The Garden of Allah / by Sheilah Graham.

Includes index.

Contents: The Garden of Allah : how it began -- The early settlers -- The British are coming -- Ben the bellboy : and other fixtures -- The hangouts -- Mr. Benchley -- More of Benchley -- The golden age at the Garden -- The grim weeper -- Scott -- The war years -- Of cabbages and kings -- Going down

The Garden of Allah in Hollywood was a prison and a playground, a sanctuary and a glorified whorehouse, where the greats of Hollywood's golden years could carry on their private lives unobserved by the public eye