Prologue: The Continental Touch

Part I. Welcome to the Marmont

Fifteen Minutes from Everywhere : Mrs. Thomsen / Mr. Murray / Mr. and Mrs. Rosson

Buon Giorno, Guten Tag, Good Morning : Mr. Wilder / Miss Kiesler

And the View Is Sensational The High Life / Mr. Cohn's Guests

Part II. A Home Away from Home

Refuge from the Storm Mrs. Cohn / Two Gentlemen from Germany

A Very Private Place Miss Holman / Writers in Residence / Mr. Cohen and the Upstairs Maid

Wanderlust : Mr. Hughes / Miss Kelly / Mrs. Ducos

Part III. The Golden Years

East Meets West : The Strasberg Connection / Mr. Ray / Making a Splash

Three Legends : Miss Brown / Miss Monroe / Mr. Clift

Do Not Disturb : A Dark Day / Mr. and Mrs. Merrill / Mr. and Mrs. Brando / Mr. and Mrs. Muni

The Party's Over : Mr. Beatty / Mr. and Mrs. Olivier / Mr. and Mrs. Flynn / Good-bye to the Garden

Part IV. Changing Times

Strange Sights, Odd Happenings : Mr. Karloff / Mr. Harris / Miss Mazeppa / Bedding Down

Signing In and Out : Mr. and Mrs. Hill / Miss Pitts and Mrs. Lanning Miss Streisand / Mrs. Howard

Playing the Lobby : Miss Garland / The Sounds of Music / Rockin' Along

The British Invasion : The Crown's Jewels / Miss Baddeley / Rub-a-Dub-Dub / Lady Peel

The Natives Are Restless : With a Cast of Thousands / The Housekeeper and Her Daughter / Mr. and Mrs. Polanski

Part V. Above the Sunset Strip

Echoes from the Hills : A New Beginning / Mr. Polanski / March 5, 1982

Those Glorious Memories and Traditions : Starstruck / Oscar Nights Holidays and Other Celebrations / The Front Desk

Epilogue: Return to Normandy

Afterword.