Hotel Del Coronado - Coronado, CA
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Metro2
N 32° 40.830 W 117° 10.663
11S E 483338 N 3615882
This stamp honors filmmaker Billy Wilder and depicts a scene of the film Some Like it Hot with Marilyn Monroe and the Hotel Del Coronado (where the film was made) in the background.
Waymark Code: WMPXCJ
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 11/03/2015
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member silverquill
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Wikipedia (visit link) informs us about the hotel:

"Hotel del Coronado (also known as The Del and Hotel Del) is a historic beachfront hotel in the city of Coronado, just across the San Diego Bay from San Diego, California. It is one of the few surviving examples of an American architectural genre: the wooden Victorian beach resort. It is the second largest wooden structure in the United States (after the Tillamook Air Museum in Tillamook, Oregon) and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1977 and a California Historical Landmark in 1970.

When it opened in 1888, it was the largest resort hotel in the world. It has hosted presidents, royalty, and celebrities through the years.[6] The hotel has been featured in numerous movies and books.

The hotel received a Four Diamond rating from the American Automobile Association and was once listed by USA Today as one of the top ten resorts in the world, though it has since been removed from that list...

The hotel was first featured in a film in 1927, when it was used as a backdrop for the film The Flying Fleet. Since then, it has been featured in at least twelve other films, including: Some Like It Hot (which starred Marilyn Monroe, Jack Lemmon, and Tony Curtis) where it was called the "Seminole Ritz", The Stunt Man (which starred Peter O'Toole), Wicked, Wicked (which was completely filmed on location there), and the 1990 version of My Blue Heaven (which starred Steve Martin and Rick Moranis)."
Stamp Issuing Country: USA

Date of Issue: 2012

Denomination: Forever

Color: multi-colored...,ostly blue

Stamp Type: Single Stamp

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