THE BEVERLY HILLS HOTEL, LOS ANGELES The Beverly Hills Hotel was built in 1912, before there was even a city called Beverly Hills. By 1920, the area became one of the world’s smartest addresses, with stars like Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, Charlie Chaplin, Gloria Swanson, Buster Keaton, and Rudolph Valentino transforming the bean fields surrounding The Beverly Hills Hotel into prime real estate. In the early 1950s, the hotel’s popularity with royalty and celebrities continued to escalate. Guests included the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, Princess Margaret, and Lord Snowdon, King Albert of Belgium, the Crown Prince of Monaco, John Wayne, and Henry Fonda. Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and the rest of the Rat Pack engaged in prodigious drinking bouts in the Polo Lounge. Towards the end of the decade, Marilyn Monroe and Yves Montand checked into bungalows 20 and 21 while filming Let’s Make Love. To celebrate 100 years of history and heritage, a thoughtful restoration programme of its 21 signature bungalows began in 2012. The works completed this year with the reveal of the last in its series of legendary bungalows inspired by former iconic guests such as Marilyn Monroe, Frank Sinatra, and Charlie Chaplin.
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