Buy this book on-line Sheilah Graham, well respected newspaper columnist, also a resident at the sanctuary, FORMER OWNER STAMP Back Blank Endpaper, Inner DJ Flap $5.95, Illustrated B/W Fotos, : Garden of Allah , story of Hollywood's most exotic playground & crazy & Uninhibited HOTEL BUILT IN 1920?S records events in one of the strangest and most revealing books ever WrittenCrown Publishers, Inc., 1970
HBDJ, 1970, 1ST EDITION, 1st printing. NEARFINE+/NF+, . NOT an ex-library copy. Tight, square binding. Hinges solid. NO inscriptions, underlining, notes, hilighting or bookplate. The unclipped dust jacket, now protected by a removeable Brodart mylar cover, Pages bright & clean. Bright Green cloth Titled in blue Gilt on Spine CVR, 258 pgs, INDEX, LIGHT Rub & Wear ,records events in one of the strangest and most revealing books ever written about the phenomenon that was Hollywood. Guests include Dorothy Parker, Errol Flynn, Greta Garbo, Humphrey Bogart, Ernest Hemingway, Scott Fitzgerald, Jean Harlow, Rudolph Valentino, ETC inside story of a playground, and a hideaway for Hollywood elite in the golden era. This was dreamt, and brought to reality by the 1920s screen goddess, Alla Nazimova. observes that in its 32 years of its existence, the Garden witnessed despair, drunkenness, marriages & divorces, sex & orgies, fights, suicides, robberies and murders. Well known nightclubs such as; Mocambo, Ciro's, Trocadero, and of course the Schwab's Drugstore were very close to the Garden. Schwab's was handy for celebs; Arthur Miller use to stop by late nights for sleeping medications for Marilyn Monroe, 25 bungalows built around a swimming pool followed very little traditional rules. The party started at night and go into wee hours, and sometimes much later. Barrymore had a valet carry his portable bar, Tallulah Bankhead use to whiz by the pool fully naked and announcing to the crowd about her nudity; the fist fight between Bogart and his wife Mayo Methot was common.. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Sheilah Graham, well respected newspaper columnist, also a resident at the sanctuary, FORMER OWNER STAMP Back Blank Endpaper, Inner DJ Flap $5.95, Illustrated B/W Fotos, : Garden of Allah , story of Hollywood's most exotic playground & crazy & Uninhibited HOTEL BUILT IN 1920?S records events in one of the strangest and most revealing books ever Written. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including libri rari, collectables, livres anciens, livres illustrées and out of print books. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |