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Laguna Beach is Southern California's premier seaside artist
haven. Though world famous, Laguna Beach still possesses a unique
small-town charm rarely found anywhere else. Quaint cottages framed
by subtropical gardens line bluffs above sandy coves along a seven
mile picture-postcard coastline. Inland, luxuriant foliage and seaview
homes cover canyons and ridges that tower more than 1,000 feet
above the ocean. Artists began arriving here over a century ago
(Norman St. Claire in 1903) soon followed by the Hollywood elite
(Bette Davis, Mary Pickford, Mary Miles Minter, Victor Mature, Judy
Garland, Rudolph Valentino, Charlie Chaplin and Mickey Rooney all
maintained homes in Laguna Beach). In 1920 they founded the
Laguna Playhouse - the oldest continuously operating theatre
company on the west coast. Today, visitors from around the world
come to Laguna Beach to enjoy the Pageant of the Masters/Festival
of Arts, the Sawdust Festival, Art-A-Fair and the Laguna Beach Film
Festival as well as its fine shops, art galleries, restaurants, and
hotels, many with breathtaking sunset views.