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Title
Chateau Marmont, exterior
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Photographers Photo Collection
Creator
Hankey, Roy
Date Created and/or Issued
Circa 1984
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Entrance to Chateau Marmont showing its Gothic Revial style exterior details. The design of the hotel is based on the French royal residence in the Loire Valley, but many elements of Spanish-style architectural are present in the interior. For decades, celebrities have been guests: Marilyn Monroe slept at Marmont while filming Bus Stop; her room was down the hall from Jean Harlow's honeymoon suite. Betty Grable checked in at the hotel when she first arrived in Hollywood.
Type
Image
Format
1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier
00068076
Roy Hankey Collection; Los Angeles Photographers Collection
West Hollywood-Hotels-Chateau Marmont.
CARL0000070797
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/125350
Subject
Chateau Marmont (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Hotels--California--West Hollywood
Architecture--California--West Hollywood--French influences
West Hollywood (Calif.)

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