In an undated photo, actress Marlene Dietrich has a smoke inside the Polo Lounge at the Beverly Hills Hotel, which is celebrating its 100th anniversary in May. (AP Photo / Beverly Hills Collection)
Circa 1940: Rita Hayworth poses poolside on a bicycle. (Hulton Archive / Getty Images)
Gregory Peck and Lauren Bacall are seen while shooting the film “Designing Woman.” (AP Photo / Beverly Hills Collection)
Marilyn Monroe strikes a literary pose. (AP Photo / Beverly Hills Collection)
The entrance to the Beverly Hills Hotel. The date is unknown, but a glimpse of the cars suggests it may be the late 1950s. (Beverly Hills Hotel)
Circa 1951: Elizabeth Taylor and husband Conrad “Nicky” Hilton Jr. at a charity event for blind children. (Murray Garrett / Getty Images)
Marilyn Monroe attends a party held in her honor on July 8, 1958. (Michael Ochs Archives / Getty Images)
Gina Lollobrigida sits by the pool with a soda during a stay in May 1959. (AP Photo)
Elizabeth Taylor, with husband Eddie Fisher, left, is all smiles at an April 18, 1961, supper party thrown in honor of Oscar winners and other Hollywood notables. (AP Photo / David F. Smith)
February 1974: Singers Michael Jackson, left, and Donny Osmond clasp hands while posing with child actor Ricky Segall, center, at the American Music Awards. (Hulton Archive / Getty Images)
Former NFL quarterback Joe Namath in March 1975. (Getty Images)
Faye Dunaway takes breakfast by the pool with the day’s newspapers March 29, 1977. She seems less than elated with her success at the previous night’s Academy Awards ceremony, where she won the 1976 Oscar for actress in a leading role for “Network.” (Terry O’Neill / Getty Images)
Cher visits for brunch in March 1977. (Ron Galella / WireImage)
Steve Martin and Bernadette Peters in April 1979. (Ron Galella / WireImage)
Actor Roy Scheider relaxes poolside in April 1983. ()
Paul McCartney in October 1984. (Ron Galella / WireImage)
Singers Bobby Brown and Whitney Houston attend the 38th annual Grammy Awards pre-party in February 1996. (Ron Galella / WireImage)
Anna Nicole Smith plays the piano at an Oscar party in March 1999. (David Keeler / Getty Images)
The Red Hot Chili Peppers goof around outside the hotel in April 1999. (Magnus Sundholm / Getty Images)
Tori Spelling during the 55th annual Hollywood Women’s Press Club Golden Apple Awards. (Jim Smeal / WireImage)
Recording artist Drake inside the Nineteen 12 bar at the Beverly Hills Hotel in November 2011. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
