"As an actress, I spent a great deal of time in England, especially
while raising my children with Roald Dahl. Several of London's
grand luxury hotels have been part of my life for decades. Ward
Morehouse III's beautifully written book highlights the best of the
best, reminding me of the glorious times I have spent in several of
these glamorous hotels and piquing my curiosity to visit those I
haven't yet had the pleasure to experience." - Patricia Neal,
Academy Award and Tony Award-winning actress Ward Morehouse III's
love affair with grand hotels began long before his first, landmark
book The Waldorf-Astoria: America's Gilded Dream. His father, the
late drama critic Ward Morehouse (who requested "Room Service,
please " on his tombstone), lovingly indoctrinated his young son
into the glamorous life of luxurious hotels in New York and
elsewhere, teaching him that a great hotel is made up of more than
fine linens and fancy uniforms. It's the staff, the people, who
make any hotel special. So London's Grand Hotels -- Extraordinary
People, Extraordinary Service, in the World's Cultural Capital, to
be published by BearManor Media on August 15, 2010, concerns itself
not just with the physical grandeur of London's top hotels, but
with all the grand people working in - and staying at - these
real-life palaces. Checking into any one of them is like taking
part in a grand opera. London boasts the greatest collection of
grand hotels of any city. England's legendary empire truly lives on
through its greatest inns. Mr. Morehouse's book also include as
series of exclusive celebrity photographs of current of theater,
film and business stars who are devotees of London's grand hotels
such as Sienna Miller, Jude Law, Sir Ian McKellen and Sir Richard
Branson. Here's a sampling of exclusive stories from some of those
who own and run these hotels and the stars who have stayed in them
included in London's Grand Hotels -- Extraordinary People,
Extraordinary Service in the World's Cultural Capitol" * Laurence
Olivier and Vivian Leigh first met at The Savoy. One night my
father took his wife Rebecca Morehouse, who worked for The Atlanta
Journal, Time Magazine and Playbill, to dinner with the world's
most famous lovers one night at their place in Christ Church
Street. "They knew the pain of separation," she said. "He was on
Broadway in a play when she was playing Scarlett in California,"
Mrs. Morehouse told me. "Her impatience to finish the picture was
all about him, being with him. When they could arrange it, it
wasn't easy, they got on planes and met in the middle of the
country, some place with an airport, where didn't matter. 'We did
terrible things all over your beautiful country, ' Vivian says
cheerfully, with no apparent regret ... What terrible things ?" *
When Richard Harris stayed at The Savoy he paid his bill
erratically. And he would only even talk about paying it over "a
Guinness" at the Cole Hole Pub next door. The last time that former
Savoy general manager Michael Shepard saw Harris he had had a heart
attack in his suite. While waiting in the lobby for an ambulance,
he told Mr. Shepard, "Mr. Shepard, blame the food Blame the food "
For some Broadway stars, the task of choosing a London hotel may be
even as daunting as getting a starring role on Broadway. James
Barbour, who starred in the mega-musical "Tale of Two Cities," shot
the PBS special on the musical in London. "There are so many great
hotels in London, how do you pick a favorite? " he asked
rhetorically.
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