Garland at his Hollywood home, c. 1937 In 1930 Garland and Zulime moved from New York City to Hollywood to be near their daughters, both of whom had married (Mary Isabel in 1926, Constance in 1927) and relocated in California. This move was not without its ironies. By 1930 Garland had achieved a position of some eminence in American letters and was accustomed to New York club life and literary circles. His relative isolation in California led to a depression that lasted until his death in March 1940. His letters from this period are marked by his perception that his work was of no importance to the new generation. As he wrote to Van Wyck Brooks on 21 December 1936, "Howells once said to me sadly 'I have outlived my vogue'--I never had a vogue to outlive but I am feeling what every man of my years must feel--the fall of the dark month."