Ambassador Hotel (Los Angeles)

"The AMBASSADOR HOTEL, 3400 , a vast rambling structure whose spreading tile-roofed wings faintly suggest the buildings of northern Italy, sits far back from the street behind a huge expanse of lawn and is surrounded by its cottages. In the hotel are a bank, brokerage office, post office, library, 35 retail shops, and a motion-picture theatre; on the grounds are a swimming pool with artificial beaches of white sand and an 18-hole course."

"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."

"The vine-covered entrance to the hotel emphasized the hotel's garden ambiance. ... The Ambassador Hotel, built 1919–1921, is an expansive structure surrounded by cottages and sited far back from the street behind a vast expanse of lawn. Like the , it hosted early Academy Award banquets. The ballroom was famous throughout the United States for its Saturday night broadcasts of the popular jazz and bands performing at the hotel."

"The 1967 film ' is one of the first to be filmed partly on a location in a hotel lobby, in this case the renowned Ambassador Hotel at 3400 , the main street between and downtown Los Angeles. ... The Ambassador Hotel was also used for scenes for the filming of ', released in 1990 ..."

"stayed at the Ambassador Hotel during his 1928 , reveling in the tennis courts, golf course, and swimming pool."