The Castle on Sunset: Love, Fame, Death and Scandal at Hollywood’s Chateau Marmont Shawn Levy

The Castle on Sunset: Love, Fame, Death and Scandal at Hollywood’s Chateau Marmont Shawn Levy

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For nearly ninety years, Hollywood's brightest stars have favoured the Chateau Marmont as a home away from home. It is a place filled with deep secrets but is hidden in plain sight, and 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 honeymoon there; director Nicholas Ray slept with his sixteen-year-old Rebel Without a Cause star Natalie Wood; Anthony Perkins and Tab Hunter met poolside and began a secret affair; Jim Morrison swung from the balconies, once nearly falling to his death; John Belushi suffered a fatal overdose in a private bungalow; Lindsay Lohan got the boot after racking up nearly $50,000 in charges in less than two months.

Much of what's happened inside the Chateau's walls has eluded the public eye - until now. With wit and prowess, Shawn Levy recounts the wild parties and scandalous liaisons, creative breakthroughs and marital breakdowns, births and untimely deaths that the Chateau Marmont has given rise to. Vivid, salacious and richly informed, the book is a glittering tribute to Hollywood as seen from the suites and bungalows of its most hallowed hotel.

Product details

Hardcover: 384 pages

Publisher: W&N (13 Jun. 2019)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 1474611834

ISBN-13: 978-1474611831

Product Dimensions: 16 x 3.8 x 23.6 cm

About the Author

Shawn Levy is a former film critic for The Oregonian newspaper and the bestselling author of Rat Pack Confidential and Dolce Vita Confidential, which was named the Stage & Screen Book of 2017 by the Sunday Times. His work has appeared in major publications including the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the Guardian, the Independent and Sight & Sound.