The
Beverly Hills Hotel
The
Beverly Hills Hotel was unveiled on May 12, 1912. As yet, there
wasn't even a city called Beverly Hills. By mid 1914, Beverly Hills
had attracted enough residents to incorporate as a city.
Legendary
Hollywood directors, actors and actresses such as Mary Pickford and
Douglas Fairbanks, Charlie Chaplin, Gloria Swanson, Buster Keaton,
Rudolph Valentino, Lillian Gish, Pola Negri and Will Rogers built
homes there, turning farmland, lots and bean fields surrounding The
Beverly Hills Hotel into prime real estate.
Margaret
J. Anderson and her son, Stanley S. Anderson, who had been managing
the Hollywood Hotel were the original owners. They loved the movies.
They loved the stars and celebrities.
From
1928 to 1932, the hotel was owned by the Van Noy Railway News and
Hotel Company. Its strict resident owner from 1954 until his death in
1979 was former Detroit real estate magnate Ben L. Silberstein, who
took it over from Hernando Courtright, later hotelier at the Beverly
Wilshire Hotel.
Some
of the owners have been celebrities:
Irene
Dunne
Loretta
Young
and
currently ... the Sultan of Brunei.
Marvin
H. Davis bought the Hotel for $54 million from Silberstein's
sons-in-law Burt Slatkin and Ivan F. Boesky. Boesky had bought the 5%
of stock that was outstanding for a reported fortune and decided to
sell, despite Slatkin's desire to keep the hotel.
Less
than a year later, Davis sold the hotel to the Sultan of Brunei,
Hassanal Bolkiah, for $110 million. The hotel is managed and owned by
the Dorchester Collection, organized in 1996 to manage the hotel
interests of the Brunei Investment Agency. The west coast regional
director for the Dorchester Collection oversees The Beverly Hills
Hotel as well as the Hotel Bel-Air.
Owner
(Corporation)
Dorchester
Collection is a luxury hotel operator owned by the Brunei Investment
Agency (BIA), an arm of the Ministry of Finance of Brunei. Dorchester
Collection owns and manages 10 luxury five star hotels, The
Dorchester, The Beverly Hills Hotel, Plaza Athénée, Hotel Meurice,
Principe di Savoia, Hotel Bel-Air, Coworth Park, 45 Park Lane, Le
Richemond and Hotel Eden.
The
Sultan of Brunei is the head of state and absolute monarch of Brunei.
He is also head of government in his capacity as Prime Minister.
Since
independence from the British in 1984, only one Sultan has reigned,
though the royal institution dates back to the 14th century.
The
Sultan of Brunei can be thought of as synonymous with the ruling
House of Bolkiah, with descendency being traced from the 1st sultan,
temporarily interrupted by the 14th sultan Abdul Hakkul Mubin who in
turn was deposed by a member of the House of Bolkiah. It is not clear
when the house became known as the 'House of Bolkiah', and whether it
was named after the current sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, or the 6th
sultan Bolkiah.
The
full title of the Sultan is: His Majesty The Sultan and Yang
Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam.
The
Sultan: Hassanal
Bolkiah (full name: Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu'izzaddin
Waddaulah ibni Al-Marhum Sultan Haji Omar Ali Saifuddien Sa'adul
Khairi Waddien; born 15 July 1946) is the 29th and current Sultan and
Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei. He is also the first and incumbent Prime
Minister of Brunei. The eldest son of Sir Muda Omar Ali Saifuddien
III and Raja Isteri Pengiran Anak Damit, he succeeded to the throne
as the Sultan of Brunei, following the abdication of his father on 4
October 1967.
The
sultan is worth an estimated $20 billion and lives in a 1,800-room
palace. Bolkiah is implementing a Sharia law penal code that
includes death by stoning, the severing of limbs, and flogging for
crimes in Brunei such as abortions, adultery and homosexual acts.
The sultan has had three wives and has numerous children. He has
received many awards from the leaders of other nations.
To
destroy the beast - it is the Sultan who must be hurt in his wallet.
Celebrities
are NOW joining in “the fight”, i.e., boycott of the Beverly
Hills Hotel.
The
fight is past due. However, these same celebrities also enjoy
staying at ALL of the luxury hotels owned by this killer Sultan.
There is a list of names. Follow the stars, they proudly advocate
all of the Hotels owned by this madman.
The
LGBT brought The Beverly Hills Hotel into “their” light. For
their agenda.
How
long has the world turned their head and turned their backs ignoring
Leaders and Countries who strictly enforce and adhere to Sharia law?
A genocide of women, torture of women and children. Murder of
homosexuals.
All
or in part - the rhyme or reason for this boycott is not the issue.
IT IS ABOUT TIME.
Sharia
law has no place in the civilized world.
In
a different time and place - in an age of innocence - the newly
founded Hollywood was a place of dreams and fantasy and dream-makers.
Little
Mary Pickford and Cecil B. DeMille star Gloria Swanson and Rudolph
Valentino and Charlie Chaplin, Mae Murray, Ramon Novarro, John Gilbert and ethereal Lillian Gish all graced
the lobby and banquet rooms of The Beverly Hills Hotel.
Mary Pickford & Douglas Fairbanks
Lillian Gish and Mary Pickford
Then,
in the name of money - capitalism - Americans sold their interest in
a landmark building, as Americans do. They sold their fabled The
Beverly Hills Hotel to a killer.
Now
it is time, just like the classic film Frankenstein, for the
villagers with torches in their hand to either take back or
figuratively burn down The Beverly Hills Hotel.
It
will never stand for the magic and marvel it once did. It is
tainted. The fabled walls and halls can no longer whisper the names
of Hollywood and world-wide royalty. The ghosts of the beauties of
the silver screen can no longer linger and whisper their memories.
The whispering giggles and laughter have turned to despair.
There
is blood on the carpets.
The
ghosts of the straight and gay elite legends are saddened that their
hotel is now owned by a monster. A monster far more dangerous than
the gentle Frankenstein creature.
It
is time for Hollywood to come out of the closet and fight to take
back what is left of decency in America. There is no place for
Sharia law in a civilized Country.
This
Sultan and future death leaders have no place in America. No place
in Beverly Hills. No place in this world.
If need be, this hotel MUST be boy-cotted until is sold to Americans and/or closed down if the Sultan chooses to "hold onto it."
No one wants anyone to lose a job - but sometimes - a loss of a job is far better than advocating a Hotel that is owned by a murderer - who advocates the loss of life and God-given freedoms.
Brian Pinette
Brian Pinette
