{"podcast":{"title":"From Beneath the Hollywood Sign","slug":"from-beneath-the-hollywood-sign-6629956","podcast_index_feed_id":6629956,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/ARML5770995891","website_url":"https://www.frombeneaththehollywoodsign.com","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/10e7cc5a-46c3-11ee-9532-57e3a37083c3/image/FBTHS_LOGO__3000___3000_px_.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Steve Cubine & Nan McNamara","episode_count":145,"summary":"If the Golden era of Old Hollywood is your thing, our podcast is for you! If you want TYRONE POWER instead of TOM HARDY, JENNIFER JONES instead of JENNIFER LAWRENCE, or ROBERT MITCHUM rather than ROBERT PATTINSON, then FROM BENEATH THE HOLLYWOOD SIGN is the gin joint for you. Each week, writer and producer STEVE CUBINE and actress and writer NAN MCNAMARA explore, discuss, and dissect the magical, mysterious, amusing, and sometimes bizarre tales of Old Hollywood. So sit back and revisit a time when the pictures were still big and everyone was ready for their close-up.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-15T10:17:41.659308+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/from-beneath-the-hollywood-sign-6629956"},"episode":{"title":"“THE GARDEN OF ALLAH: COCKTAILS, SCANDALS & MISCHIEF”","slug":"the-garden-of-allah-cocktails-scandals-mischief","published_at":"2026-05-25T04:05:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/from-beneath-the-hollywood-sign-6629956/the-garden-of-allah-cocktails-scandals-mischief","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/from-beneath-the-hollywood-sign-6629956","url":"https://frombeneaththehollywoodsign.com","audio_url":"https://tracking.swap.fm/track/YfZO4tERxneauNcW9Fgn/mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML7604555852.mp3","summary":"“THE GARDEN OF ALLAH: COCKTAILS, SCANDALS & MISCHIEF” - 5/25/2026 (141) Once upon a time, there was a magical, decadent hotel in Hollywood where stars could avoid the scrutiny of the public and studio executives and really let their hair down. And, boy, did they! It was a place where there were no rules, there was a party every night, and the rich and famous could frolic carelessly around the pool - and sometimes in the pool, fully dressed. This magical place was the Garden of Allah — the brainchild of actress ALLA NAZIMOVA. This week, we will discuss the magic, the mystery, the decadence, and the debauchery of one of Hollywood’s most famous hotels. SHOW NOTES: Sources: Garden of Allah: Hollywood Homosexual Haven (2020), by Michael Hone; Laid Back in Hollywood (1998), by Patricia Medina Cotten; The Garden of Allah (1970), by Sheilah Grahame; “The Garden of Allah,” by Jon Ponder, WestHollywoodHistory.org; “The People V. Hill,” Stanford Law School; “Forgotten Hollywood: The Garden of Allah,” September 22, 2022, by Meher Tatna, GoldenGlobes.com; “Hedonist Hollywood’s Lost Garden of Allah,” October 13, 2020, by MessyNessy, MessyNessyChic.com; “Hollywood's Hotel Hedonism: It's one of Tinsel Town's last untold stories...how stars from Sinatra to Olivier, Garbo and Monroe indulged their every vice at a VIP hideaway and clothes were not required!” May 15, 2015, by Tom Leonard, DailyMail.com; “This Hotel Kept All of Secrets of the Rich and Famous…Until Now,” June 23, 2015, by Kirk Silsbee, Gentleman’s Quarterly; Wikipedia.com TCM.com; IMDBPro.com; --------------------------------- http://www.airwavemedia.com Please contact sales@advertisecast.com if you would like to advertise on our podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"“THE GARDEN OF ALLAH: COCKTAILS, SCANDALS & MISCHIEF” - 5/25/2026 (141) Once upon a time, there was a magical, decadent hotel in Hollywood where stars cou…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2004,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/from-beneath-the-hollywood-sign-6629956/episodes/the-garden-of-allah-cocktails-scandals-mischief/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/from-beneath-the-hollywood-sign-6629956/the-garden-of-allah-cocktails-scandals-mischief.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}