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The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel is a historic hotel
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designed in the Spanish Colonial Revival style,
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34°6′4″N 118°20′30″W
Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel
Los Angeles, California. Named after United States
president Theodore Roosevelt and financed by a
group including Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Pickford
and Louis B. Mayer, it first opened its doors on May
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15, 1927. It cost $2.5 million ($33.9 million in today's
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money or dollars) to complete this twelve-story
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building, which holds 300 rooms and suites. It is now
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managed by Thompson Hotels.
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Following a major renovation in 2005 overseen by
Dodd Mitchell, The Hollywood Roosevelt has been
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more prominently featured in films and in Hollywood
nightlife. There has been a recent surge in popularity
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with young Hollywood in the last few years, thanks to
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trendy nightclub Teddy's, which is located in the main
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lobby of the hotel.[2]
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1 Place in Hollywood History
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2 Alleged hauntings
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3 Notable residents (past and present)
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4 See also
5 References
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The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel hosted the
presentation of the 1st Academy Awards in 1929
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inside its Blossom ballroom. Later ceremonies were
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much larger than this banquet for 250, so there was
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never an attempt to host the awards at the hotel a
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Built
1927
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Fisher, Lake & Traver
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Spanish Colonial Revival
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7000 Hollywood Blvd.
Hollywood, Los Angeles,
California
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1991[1]
Reference no.
545
second time.
Actress Frances Farmer was the guest of honor in
1958 after appearing on This Is Your Life. Marilyn
Monroe was a resident at the Hollywood Roosevelt
for two years when her modeling career took off. Her
first magazine shoot was taken in the Roosevelt.[3]
The hotel's remodeled pool contains an underwater
mural painted by David Hockney.[4]
Alleged hauntings
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There have been many rumors of hauntings at this hotel. Some involve celebrities, such as
Marilyn Monroe,[5] Montgomery Clift, and Errol Flynn.[6] Others involve a little girl in a blue
dress.[7] There have also been reports of cold spots, photographic "orbs", and mysterious phone
calls to the hotel operator.[8]
Notable residents (past and present)
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Clark Gable and Carole Lombard paid five dollars a night for their penthouse,[9] now named the
Gable & Lombard Penthouse. There is also a Marilyn Monroe Suite at the hotel.[10] Actress
Elizabeth Patterson lived in the hotel during her 35-year motion picture career.
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Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments in Hollywood
Jason Pomeranc
Elizabeth Patterson (actress)
References
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1. ^ Los Angeles Department of City Planning (February 28, 2009). Historic - Cultural Monuments
(HCM) Listing: City Declared Monuments . City of Los Angeles. Retrieved 2000-03-02. Check
date values in: |access-date= (help)
2. ^ "Hollywood Roosevelt: Where Old and New Hollywood Converge in Luxury" . LosAngeles.com.
Retrieved 2008-11-01.
3. ^ Marc Wanamaker; Robert W. Nudelman (2007). Early Hollywood . Arcadia Publishing. p. 60.
ISBN 978-0-7385-4792-3.
4. ^ "Mobius Awards Site Hosted First 'Oscars' " .
5. ^ Lovgren, Stefan (December 4, 2003). "Do Real Haunted Mansions Hold Sway in Hollywood?" .
National Geographic News. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
6. ^ Thomas Dangcil; Tommy Dangcil (September 2002). Hollywood, 1900-1950, in Vintage
Postcards . Arcadia Publishing. p. 85. ISBN 978-0-7385-2073-5.
7. ^ Kern, Will (Halloween 2004). "Hotel has glut of ghosts" . Denver Post, cited at wilkern.com.
Retrieved 29 March 2013. Check date values in: |date= (help)
8. ^ "This old hotel is a Hollywood haunt, in every sense of the word" . Philadelphia Inquirer.
November 26, 2000. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
9. ^ Lord, Rosemary (2002). Los Angeles: Then and Now. San Diego, CA: Thunder Bay Press.
pp. 94–95. ISBN 1-57145-794-1.
10. ^ Stephen Dolainski (1 September 2001). Los Angeles: Romantic Diversions in and Around the
City . Globe Pequot Press. p. 125. ISBN 978-0-7627-1024-9.
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Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel Official Website
Haunted Hotel: Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel
Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel's Bowling Alley: The Spare Room
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