| 1928/04/00 |
William Douglas Lee |
Shell Architect, Construction Supervisor |
Construction begins on attorney Fred Horowitz chateau in the hills halfway between Movietown and Los Angles. |
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| 1929/02/01 |
Arnold A Weitzman |
Architect |
Chateau Marmont opens as a residential hotel in Hollywood, CA. |
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| 1933/03/10 |
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The solidly built Chateau Marmont rides out the Long Beach earthquake with a little shaking but no damage. |
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1933 Long Beach Earthquake |
| 1934/08/00 |
Billy Wilder |
Home |
Billy Wilder moves into the windowless room at Chateau Marmont. Furnished with a hot plate, but no window, Wilder decorates his little abode with his impressionist paintings. |
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| 1934/12/00 |
Billy Wilder |
Home |
Wilder returns to the Chateau Marmont, with no rooms available, he sleeps in closet near the womens room for a few days. |
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| 1938/00/00 |
Hedy Lamarr |
Guest |
When registering at the Chateau Marmont, Hedy Lamarr forgets that Louis B Mayer had spelled her stage name with two Rs. Lamarr spends her first few nights in LA at the Chateau before sharing a house with Heather Massie. |
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| 1947/00/00 |
Montgomery Clift |
Guest |
During the filming of the interior scenes for "Red River", Montgomery Cliff stays with Libby Holman in her suite at the Chateau Marmont. |
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| 1951/08/22 |
Dorothy Parker |
Guest |
Dorothy Parker of 216 S Westgate, West Los Angeles, checks into the Chateau Marmont. |
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| 1960/11/00 |
John Cheever |
Screenwriter |
While staying in the 'Mitzy Gayner' penthouse at the Chateau Marmont for 5 weeks in November-December, John Cheever produces a film treatment of D H Lawrence's "The Lost Girl" for producer Jerry Wald. It will not be made into a film. |
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| 1960/12/00 |
John Cheever |
Author |
Paid for by 20th Century Fox, John Cheever can admire the giant rotating Las Vegas showgirl statue (lost) that advertises the Sahara casino from his suite at the Chateau Marmont. |
Angel Of The Bridge (Short Story) |
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| 1966/06/22 |
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Hoisted 60 feet, pianist Liberace is uses a Tiki torch to symbolically light a 4-foot candelabra held by the rotating statue atop the Sahara Hotel billboard on the Sunset Strip. The stunt publicizes his new 2-year, $500,000 contract with the hotel. |
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