Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel

thumb|The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel (also called Hotel Roosevelt), located in Hollywood, Los Angeles, at 7000 Hollywood Boulevard, is a hotel famous for its role in the American film industry. The hotel opened in May 1929. Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel was financed by a group of investors including Louis B. Mayer, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and Sid Grauman. Quotes When Montgomery Clift Monty returned with the company to California to shoot all the interiors at Columbia Studios he moved to a suite in the Roosevelt Hotel in downtown Hollywood. ...He could not bear to be alone, and if he was, he would often hang out of his Roosevelt Hotel window tootling on his bugle. He had friends with him constantly, particularly the Greens and actor Jack Larson; above all, he spent endless hours with James Jones (author) Jones and Frank Sinatra.The three of them became inseparable during the filming of From Here to Eternity. Patricia Bosworth, Montgomery Clift: A Biography Limelight Series Hal Leonard Corporation 1990 0879101350 https://books.google.com/books?id=rNi9ksSb92sC&pg=PA251 251–252 ... The Spanish Colonial Revival architecture is only one of the unique feature this hotel holds. ... On August 13, 1991, the City of Los Angeles declared this building Historic Cultural Monument #545. The Roosevelt is a reminder of Hollywood's visual splendor from the magical 1920s and is one of the most visited hotels in Los Angeles. Tommy Dangcil, Hollywood 1900-1950 in Vintage Postcards Postcard History Series Arcadia Publishing 2002 1439613699 https://books.google.com/books?id=Vr4IMPD4LhgC&pg=PA85 85 As the movie business grew in the 1920s, shrewd businessman Charles E. Toberman Charles Toberman (1880-1981), known later as "the father of Hollywood," developed signature properties, often with leading film stars as investors, to attract tourists and others to the area. In 1927 he opened the 12-story steel and concrete Hollywood Hotel to meet the need for both accommodations and glamour. Named after President Theodore Roosevelt to give it instant status, the hotel hosted the first Academy Awards in the Blossom Room on May 16, 1929. The Spanish Colonial Revival architecture Spanish Revival complex contains over 300,000 Square foot square feet, including the original tower with its famous penthouse suite and a two-story poolside 1950s cabana-style buildings nestled among tall palm trees. Fisher, Lake & Traver#Harrison B. Traver Harrison B. Traver (1881-1973), who also worked in Long Beach, California Long Beach and Fresno, California Fresno, is given credit for the hotel's design. Judith Paine McBrien, Pocket Guide To Los Angeles Architecture Norton Pocket Guides W. W. Norton & Company 2009 0393731901 https://books.google.com/books?id=ytSlApKHQUoC&pg=PA97 97 (illustrated by John F. DeSalvo) Michael G. Ankerich Michael often mentions Anita Page, another subject included in The Sound of Silence. I share his enthusiasm for this star of silent and early talking pictures. When I was under contract to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM in 1929, Anita was the darling of the lot, MGM's young glamour girl. She was everyone's favorite, and I shall never forget her kindness to me. Warm and outgoing from my first introduction to her, she invited me to her birthday party at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel — a dinner-dance on the famous Roof Garden. For one starry-eyed guest it was some enchanted evening. Marion Shilling in: Foreword by Marion Shilling The Sound of Silence: Conversations with 16 Film and Stage Personalities Who Bridged the Gap Between Silents and Talkies Ankerich, Michael G. McFarland 2011 078646383X https://books.google.com/books?id=foShCAAAQBAJ&pg=PR11 xi-xii It was just after 8:00 p.m. on May 16, 1929, in the Blossom Room of the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, and the first Academy Awards were being handed out. There was no red carpet, little press, and even less suspense, the winners having been announced three months earlier. The ceremony wasn't even broadcast over radio. After just fifteen minutes, the awards had been handed out, and the guests turned their attention back to their desserts. "Nobody felt there was any historical significance," Janet Gaynor recalled. Gaynor was there to receive her Merit Award for Best Actress, as it was called there, but she was more excited about meeting Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford. Carla Valderrama, This Was Hollywood: Forgotten Stars and Stories Running Press 2020 0762495855 https://books.google.com/books?id=cV7ODwAAQBAJ&pg=PA79 In a ceremony to mark a 1950 hotel expansion, airline hostesses added containers of water from oceans around the world to the new swimming pool, and Esther Williams was invited to test the heated waters. Illinois Wesleyan University purchased the Roosevelt from Thomas E. Hull Thomas Hull and his sister, Sally Crofwell, in the mid-1950s. Ruth Wallach, Linda McCann, Dace Taube, Claude Zachary, and Curtis C. Roseman, Historic Hotels of Los Angeles and Hollywood Images of America Arcadia Publishing, 2008 0738559067 122 1st part of quote last part of quote The Movie Lover’s Guide (1985) A 1927 newspaper ad touted its grand opening as "the dominant social occasion of the year." "Don't wait," it enthused. "You will see the greatest number of stage and screen stars ever assembled. Among those invited were: Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, Norma Talmadge, Constance Talmadge, Pola Negri, Richard Barthelmess, JOhna Gilbert (actor) John Gilbert, Harold Lloyd, Greta Garbo, Gloria Swanson, Rod La Rocque, Janet Gaynor, Will Rogers, Clara Bow, Sydney Chaplin Sid Chaplin, Sid Grauman, Wallace Beery, Charlie Chaplin Charles Chaplin ... and scores of others. And most of them came ... Richard Alleman, Hollywood: The Movie Lover's Guide: The Ultimate Insider Tour of Movie L.A. Crown 2013 0804137773 https://books.google.com/books?id=OPRKEpwjfLQC&pg=PA9 9–10 (1st edition, 1985, Harper & Row) The Roosevelt has also been a radio and television studio. In the 1930s, Russ Columbo broadcast a national radio show from the Roosevelt's Cinegrill—and in the 1950s and 1960s TV's This Is Your Life (American franchise) This Is Your Life came live from the hotel. The famous hotel has also been a location for numerous films, including Beverly Hills Cop II (1987), Internal Affairs (film) Internal Affairs (1990), and Charlie's Angels 2 (2003). It is especially memorable in the 1998 version of Mighty Joe Young (1998 film) Mighty Joe Young, where the monster ape climbs atop Grauman's Chinese Theater while police helicopters circle the Roosevelt's landmark Cinegrill neon sign. p. 11 Hollywood 1940-2008 (2009) Opened in 1927 at 7006 Hollywood Boulevard, the Roosevelt Hotel was and still is a major landmark. With 400 rooms in 12 stories, the hotel was originally the home of the Academy Awards and has hosted countless industry functions. The original Spanish Colonial Revival architecture and details were covered during the 1940s and 1950s but were restored in the 1960s. Mark Wanamaker, Hollywood 1940-2008 Images of America Arcadia Publishing, 2009 1439620806 https://books.google.com/books?id=Cp7aLU53N54C&pg=PA40 40 When the Roosevelt Hotel's swimming pool opened in April 1950, the management at Thomas E. Hull Hull Hotels publicized it; it was the hotel's first pool. It lured industry publicists to show off new talent using the pool area in a background for photography shoots. Marilyn Monroe was photographed in the pool, and it was reported that she stayed in room 1200 for a time in the mid-1950s. p. 41 External links I Stay In Marilyn Monroe's Site At The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel! Walk With Me Tim, YouTube September 29, 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPCh5E0L7nA The Hollywood Roosevelt Glamorous Hotel in Los Angeles🌴⭐️ BUDDYWOOD, YouTube December 26, 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4FQkJGAF-k Category:Hotels in the United States Category:Hollywood, California