Oh, I *promise* you when she was playing the part of the wife...their
"house" was in fact the Mark Hopkins hotel and she pulled away in her
Jag from what is now the valet parking delivery lot (and Jimmy
Stewart followed her all over the City). Later in the movie when she
was back to being just a shop girl she did live in a horrible little
apartment at Mason and Sacramento. Jimmy Stewart's character lived
in an apartment on Russian Hill. I pretty much know Vertigo by
heart...nice try, though.
D
On Jun 20, 2008, at 8:32 PM, Radhika, Y. wrote:
kim novak did not stay at the mark hopkins. she stayed at an apartment
building two blocks from the Mark Hopkins. perhaps i am
exaggerating the
authority of the person (my husband:-)) who told me this but he did
live on
nob hill opposite the apartment building at Mason and Sacramento.
On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 6:42 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
Danese Cooper [20/06/08 18:39 -0700]:
Well the Mark Hopkins (like the Imperial in Delhi or Raffles in
Singapore
or the Oriental in Bangkok) is more than a hotel..its a
landmark. Heck,
Kim Novak's character *lived* there in Vertigo. :-).
That's one thing that attracts me to it.
Price-wise however, I still say they are comparable. Sometimes
Bombay is
higher and sometimes SF is...depends on a few factors...but
they're still in
the same ballpark. I paid $179 last time at the Leela (in
December).
179? That's one helluva steal, and I havent ever found such a
cheap rate
there. Oh well.
Meanwhile...Bangalore has gone completely ape-shit. My pal
Mitchell Baker
was charged $800 a night for a room at the Windsor. OMG!!!
Oh yeah. And the Leela at Bangalore is routinely over $500
srs
