She's hoping the same succulent lips the guys want to kiss will land her more than a bit part on a casting couch. To make it in this town, she'll need some serious moxie.↵↵Gwendolyn Brick is a sweet Southern beauty who's come a long way to try her luck on the big screen. When she takes off with her typewriter, determined to become a newspaper reporter, she finds that breaking into the boys' club is tougher than breaking free of her bossy mother. Can a smart, sensitive guy find his own voice in a town that's just learning to talk?↵↵Kathryn Massey's childhood was a grinding routine of auditions, but she couldn't care less about being a movie star. He flees Pennsylvania for Hollywood with his mouth shut and his eyes open, and begins to write the lines all those starlets will say out loud. George Cukor is in the pool, Tallulah Bankhead is at the bar, and Scott Fitzgerald is sneaking off to a bungalow with Sheilah Graham, while Madame Alla Nazimova keeps watch behind her lace curtains.↵↵But the real story of the Garden of Allah begins with its first few residents, three kids on the brink of something big.↵↵Marcus Adler has a lot to prove after his father catches him and the police chief's son with their pants down.

The lush grounds soon become a haven for Hollywood hopefuls to meet, drink and revel through the night. Have you ever wanted to climb into a time machine and visit Hollywood during its heyday?↵↵Right before talking pictures slug Tinsel Town in the jaw, a luminous silent screen star converts her private estate into the Garden of Allah Hotel.

The Garden on Sunset by Martin Turnbull