The guest rooms in the rear portion of the structure, facing Grand Avenue, were converted to office space known as Biltmore Court.

The interiors of the Biltmore Hotel are decorated with: frescos and murals; carved marble fountains and columns; massive wood-beamed ceilings; travertine and oak paneled walls; lead crystal chandeliers; cast bronze stairwells and doorways; fine artisan marquetry and mill work; and heavily embroidered imported tapestries and draperies.

Most notable are the frescoed mural ceilings in the main Galleria and the Crystal Ballroom, which were hand painted in 1922 by Italian artist John B. Smeraldi, known for his work in the Vatican and the White House.

Smeraldi and his team famously painted the ballroom's colorful, seamless fresco over a period of seven months, decorating it with figures of Greek and Roman gods, angels, cupids and other mythological creatures.

Two figures appear on the stairwell front—on the left is the Roman goddess of agriculture Ceres, while on the right is the Spanish explorer Vasco Núñez de Balboa.

The Emerald Ballroom was once the hotel's main dining room; its decor features images of hunt and harvest, with hand-painted animals and fish on the cast-plaster ceiling beams.

Gold-painted wrought iron gates open to a staircase leading down to the huge Biltmore Bowl ballroom, in the hotel's basement.

Solid brass trim on windows, doors and railings, teakwood deck chairs and hand-laid Italian mosaic tile on the walls and in the pool are original.

[14] The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences was founded at a luncheon banquet in the Crystal Ballroom in May 1927, when guests such as Louis B. Mayer met to discuss plans for the new organization and presenting achievement awards to colleagues in their industry.

Legend has it that MGM art director Cedric Gibbons, who was in attendance, immediately grabbed a linen Biltmore napkin and sketched the design for the Oscar statue on it.

Will Rogers emceed the opening of the theater in 1924, which then hosted plays starring Helen Hayes, Katharine Hepburn, Alfred Lunt, Lynn Fontanne, Bela Lugosi and Mae West until it closed in 1967.

[22] In 1929, Germany's Graf Zeppelin airship soared over the hotel on its round-the-world voyage, sponsored by newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst.

10 Things I Hate About You (1999)[citation needed] Alien Nation (1988) Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997) Bachelor Party (1984) Beverly Hills Cop (1984) Blow (2001) Blue Streak (1999) Bugsy (1991) Chinatown (1974) Cruel Intentions (1999) Daredevil (2003) Dave (1993) The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989) A Family Affair (2024) The Game (1997) Ghostbusters (1984) Heartbreakers (2001) In the Line of Fire (1993) Independence Day (1996) The Italian Job (2003) National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007) The Nutty Professor (1996) Ocean's 11 (1960)[citation needed] The Omega Man (1971) Oppenheimer (2023) Pretty in Pink (1986) Prom Night (2008) Rocky III (1982) Something New (2006) Splash (1984) A Star Is Born (1937) They Live (1988) True Lies (1994) Wedding Crashers (2005) The Wedding Ringer (2015) The hotel's exterior can also be seen in Fight Club (1999) and Heat (1995).

Glee The Golden Girls The Good Place Grey's Anatomy Hacks Heroes House The L Word: Generation Q[25] Leverage Mad Men Mob City Murder, She Wrote Nip/Tuck NYPD Blue The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Scandal That '70s Show Timeless War and Remembrance The West Wing The hotel was featured in Visiting... with Huell Howser, Episode 625,[26] as well as a commercial for Stanton Optical, a company based in Palm Springs, Florida.

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