him a lucrative contract to write for the movies. His first important … Continue reading
Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall at the Garden of Allah hotel
In the mid-40s, Bogie and Bacall stayed at the Garden of Allah hotel after his marriage to Mayo Method ended and before they bought a place of their own.