THE BEVERLY HILLS HOTEL Located on Sunset Boulevard, at the north end of Rodeo Drive, the Beverly Hills Hotel is renowned the world over. Built in 1912 in the middle of lima bean fields, the Pink Palace (as the Hotel is affectionately known) was there even before there was a Beverly Hills. The city grew up around the Hotel. The Hotels list of celebrity guests is extensive, including politicians, movie stars, and members of the royal family: John F. Kennedy, Elizabeth Taylor & Richard Burton, Charlie Chaplin, Rudolph Valentino, Spencer Tracy, Marilyn Monroe, John Wayne, Henry Fonda, Aristotle Onassis, the Duke of Windsor... Eccentric billionaire Howard Hughes would reserve up to 25 rooms at a time, and lived in one group of bungalows here for almost thirty years (even back in the 50s, Hughes paid $350,000 a year for the privilege). When Elizabeth Taylor was a child, her father ran an art gallery in the Hotel lobby, and she honeymooned in bungalow #5. Clark Gable and Carole Lombard rendezvoused here before Gables divorce, in nearby bungalow #4. The Beverly Hills Hotel has been the location for numerous Hollywood movies, including Neil Simons California Suite (with Jane Fonda, Alan Alda, and Richard Pryor), The Way We Were (with Redford & Streisand), Shampoo (with Warren Beatty & Goldie Hawn), and American Gigolo (with Richard Gere). It was also prominently featured on the cover of The Eagles Hotel California album.
Posted on: Mon, 19 May 2014 08:35:42 +0000
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