Because of its status as a symbol of high society and luxury , the hotel has featured in many notable works of fiction including novels ( F. Scott Fitzgerald 's `` Tender Is The Night '' and Hemingway 's `` The Sun Also Rises '' ) , a play ( Noël Coward 's play `` Semi-Monde '' ) , and films ( Billy Wilder 's 1957 comedy `` Love in the Afternoon '' and William Wyler 's 1966 comedy `` How to Steal a Million '' ) .
Because of its status as a symbol of high society and luxury , the hotel has featured in many novels ( F. Scott Fitzgerald 's `` Tender Is The Night '' and Hemingway 's `` The Sun Also Rises '' ) , a play ( Noël Coward 's play `` Semi-Monde '' ) , and films ( Billy Wilder 's 1957 comedy `` Love in the Afternoon '' and William Wyler 's 1966 comedy `` How to Steal a Million '' ) .