Hollywood Celebrity Playground

By Howard Johns

Book Overview

With Hollywood's Celebrity Playground, Howard Johns picks up where his Palm Springs Confidential left off-this time covering the other fabled desert resort towns that stretch from Hollywood to Las Vegas. This book includes the million dollar cities of Rancho Mirage, Palm Desert, Indian Wells, and historic La Quinta-where TV kingpin Merv Griffin owns a 240-acre Arabian horse ranch and Oscar-winning director Frank Capra scripted the memorable films It Happened One Night and Lost Horizon.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 156980303X
• ISBN13: 9781569803035
• Release Date: September 2006
• Publisher: Barricade Books
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 2.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.3" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Great book

I really enjoyed this book on the celebrity history of the desert. I refer back to it alot. Palm Springs has a colorful history and this details it all out!