The Olympic-sized swimming pool, lined with a design by David Hockney, is surrounded by teak pool furniture and lush landscaping, a perfect setting for you to experience true Hollywood glamour.

That glamour is what Hollywood Roosevelt is all about. On Spanish tile steps leading from lobby to mezzanine, Bill "Bojangles" Robinson taught child star Shirley Temple to do staircase dance for her movie, "The Little Colonel". Marilyn Monroe posed for her first print ad on diving board of pool. Rudy Vallee made hotel his home during his first trip to Hollywood. F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway and Salvador Dali gathered at Cinegrill to talk shop. Room 928 is where Montgomery Clift stayed during filming of "From Here to Eternity".

The Hollywood Roosevelt has always been a popular place for TV and movies to shoot "on location." Most recently filmed here were scenes for "Catch Me if You Can", "Charlie's Angeles", "Full Throttle", "Hollywood Homicide", and "Italian Job".

To connect past to present, concrete elements adorn each bathroom, and artwork containing celebrity handprints and autographs decorate each guest room to "cement" Roosevel's relationship with Hollywood.

That relationship is also "alive" in form of ghostly occurrences reported in hotel since it was reopened after restoration in 1985. Most notable is a cold spot in Blossom Room that has never been explained, roughly 30 inches in diameter and 10 degrees cooler than rest of room. A maid reported seeing "ghost" of Marilyn Monroe in a mirror that once belonged to her, and psychics who have "read" mirror talk of feeling much sadness. According to Director of Security, who has logged each unusual event, a man in a white suit, seen by three different people on two different days, walked through a door and vanished!

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To my surprise, a small digital display asked me to make my selection, but then informed me that one beer was being charged to my room as I picked it up. Right after that began a countdown from 30, which was amount of seconds I had until transaction was official. Quickly I put beer back in its place. The menu stopped counting down and read "item replaced." Interestingly enough, there also were sensors on snack tray and candy bars. After reading further instructions, I learned I could lock refrigerator with a personal code so no one could have snacks and drinks billed to my room.

Now intrigued by what other types of fancy gadgets I would find in this room, I walked to living room. Opposite a nicely decorated couch and end tables was a television with a few remote-control looking devices. Upon closer inspection, I noticed that there was a wireless keyboard, Nintendo 64 controller and TV remote. The next 30 minutes or so were spent playing with all options on television. I learned how to order movies, any of nine Nintendo games and even how to check out of room through television when I was ready. After sending an e-mail to a friend of mine through television, I continued my exploration.

On kitchen table was a dish of Italian candies that were extremely tasty. I popped one in my mouth while opening curtains to reveal my view out window. Being 12 floors up, I had an amazing bird's eye view of absolutely nothing. I was staring directly over a parking lot at side of a large hill. I didn't expect to see much though given that surroundings weren't terribly exciting. I decided to keep curtains closed so I could pretend I was in Las Vegas.

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