Culver Hotel
The Culver Hotel is a historic hotel in Culver City , California . Its address is 9400 Culver Boulevard.
history
The six-story “ skyscraper ” was built just a few years after Culver Studios opened and opened in 1924. The brick building, then called the Hotel Hunt and later sometimes called the Culver City Hotel , housed Harry Culver's offices and stars such as Joan Crawford , Clark Gable , Buster Keaton and Ronald Reagan . When The Wizard of Oz was filmed, the majority of the 124 Munchkin actors also stayed in the hotel. Judy Garland later spread rumors that the short actors had orgies there and nearly tore down their accommodation, which was later denied.
The hotel was owned by John Wayne for several years ; later it was given away to the YMCA and perished. In 1997 it found a new buyer and was renovated. In the same year a meeting of the then still living Munchkin actors took place in the Culver Hotel. The hotel was also listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997 . Another renovation started in 2007 and was completed in 2012.
The Culver Hotel has served as a film set several times, for example for various thick-and-doof films , The Last Action Hero and the TV series Party of Five .
Individual evidence
Coordinates: 34 ° 1 '25.4 " N , 118 ° 23' 40.2" W.