"The hotel was part of the Ambassador Hotels System, which at one time consisted of sixty-seven properties from coast to coast (the chain was dissolved in the 1930s). A city in itself, the hotel had a whopping 1,200 rooms and bungalows, plus golf courses, tennis courts, and Olympic-size pools. The arcade contained thirty-seven speciality shops, including dress shops, a post office, a hat shop, jewelry shops, a men's cigar shop, an art gallery, and a British and European import shop called the Continental. Many guests stayed at the property year-round. It was not uncommon for a celebrity to live at the Ambassador while filming or working. and lived there for a while. In 1927, and his wife, , moved into one of the bungalows on the property and reportedly trashed it. Rumor has it that they started fires in the bungalow and also burned their bill."
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