Don Young

California's Palm Springs Area: Rancho Mirage, Palm Desert, Borrego Springs & Beyond (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The Land Of Fun & Sun: As the story goes, Hollywood grew and prospered and with it, the local resorts, country clubs, and tennis facilities until everything was so overcrowded, so expensive and so exclusive that even the members of the Hollywood movie colony found it difficult to get some peace and relaxation. Two of those celebrities, Charlie Farrell and Ralph Bellamy, began to look for something better. They found it in a small, sun-drenched community in the desert east of Los Angeles a place called Palm Springs. Farrell and Bellamy built their own tennis resort there, and their friends clamored to join. Soon, Palm Springs became the favorite getaway for an ever-expanding group of actors and actresses, directors and producers. Some enjoyed the warmth of the desert during the otherwise chilly winter months. Some enjoyed escaping the harassment of the media. Others simply enjoyed a private retreat within reasonable distance of their workplace: Hollywood. Hedy Lamarr had a house on...

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hunter Publishing, Inc.
• Seitenzahl: 100
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781556502132
• Artikelnr.: 39755305