Since 1929, Hollywood's stars have flocked to the Chateau Marmont as if it were a second home. An apartment building-turned-hotel, the Chateau has been the backdrop for generations of gossip and folklore: Jim Morrison swung from the balconies; John Belushi suffered a fatal overdose; and director Nicholas Ray slept with his 16-year-old Rebel Without a Cause star Natalie Wood. But despite its mythic reputation, much of what has happened inside the Chateau's walls has deliberately escaped public notice. With wit and insight, Shawn Levy recounts the wild revelries and scandalous liaisons, the creative breakthroughs and marital breakdowns, offering a glittering tribute to Hollywood as seen from inside the walls of its most hallowed hotel.