Executive summary by Darmansjah
The InterContinental Carlton Cannes is a 343-room luxury
hotel built in 1911, located at 58 La Croisette in Cannes on the French Riviera
and listed by the Government of France as a National Historic Building. During
the Cannes Film Festival it is the most prestigious place to stay and the
undisputed headquarters of motion picture industry deal-making.
Part of the InterContinental chain, the Carlton is famous
for hosting movie stars from around the world during the annual Film Festival.
The hotel was also featured in Elton John's well-known 1983 music video for the
single, "I'm Still Standing", and the exterior and interior features
in New Order's 1993 music video for the single, "World (The Price of
Love)". More famously, the hotel was a central location for the Alfred
Hitchcock film To Catch a Thief starring Grace Kelly and Cary Grant. In 1970 it
featured in the Peter Sellers/ Goldie Hawn comedy "There's a Girl in my
Soup" and exterior scenes were filmed at the entrance to the hotel and on
the hotel beach. The hotel lobby scene and interior scenes were done on a film
set.
While staying at the Hotel Carlton during the 1955 Cannes
Film Festival, Academy Award winning movie star Grace Kelly had an arranged
meeting and photo shoot with Prince Rainier III of Monaco; they married in
1956.
The Carlton's distinctive domes on both seaward corners were
reputedly designed to resemble the breasts of Caroline Otero ("La Belle
Otero") the most famous courtesan of the French Riviera during the years
surrounding World War I. The Carlton's elegant seventh floor formal dining room
was named La Belle Otero in her honour. There are a couple of restaurants : the
Carlton Restaurant on the ground floor and the Carlton Beach Restaurant.
Sylvie Nissen gallery in the lobby of the Carlton Hotel was
established in 1980, has collection of French artist René Gruau.
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