Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles 1930s 1925 Courtesy British Library Board/Robana

Courtesy British Library Board/Robana

Jean Cocteau has been quoted as saying

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Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles 1930s 1925 Courtesy British Library Board/RobanaThe Hollywood film industry was still in its infancy when the Biltmore Hotel opened in downtown Los Angeles in 1923. Built by hotels magnate John McEntee Bowman, he said the opulent and lavishly decorated property was a statement to the rest of the world that Los Angeles had arrived as an American metropolis. It was the most expensive hotel of its era it cost ten million dollars to build and its architecture was inspired by the Spanish and French