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Secrets from the
Chateau — revealed
PREVIEW
Clockwise
from main: The
legendary Chateau;
loo-dweller Billy
Wilder; Fire
hazard Bette
Davis;
Piano
fancier Alan
Cumming.
A CHARACTER AS impressive as any
Hollywood actor could muster, Los Angeles’
legendary Chateau Marmont is the subject of
The Castle On Sunset, an outrageous new book
by Rat Pack Confidential author Shawn Levy.
John Belushi’s speedball death you probably
know about, but here are some tales from
Hollywood’s favourite hotel you might not.
BILLY WILDER LIVED IN THE LOO
On returning from Europe in 1934, legendary
director Billy Wilder was dismayed to find
his regular room was unavailable. Unwilling
to stay at any hotel in LA that wasn’t the
Marmont, he took up in a tiny antechamber
next to the women’s loos in the lobby. Ever
the storyteller, for years after he would tell people
The iconic Hollywood hotel is laid bare in a new
book — here are the most surprising new tales
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