Trivia

Dared 'Herbert K. Somborn' (ex-husband of Gloria Swanson): "If you know anything about food, you can sell it out of a hat." This led to the 1926 opening of the legendary hat-shaped Brown Derby restaurant.

According to Anita Loos, he opened the Brown Derby because he could find no other spot "where a man of his inertia could loaf in comfort".

Manager and co-owner of famed Hollywood eatery, The Brown Derby

Man-about-town and raconteur who, with his architect brother Addison Mizner, developed Boca Raton and Palm Beach, Florida, as resorts for the rich.

The character 'Blackie Norton', played by Clark Gable in San Francisco (1936), was based on Mizner.

Wilson and his brother Addison are the subjects of the Stephen Sondheim musical play, Road Show, previously known as Wiseguys and Bounce.

Gambler and opium addict.

Enjoyed middling success as a Broadway playwright before trying his hand as a Hollywood screenwriter.

In 1897 he and 3 brothers participated in Canada's Klondike gold rush.

Father was an American diplomat to Central America.

First worked on Broadway in 1909.

Father: Lansing Bond Mizner; Mother : Ella Watson.

Had seven siblings.

Instrumental to 1909 (Arnold) Rothstein-Conway marathon billiards match.