Roosevelt Hotel from Hollywood Blvd

The Roosevelt Hotel is a historic Spanish-style hotel located at 7000 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California. Named after Theodore Roosevelt and financed by a group including Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Pickford and Louis B. Mayer, it first opened its doors on May 15, 1927. It cost $2.5 million to complete this twelve-story building that holds 302 rooms and suites. The banquet and presentation of the 1st Academy Awards in 1929 was held at the hotel. It is now owned by Thompson hotels.^[1][2]

The hotel's remodeled pool contains an underwater mural painted by David Hockney.^[3]

Alleged hauntings

Marilyn Monroe was a resident at the Hollywood Roosevelt for two years when her modeling career took off. Her first magazine shoot was taken on the diving board on the pool which was recently removed. Monroe stayed in suite 1200 which overlooked the pool side. A mirror which once hung in her room is now in the lobby and is thought to be haunted by her spirit. A number of people also claim to have seen her ghost dancing in the ballroom of the hotel.

Montgomery Clift, who lived at the Roosevelt for three months at one time, is said to haunt his old room, 928. People claim to hear him playing his bugle and see him walking the hallways of the 9th floor. ^[4]

The hotel in popular culture

• The film Shade features a climactic poker game at the Roosevelt.
• The hotel is the setting for the shoot for the first music video for the pop duo Nemesis and was featured in an episode of the reality television series Jacob and Joshua: Nemesis Rising.
• The hotel was used as a setting for a number of episodes of HBO's Entourage television series.
• The hotel is the name of a song by the band Augustana, entitled "Hotel Roosevelt".
• The hotel appears in the movie Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle.
• Lauren Conrad from the television/reality show The Hills mentions she spends every Sunday morning at the Roosevelt pool; the pool is also featured in an episode.
• Carl Kolchak from the television series Kolchak: The Night Stalker spends a few nights at Room 212 while on assignment in Los Angeles. Episode 4: The Vampire. Aired October 4, 1974

Notable residents (past and present)

• Ryan Adams^[5]
• Lew Ayres
• Clara Bow
• Charlie Chaplin
• Montgomery Clift
• Kirsten Dunst
• Douglas Fairbanks
• Errol Flynn
• Clark Gable
• Judy Garland
• Topher Grace
• Cary Grant
• Johnny Grant ^[6]
• Jake Gyllenhaal
• Hugh Hefner
• Paris Hilton
• Scarlett Johansson
• Al Jolson
• Harold Lloyd
• Lindsay Lohan
• Eva Longoria
• Carole Lombard
• Courtney Love
• Mary Martin
• Eva Mendes
• Marilyn Monroe
• Marilyn Manson
• David Niven
• Mary Pickford
• Prince
• Nicole Richie
• Bill Robinson
• Larry McKee
• Will Rogers
• Frank Sinatra
• Gloria Swanson
• Elizabeth Taylor
• Shirley Temple
• Bruce Willis

References

External links

• Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel Official Website
• The Roosevelt Hotel @ Seeing-Stars.com
• Haunted Hotel: Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel

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