Garden Of Allah

It was the best of times when the planets aligned to place in one garden that of allah the most beautiful representatives of humanity the world had ever seen united in one location during hollywood s homosexual heyday.

Garden of allah. Watch the video for the garden of allah from don henley s actual miles. Writers actors directors producers. An hotel restaurant bar swimming pool and a series of bungalows for even more bohemian guests. Directed by jake scott.

The garden of allah survived various changes in management through the 1930s 40s and into the 50s. The garden of allah is a 1936 american adventure drama romance film directed by richard boleslawski and produced by david o. The garden of allah was a mid 20th century gay cabaret that opened in 1946 in the basement of the victorian era arlington hotel in seattle s pioneer square it was seattle s most popular gay cabaret in the late 1940s and 1950s and one of the first gay owned gay bars in the united states. With marlene dietrich charles boyer tilly losch basil rathbone.

The star crossed desert romance of a cloistered woman and a renegade monk. Directed by richard boleslawski. Laurence olivier errol flynn tyrone power valentino ramón novarro to name a very few whose bungalows had their own entrances and a pool the largest existent in. The garden of allah became a magnet for artistic visitors when they stayed in hollywood.

It could not compete with other hotels bigger more lavish more modern and in 1959 the decision was made to sell the property. Henley s greatest hits for free and see the artwork lyrics and similar artists. Lipscomb and lynn riggs who based it on the 1904 novel of the same title by robert s. However by the mid to late 1950s the proverbial writing was on the wall.

Music video for the garden of allah a song performed by don henley. Prior to becoming a cabaret the space had been a speakeasy during prohibition and then a tavern. The garden of allah was a famous hotel in west hollywood california then an unincorporated area of los angeles which was usually considered a part of hollywood at 8152 sunset boulevard between crescent heights and havenhurst at the east end of the sunset strip. The garden of allah was the clandestine pied à terre of choice for the film industry s most talented and illustrious transients.

With don henley kirk douglas. When hollywood wanted to.