Many popular movies featuring scenes of England's rocky cliffs, the French Riviera, Polynesian beaches, and the coasts of Italy and Greece,were actually filmed on Laguna's natural coastline. A number of Hollywood's famous stars soon maintained homes here, including Bette Davis, Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks, Judy Garland, Rudolph Valentino, Charlie Chaplin, Mickey Rooney and Victor Mature.To this day, Laguna Beach remains popular with many celebrities.

Much of Laguna's modern-day fame lies with the annual Art Festivals which began over 40 years ago.The renowned Pageant of the Masters features major works of art replicated as real life exhibits using live models. Together with the Festival of the Arts, the Sawdust Festival and Art-A-Fair, they provide a forum of several hundred artists, and attract over 1 million visitors to Laguna Beach each year during the months of July and August.

Laguna Beach is located in the southwestern portion of Orange County, 60 miles south of Los Angeles and 60 miles north of San Diego. Bounded by seven miles of coastline, the city's 9 square miles are filled with a small and diversified resident population of 24,000.

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