They lived in accommodation fitted out in the decor of the Fifties, were played TV shows and music of the time and told to talk and act as if they were living then.

Although the opulent redecoration of its principal rooms, begun in the early 1990s, seemed fine to him at the time, much of it does not now.

Originally built in 1956, the mid-century design that made this Scottsdale refuge famous still shines through the newly renovated designs.