In a way, the history of the Chateau Marmont echoes that of Hollywood itself.
Flip a few more and youll find a chronicle of Hollywoods best scandals.
Thats not to say theHollywood Handbookis all about debaucherythough there is plenty of it.
The gothic-style architecture of the Chateau Marmont. After nearly 30 years, its cult coffee table book—Chateau Marmont Hollywood Handbook—is back in print.
(In 1992, Leibovitz spent a week there photographing Demi Moore forVanity Fair.)
Humprey Bogart tending to the Chateaus garden, year unknown.
The Chateau Marmont Hollywood Handbookwas originally published in 1996.
Author Orson Welles’s staff notes, as published inChateau Marmont: Hollywood Handbook. “Something of a mystery guest,” the first line reads.
And so the legend grows.
Humprey Bogart tending to the Chateau’s garden, year unknown.
