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For nearly ninety years, Hollywood's brightest stars have favoured the Chateau Marmont as a home away from home. Filled with deep secrets but hidden in plain sight, its evolution parallels the growth of Hollywood itself. Perched above the Sunset Strip like a fairy-tale castle, the Chateau seems to come from another world entirely. An apartment-house-turned-hotel, it has been the backdrop for generations of gossip and folklore: 1930s bombshell Jean Harlow took lovers during her third honeymoon there; director Nicholas Ray slept with his sixteen-year-old Rebel Without a Cause star Natalie Wood; Anthony Perkins and Tab Hunter met poolside and began a secret affair; Jim Morrison swung from the balconies, once nearly falling to his death; John Belushi suffered a fatal overdose in a private bungalow; Lindsay Lohan got the boot after racking up nearly $50,000 in charges in less than two months. Much of what's happened inside the Chateau's walls has eluded the public eye - until now. With wit and prowess, Shawn Levy recounts the wild parties and scandalous liaisons, creative breakthroughs and marital breakdowns, births and untimely deaths that the Chateau Marmont has given rise to. Vivid, salacious and richly informed, the book is a glittering tribute to Hollywood as seen from the suites and bungalows of its most hallowed hotel.Product Identifiers
PublisherOrion Publishing Group
ISBN-139781474611848
eBay Product ID (ePID)27046553604
Product Key Features
Book TitleThe Castle on Sunset: Love, Fame, Death and Scandal at Hollywood's Chateau Marmont
AuthorShawn Levy
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
TopicMemorials
Publication Year2020
GenreBiographies & True Stories
Number of Pages384 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height196mm
Item Width126mm
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorShawn Levy
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom