The Castle on Sunset
Love, Fame, Death and Scandal at Hollywood's Chateau Marmont
$29.04
- Paperback
384 pages
- Release Date
27 January 2020
Summary
For nearly ninety years, Hollywood’s brightest stars have favoured the Chateau Marmont as a home away from home. Filled with deep secrets but hidden in plain sight, its evolution parallels the growth of Hollywood itself.
Perched above the Sunset Strip like a fairy-tale castle, the Chateau seems to come from another world entirely. An apartment-house-turned-hotel, it has been the backdrop for generations of gossip and folklore: 1930s bombshell Jean Harlow took lovers during her third h…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781474611848 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1474611842 |
| Author: | Shawn Levy |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 27 January 2020 |
| Weight: | 280g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 130mm x 26mm |
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Chateau Marmont in West Hollywood is unquestionably one of the most dauntingly glamorous hotels in the world [and this book is] an exuberant record of its life and times … Levy’s pages teem with extraordinary and extreme personalities - Sunday Times
A fabulously fizzy account - Vanity FairA fascinating expose of wild nights and celebrity scandals at Hollywood’s iconic hotel - GraziaAbout The Author
Shawn Levy
Shawn Levy is a former film critic for The Oregonian newspaper and the bestselling author of RAT PACK CONFIDENTIAL, PAUL NEWMAN: A LIFE, DOLCE VITA CONFIDENTIAL and THE CASTLE ON SUNSET. His work has appeared in major publications including the NEW YORK TIMES, the LOS ANGELES TIMES, the GUARDIAN, the INDEPENDENT and SIGHT AND SOUND. He lives in Portland, Oregon.
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