{"product_id":"hotel-biltmore-los-angeles-1931","title":"Hotel Biltmore, Los Angeles 1931","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe 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.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt 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 Renaissances. The interior frescoes were the work of Giovanni Battista Smeraldi, who also worked on the Vatican and The White House. There were 1,000 rooms, each with their own bathroom – an unheard-of luxury at the time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eScores of celebrities patronized the Biltmore and in 1927 the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences decided after a meeting in the hotel’s Crystal Ballroom to launch an awards ceremony called The Oscars. Legend has it that Metro Goldwyn Meyer’s famous set designer Cedric Gibbons sketched the design of the Oscar statuette on one of the hotel’s napkins.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Oscars ceremony was held here on several occasions and Clark Gable, Spencer Tracy, Jimmy Stewart, Garry Cooper, Bette Davis, Joan Fontaine, Ginger Rogers and Claudette Colbert were all presented with Oscars at the Biltmore.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis beautiful hand-painted 1931 menu features pairs of birds sitting on flowery branches and was presented to patrons in the hotel’s Grill Room, one of seven bars, lounges and restaurants.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe hotel has been used as a backdrop in films such as Ocean’s 11 (1960), The Sting (1973), Chinatown (1974) and Bugsy (1991) as well as television Mad Men series.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Beaux Arts-inspired hotel still welcomes guests today and is called the Millennium Biltmore Hotel.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCourtesy Private Collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGallery quality Giclée print on natural white, matte, 100% cotton rag, acid and lignin free archival paper using Epson archival inks. Custom printed with border for matting and framing.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb style=\"line-height: 1.2;\"\u003eEach order includes a print of the interior menu.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb style=\"line-height: 1.2;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAll printed in USA.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Vintage Menu Art","offers":[{"title":"8.5x11\" Archival Print (Unframed) $25.00","offer_id":57491741540518,"sku":"cvy1790052101935","price":16.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"11x14 Archival Print (Unframed) $30.00","offer_id":57491741573286,"sku":"voc1790052101936","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"13x19 Archival Print (Unframed) $40.00","offer_id":57491741606054,"sku":"nwz1790052101937","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"16x20 Archival Print (Unframed) $55.00","offer_id":57491741638822,"sku":"feb1790052101938","price":35.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"20x24 Archival Print (Unframed) $85.00","offer_id":57491741671590,"sku":"wta1790052101939","price":53.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"24x36 Archival Print (Unframed) $135.00","offer_id":57491741704358,"sku":"lyv1790052101940","price":102.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0745\/9133\/8662\/files\/hotel-biltmore-los-angeles-1931_1.webp?v=1790052106","url":"https:\/\/coffeetamper.shop\/products\/hotel-biltmore-los-angeles-1931","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}