Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel

"When returned with the company to California to shoot all the interiors at he moved to a suite in the Roosevelt Hotel in downtown Hollywood. ... He could not bear to be alone, and if he was, he would often hang out of his Roosevelt Hotel window tootling on his bugle. He had friends with him constantly, particularly the Greens and actor ; above all, he spent endless hours with and . The three of them became inseparable during the filming of '."

"... The is only one of the unique feature this hotel holds. ... On August 13, 1991, the City of Los Angeles declared this building Historic Cultural Monument #545. The Roosevelt is a reminder of Hollywood's visual splendor from the magical 1920s and is one of the most visited hotels in Los Angeles."

"As the movie business grew in the 1920s, shrewd businessman (1880-1981), known later as "the father of Hollywood," developed signature properties, often with leading film stars as investors, to attract tourists and others to the area. In 1927 he opened the 12-story steel and concrete Hollywood Hotel to meet the need for both accommodations and glamour. Named after President Theodore Roosevelt to give it instant status, the hotel hosted the first Academy Awards in the Blossom Room on May 16, 1929. The complex contains over 300,000 , including the original tower with its famous penthouse suite and a two-story poolside 1950s cabana-style buildings nestled among tall palm trees. (1881-1973), who also worked in and , is given credit for the hotel's design."

"often mentions , another subject included in The Sound of Silence. I share his enthusiasm for this star of silent and early talking pictures. When I was under contract to in 1929, Anita was the darling of the lot, MGM's young glamour girl. She was everyone's favorite, and I shall never forget her kindness to me. Warm and outgoing from my first introduction to her, she invited me to her birthday party at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel — a dinner-dance on the famous Roof Garden. For one starry-eyed guest it was some enchanted evening."

"It was just after 8:00 p.m. on May 16, 1929, in the Blossom Room of the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, and the first were being handed out. There was no red carpet, little press, and even less suspense, the winners having been announced three months earlier. The ceremony wasn't even broadcast over radio. After just fifteen minutes, the awards had been handed out, and the guests turned their attention back to their desserts. "Nobody felt there was any historical significance," recalled. Gaynor was there to receive her Merit Award for Best Actress, as it was called there, but she was more excited about meeting and ."

"In a ceremony to mark a 1950 hotel expansion, airline hostesses added containers of water from oceans around the world to the new swimming pool, and was invited to test the heated waters. purchased the Roosevelt from and his sister, Sally Crofwell, in the mid-1950s."

"A 1927 newspaper ad touted its grand opening as "the dominant social occasion of the year." "Don't wait," it enthused. "You will see the greatest number of stage and screen stars ever assembled. Among those invited were: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ... and scores of others. And most of them came ..."

"The Roosevelt has also been a radio and television studio. In the 1930s, broadcast a national radio show from the Roosevelt's Cinegrill—and in the 1950s and 1960s TV's came live from the hotel. The famous hotel has also been a location for numerous films, including ' (1987), (1990), and ' (2003). It is especially memorable in the 1998 version of , where the monster ape climbs atop while police helicopters circle the Roosevelt's landmark Cinegrill neon sign."

"Opened in 1927 at 7006 , the Roosevelt Hotel was and still is a major landmark. With 400 rooms in 12 stories, the hotel was originally the home of the and has hosted countless industry functions. The original and details were covered during the 1940s and 1950s but were restored in the 1960s."

"When the Roosevelt Hotel's swimming pool opened in April 1950, the management at publicized it; it was the hotel's first pool. It lured industry publicists to show off new talent using the pool area in a background for photography shoots. was photographed in the pool, and it was reported that she stayed in room 1200 for a time in the mid-1950s."