This South Hutchinson Island beach house was once a hotspot for Hollywood celebrities like Bob Hope, ... [+] Jackie Gleason and James Cagney.

A sprawling Malibu-style beach house with a glamorous Hollywood pedigree comes ashore to the Florida market, specifically Hutchinson Island, an East Coast hamlet known for its loggerhead turtles, seashells, sea glass and celebrities.

This sprawling beach house was once the home of singer-actress Francis Langford-Evinrude and boating ... [+] magnate Ralph Evinrude.

Located on the islands south end, the 7,792-square-foot property is the former home of actress Francis Langford and her boating magnate husband at the time Ralph Evinrude, a prominent couple who entertained 1950s icons like Bob Hope, James Cagney, Jackie Gleason, Perry Como and Don Ameche.

Actress-singer-songwriter Frances Langford who wrote and popularized the song "I'm In The Mood For ... [+] Love." Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images

Francis Langford was the glamorous singer-songwriter of the classic song Im In The Mood For Love (from her debut film Every Night At Eight) and she was popular during the golden age of radio. As an actress, she starred in Hollywood musicals like Cagneys Yankee Doodle Dandy. She joined comedian Hope on some of his famous USO tours, entertaining military troopseven General George S. Patton.

Frances Langford signs entertains and signs autographs for troops at a USO tour during World War II. ... [+] (Photo By Al Moldvay/The Denver Post via Getty Images)

Later in life, she later married Ralph Evinrude, an outboard motor tycoon. By the 1980s, the couple owned a 108-foot yacht called Chanticleer, where they also entertained their celebrity friends.

Frances Langford and Bob Hope during Bob Hope's "Don't Shoot It's Only Me" Special at NBC Studios. ... [+] (Photo by Jim Smeal/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images)

Like the yacht, the Hutchinson Island house was designed for entertainers and beach lovers. This luxury real estate listed for $6 million, by Blaine Doc Ellingson of ONE Sothebys International Realty.

The Malibu-style beach house has unique design elements like Pecky Cyprus walls and a fireplace ... [+] crafted from London Bridge original granite.

The private-gated residence features quirky architectural and design elements such as Pecky Cyprus walls, Green Heart tree trunks imported from South America, a fireplace crafted from London Bridge original granite, and bricks from Fort Jefferson in the Dry Tortugas (barrier islands 70 miles west of Key West).

The 7,792-square-foot property is the former home of late singer-actress Francis Langford-Evinrude.

Its hardly surprising a Hollywood entertainers home was designed for entertaining. Steps from the beach, the oceanfront residence offers five private bedrooms, united by covered patios overlooking sweeping Atlantic Ocean views.

Cabana bar

Outdoor entertainment spaces boast a cabana bar, custom-lit pool and hot spa encircled by Polynesian tiki torches, and landscaped gardens with tropical foliage and coconut palms.

Whimsical kitchen

Hutchinson Island is known for its loggerhead turtle nesting areas. Each season, five species migrate to the island where residents marvel at morning turtle tracks along the beach.

The oceanfront home offers five private bedrooms with a view.

The oceanfront home offers five private bedrooms with a view.

The island is located near offshore natural and artificial reefs that wrecked Spanish galleons during the 17th and 18th centuries, allowing for rare ancient artifacts, seashells and sea glass to wash ashore.

Spa bath

Hutchinson Island rivals Sanibel Island for low tide seashell and sea glass beach combing. Sand dollar beds can be found walking or snorkeling along sandbars.

Outdoor entertainment spaces include a cabana bar, pool, hot spa and this relaxing hammock.

However, discriminating hunters must leave live purplish or greenish sand dollars on the beach. White sand dollars are all yoursfor free.

Hutchinson Island beaches are famous for rare ancient artifacts, seashells, sea glass and loggerhead ... [+] turtle nesting areas. (Photo by: Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

But this Ocean Blvd. Hutchinson Island home will cost you a few shekeles more.

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