Cradled amidst the San Jacinto and Santa Rosa Mountains, and just over 100 miles from Los Angeles, Palm Springs has long been regaled as "the playground of the stars." From the 1930s through the 1970s, Hollywood's biggest stars maintained residences in this little city with big allure. When studios held contracts with screen stars back in the day, Palm Springs was the perfect playground (just 90 minutes away, should some starlet be called back for a screening).