TROPICANA, ALSO KNOWN AS TROPICANA CLUB, IS A WORLD-RENOWNED CABARET AND NIGHTCLUB IN HAVANA, CUBA. IT WAS LAUNCHED IN 1939 AT VILLA MINA, A SIX ACRE SUBURBAN ESTATE WITH LUSH TROPICAL GARDENS IN HAVANA'S MARIANAO NEIGHBORHOOD. THE TROPICANA HAD AN IMPACT IN SPREADING CUBAN CULTURE INTERNATIONALLY. THE CLUB BECAME A MAGNET FOR INTERNATIONAL CELEBRITIES, MUSICIANS, BEAUTIFUL WOMEN AND GANGSTERS. THE LIST OF THOSE WHO FLOCKED TO THE TROPICANA INCLUDES: EDITH PIAF, FRANK SINATRA, JUDY GARLAND,HUMPHREY BOGART, LAUREN BACALL, MARILYN MONROE, ERNEST HEMINGWAY, JIMMY DURANTE, ROCK HUDSON, ANTHONY QUINN, BETTY GRABLE, INGRED BERGMAN, ERROL FLYNN, PIER ANGELI, MAURICE CHEVALIER, SAMMY DAVIS,JR AND MARLIN BRANDO.