1. Welcome to the historic Millennium Biltmore Hotel Los Angeles

2. During initial construction, 1921

3. Opening Gala, October 1923

4. Biltmore Doormen, 1923

5. Olive St. entrance late 1920’s

6. The Music Room (now the Lobby)

7. Men’s Lounge, now Smeraldi’s Restaurant

8. 1920’s Los Angeles socialite and fashion designer Peggy Hamilton, wearing a hand-painted, custom dress copied after the Crystal Ballroom ceiling

9. Founding Banquet of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Crystal Ballroom, 1927

10. Artist rendering of Oscar statue sketch on Biltmore napkin

11. Marion Davies Benefit, 1930

12. Clark Gable, Best Actor, 1935

13. Academy Awards Banquet, Biltmore Bowl, 1937

14. Biltmore Bowl, the home of Oscar

15. Academy Award guests

16. Academy Award guests at the Biltmore

17. Shirley Temple presents Walt Disney with his Oscars for “Snow White and the Seven Dwarves”
Biltmore Bowl, 1938

18. 1939 Academy Awards Banquet, Biltmore Bowl

19. Spencer Tracy and Bette Davis, 1939

20. Judy Garland at the 1939 Academy Awards

21. Academy members, 1939

22. Rita Hayworth, 1941 Academy Awards

23. Ginger Rogers presents Joan Fontaine with her Best Actress Oscar, 1941

24. 1941 Oscars announcer Walter Wagner, Academy President

25. The Old Biltmore Theater, 5th St. side

26. The Biltmore hosts the 1960 Democratic National Convention with Presidential Candidate John F. Kennedy

27. Robert Kennedy speaks at the 1960 DNC

28. Bob Hope hosts the 50th Anniversary of the Academy Crystal Ballroom, 1977

29. A Biltmore Wedding

30. John and Barbara MacEvoy,1943

31. The MacEvoys celebrate their 60th Wedding Anniversary in December, 2005 after meeting at the Biltmore in 1943.

32. 2006 New Year’s Eve Extravaganza

33. Midnight balloon drop