It’s impossible to write about the Chateau without name dropping, sorry.Ĭhateau Marmont is a catalyst of energy and for this reason art of all kinds is attracted by it: the music by Lana del Rey who wrote Born to Die in the room 79 of Marmont Strip and choose the hotel to shoot the Video Games video movies by Sofia Coppola who shot Somewhere entirely in room 63. More recently Keanu Reeves, Amanda Seyfried, Joaquin Phoenix, Jay-Z and Beyoncé, Fedez and Chiara Ferragni stayed there.
Britney Spears and Lindsay Lohan were both dismissed for misconduct, while Johnny Depp and Kate Moss claim to have made love in every room of the hotel. Roman Polanski and his wife Sharon Tate stayed here shortly before the murder of her by Charles Manson sect hands, and John Belushi died of an overdose in bungalow number 3 in '82, spreading a veil of mystery on the hotel, which expanded in 2004, when nude photographer Helmut Newton died while driving out of the hotel gate. The Marmont hosted among the countless celebrities, a terrified of not making a career Grace Kelly in 1925, a curious James Dean who rushed into the bungalow of director Nicholas Ray to get the most-known"Rebel without a cause" role, discovering the clandestine liason with future underage co-star Natalie Wood, rowdy Led Zeppelin running around the hotel in motorcycles, an euphoric Jim Morrison who threw himself into the pool from the fourth-story window and excessive Red Hot Chili Peppers who spent weeks in the room doing drugs, in a very rock'n'roll way. "If you’re going to get into trouble, let it be at the Marmont" said Harry Cohn, director of Columbia Pictures in the 1930s, and he was taken literally. The stories that hover around the Chateau contribute to the fatal and decadent charm of the hotel. It is the welcoming common areas such as the lobby, the swimming pool and the lush garden that make the glam soul of an Old Hollywood difficult to imitate today. Damask ceilings and the harmony between greenery and ancient rock drag guests into the majestic European-influenced estate, halfway between Spanish esotericism and French aristocratic details, maintained by the new owner André Balazs. The interior design creates a sober and reserved atmosphere, in which one feels safe from prying eyes: the dim light of the hall falls softly on faux brocades and vintage-inspired sofas, selected by the staff to look like they have always been there.
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The arched windows, the vaulted colonnade, the two sides of the building that fold into a green courtyard make the building a real luxury fortress, in full Californian style and taste. As the hotel prepares to celebrate eighty-five years of that Hollywood life, lets look back at the 10 Craziest Things That Ever Happened at the Chateau Marmont.The Gothic-like French aesthetic, in white and dark gray marble, is freely inspired by medieval castles such as the Château d'Amboise, located in the Loire, which stole the heart of the founder Fred Horowitz. Despite a notoriously tight-lipped staff and a policy of secrecy among guests, some wild stories have escaped the Chateau and landed squarely in the public consciousness.
From Clark Gable to Leonardo DiCaprio, from Joni Mitchell to Britney Spears, all manner of high profile celebrities have sought a mixture of hedonism and tranquility inside the Chateau’s thick walls. Sunset Boulevard and Day of the Locust were written there The Eagles' "Hotel California" is about the Chateau. A West Hollywood landmark, the Chateau has been home to wild parties, secretive trysts, and all manner of drug-fueled, sexy Hollywood legends. For eighty-five years, the Chateau has been the go-to spot for stars who want to exhibit their baddest behavior just outside of the public eye. Few hotels are as famous or as notorious as the Chateau Marmont.