Life at the Marmont
Subtitle: the inside story of Hollywood's legendary hotel of the stars--Chateau Marmont
By: Raymond Sarlot and Fred E. Basten ; foreword by Karl Kantarjian
Contributors: Basten, Fred E.
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 348
ISBN-13: 9780143123118
Subjects: Social life and customs; Chateau Marmont (Los Angeles, Calif.); Celebrities; Motion picture actors and actresses; Biography; History
Notes: "First published in the United States of America by Roundtable Publishing, Inc., 1987"--T.p. verso.

"This edition with a new afterword by Fred E. Basten published in Penguin Books 2013"--T.p. verso.

Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue: The Continental Touch --; title: Part I. Welcome to the Marmont --; title: Fifteen Minutes from Everywhere : Mrs. Thomsen  -- Mr. Murray / -- Mr. and Mrs. Rosson; title: Buon Giorno, Guten Tag, Good Morning : Mr. Wilder  -- Miss Kiesler; title: And the View Is Sensational The High Life  -- Mr. Cohn's Guests; title: Part II. A Home Away from Home --; title: Refuge from the Storm Mrs. Cohn  -- Two Gentlemen from Germany; title: A Very Private Place Miss Holman  -- Writers in Residence / -- Mr. Cohen and the Upstairs Maid; title: Wanderlust : Mr. Hughes  -- Miss Kelly / -- Mrs. Ducos; title: Part III. The Golden Years --; title: East Meets West : The Strasberg Connection  -- Mr. Ray / -- Making a Splash; title: Three Legends : Miss Brown  -- Miss Monroe / -- Mr. Clift; title: Do Not Disturb : A Dark Day  -- Mr. and Mrs. Merrill / -- Mr. and Mrs. Brando / -- Mr. and Mrs. Muni; title: The Party's Over : Mr. Beatty  -- Mr. and Mrs. Olivier / -- Mr. and Mrs. Flynn / -- Good-bye to the Garden; title: Part IV. Changing Times --; title: Strange Sights, Odd Happenings : Mr. Karloff  -- Mr. Harris / -- Miss Mazeppa / -- Bedding Down; title: Signing In and Out : Mr. and Mrs. Hill  -- Miss Pitts and Mrs. Lanning Miss Streisand / -- Mrs. Howard; title: Playing the Lobby : Miss Garland  -- The Sounds of Music / -- Rockin' Along; title: The British Invasion : The Crown's Jewels  -- Miss Baddeley / -- Rub-a-Dub-Dub / -- Lady Peel; title: The Natives Are Restless : With a Cast of Thousands  -- The Housekeeper and Her Daughter / -- Mr. and Mrs. Polanski; title: Part V. Above the Sunset Strip --; title: Echoes from the Hills : A New Beginning  -- Mr. Polanski / -- March 5, 1982; title: Those Glorious Memories and Traditions : Starstruck  -- Oscar Nights Holidays and Other Celebrations / -- The Front Desk; title: Epilogue: Return to Normandy --; title: Afterword.