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Welcome to the historic Millennium Biltmore Hotel Los Angeles. During initial construction, 1921. Opening Gala, October 1923. Biltmore Doormen, 1923. Olive St. entrance late 1920’s. The Music Room (now the Lobby). Men’s Lounge, now Smeraldi’s Restaurant.
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Welcome to the historic Millennium Biltmore Hotel Los Angeles
1920’s Los Angeles socialite and fashion designer Peggy Hamilton, wearing a hand-painted, custom dress copied after the Crystal Ballroom ceiling
Founding Banquet of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Crystal Ballroom, 1927
Shirley Temple presents Walt Disney with his Oscars for “Snow White and the Seven Dwarves” Biltmore Bowl, 1938
Ginger Rogers presents Joan Fontaine with her Best Actress Oscar, 1941
The Biltmore hosts the 1960 Democratic National Convention with Presidential Candidate John F. Kennedy
Bob Hope hosts the 50th Anniversary of the Academy Crystal Ballroom, 1977
The MacEvoys celebrate their 60th Wedding Anniversary in December, 2005 after meeting at the Biltmore in 1943.