But according to Levy, Howard Hughes wasn't on board. Howard Hughes Exhibited Lots of Inappropriate BehaviorĮrwin Brettauer, the third owner of the Chateau Marmont, instilled a policy of openness and tolerance, stemming from his firsthand experience seeing the rise of anti-Semitism in his native Germany during World War II. "It was a small room," he said, "but it had six toilets." His status was upgraded by the time he came back for a third stay, this time with his wife Judith Coppicus-they got a suite with a view. As a compromise, Wilder was allowed to stay in a closet-sized antechamber of the women's lobby restroom. Then he left to visit his mother in Europe and when he returned, the hotel was completely sold out.
The first time was in the cheapest (and windowless) room they had. He stayed at the Chateau Marmont three times. By 1934, he had made his way to Hollywood. Billy Wilder and Marilyn Monroe on the set of The Seven Year Itch, 1955 Hulton Archive // Getty Imagesīefore he became one of the most famous filmmakers of Hollywood's Golden Age, with credits including The Seven Year Itch, Sunset Boulevard, Some Like It Hot, and The Apartment, for which he became the first person to win producing, screenwriting, and directing Oscars for the same film, Billy Wilder was a budding writer fleeing Hitler's Germany in the 1930s.
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