Diana Saenz, Author

Chapter 12. Los Angeles 1938

Below: Music links to Gene Kruppa and Mariachi Band

The Hollywood sign was originally the HOLLYWOODLAND sign and redone in 1949.
F.S. Fitzgerald, Hollywood, California 1938. His apartment at The Garden of Allah.
Read about the Garden of Allah
Things got pretty wild at the Garden of Allah. Some blamed the swimming pool. MORE INFO

Pachucos and Pachucas

Click on photo to read about the Zoot Suit Riots that plagued Latinos during WWII.

1937 Chevrolet Coupe similar to the one driven by Amparo
Mariachi Band singing “La Cucaracha.”
Gene Kruppa playing Sing, Sing, Sing

Watch the Tango!

Vera Rockline, ‘Danseurs de Tango’ (ca. 1919-21)
Pencil, watercolor, and gouache, with gum Arabic in places, on paper laid on card