John Carradine lived at the Garden of Allah during the war years in villa #15 between the writers Arthur Sheekman in villa #15 and Robert Benchley in villa #16. He later moved in with wife Sonja. Apparently he had a bronze bust made of himself which he brought to the pool whenever he was swimming as he believed that it would bring out a nice patina. In 1941 he made “Blood and Sand” with Tyrone Power and the Garden of Allah’s original owner: Alla Nazimova.