Palm Springs Attorney

Palm Springs Babylon: Sizzling Stories From The Desert Playground Of The Stars

Description

Something about the slow-burning sun and the easy lifestyle of Hollywood's notorious desert haven has nurtured a scrumptious history of cardinal sins, both public and private. From philanthropists to actors-in-waiting, Ray Mungo's Palm Springs Babylon is the compilation of these burning secrets, complete with damning photographic evidence and merciless documentation.

From Clara Bow's sexual appetite and voracious Jim Bakker's denials of promiscuity, to the rich veins of gossip to be mined from the Betty Ford Center, any gossipmonger or film buff will thrill to this lurid social history of Hollywood arcana. Witness zaftig Fatty Arbuckle stand trial for the grisly murder of a starlet; the egos of the powerful, the famous, and the purely eccentric locking horns; and the flamboyance and controversy, past and present, surrounding this florid and flourishing community.

Palm Springs Babylon is a secret history of this Hollywood playground at its best-its sleaziest, most corrupt, and most deliciously indecorous-in short, at its height of glamour.

Reviews

Rating: 4 / 5
Date: 2009-12-19
Summary: "Great Old Time Gossip!"

This collection of Palm Springs Stories is a fun read...
They could have added more candid pics, and added a
few more celebs, but its still interesting! Guess we
will have to wait for part 2 to find out more about
Carmen Miranda, Frank, Lucy and Desi...

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Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2009-10-14
Summary: "And this is just the stuff you can publish!"

Fun book. Easy read. Who doesn't love scandals about hollywood and Palm Springs?!?

Al
Alexander Inn, Palm Springs

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Rating: 4 / 5
Date: 2008-06-30
Summary: "Fun book"

I enjoyed this book, however, some folks may find it offensive in some areas (language and situations). I'm not sure how many of the stories are based on fact, but it's kind of like reading a People or US magazine that's based on Palm Springs history.

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Rating: 3 / 5
Date: 2008-02-09
Summary: "Juicy"

The stars today have nothing on the celebrities from days gone by. The stuff that went on in Palm Springs in its hey day is pretty shocking and I am not easily shocked. This book is hard to put down.

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Rating: 1 / 5
Date: 2003-07-02
Summary: "..."

I bought this book on a whim in at a Palm Springs bookstore. I want my money back. It is padded with stock pictures, stories based on rumor that end abruptly, and just about every person mentioned in the book is either gay or suspected of being gay, according to the author. What makes that part laughable is the author apparently is gay as well, bragging about his own week of debauchery at a P.S. resort. If the people in the book were alive they would have a great class action suit against Mungo. If Mungo had any balls he'd take on people that could actually fight back. One of the worst pieces of self serving trash ever published. This book deserves a no star rating, but [Amazon.com] doesn't provide for one.