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.

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

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

First worked on Broadway in 1909.

Father: Lansing Bond Mizner; Mother : Ella Watson.

Gambler and opium addict.

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

Had seven siblings.

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

Father was an American diplomat to Central America.

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