Tag Archives: Hollywood Places

In a continuing series looking at locations where some of the scenes in my ‘Garden of Allah’ novels take place: Grauman’s Chinese Theater It’s hard to argue against the claim that Grauman’s Chinese Theater is the world’s most famous movie … Continue reading →

In a continuing series looking at locations where some of the scenes in my ‘Garden of Allah’ novels take place: Hollywood Hotel Nowadays, Hollywood is littered with more hotels than Japanese tourists, but the earliest of Hollywood’s early days, there … Continue reading →

In a continuing series looking at locations where some of the scenes in my ‘Garden of Allah’ novels take place: Café Montmartre It would be easy to assume that Hollywood was always a wild and crazy town with sidewalks packed … Continue reading →

In a continuing series looking at locations where some of the scenes in my ‘Garden of Allah’ novels take place: Preston Sturges’ The Players By the end of 1940, after a decade of writing movies, Preston Sturges was now a … Continue reading →

In a continuing series looking at locations where some of the scenes in my ‘Garden of Allah’ novels take place: Don the Beachcomber It seems funny to think of it now, but there was a time when the Polynesian thing—flaming … Continue reading →

In a continuing series looking at Hollywood hotspots where some of the scenes in my ‘Garden of Allah’ novels take place: Schwab’s Pharmacy Picture it: it’s the mid-1930s and you’ve just barely survived the four-day bus ride from Wahoo, Nebraska, … Continue reading →

In a continuing series looking at Hollywood hotspots where some of the scenes in my ‘Garden of Allah’ novels take place: Hollywood Palladium Once upon a time, people didn’t stay home of an evening and press their faces against television … Continue reading →

In a continuing series looking at locations where some of the scenes in my ‘Garden of Allah’ novels take place: Bullocks Wilshire department store In a scene from The Garden on Sunset, one of my lead characters, Kathryn, is stalking-but-not-in-a-creepy-way … Continue reading →

In a continuing series looking at Hollywood restaurants where some of the scenes in my ‘Garden of Allah’ novels take place: Earl Carroll Theater Christmas of 1938, Hollywood saw one of the most glamorous openings ever–and for a city like … Continue reading →

In a continuing series looking at Hollywood restaurants where some of the scenes in my ‘Garden of Allah’ novels take place: Romanoff’s Only in a town built on the wispy foundations of ballyhoo, baloney and bull could a man like … Continue reading →