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The Hotel du 7e Art, aka "the Seventh Art Hotel", is legendary, providing 23 guest rooms, each plastered with film posters that celebrate the "seventh art" of filmmaking. Michael the proprietor is a full-time movie buff who has turned his hotel into a stroll through movie history with Rita Hayworth looking down onto your bed, Rudolf Valentino hanging out by the shower, and the whole cast of "The Wizard of Oz" hiding behind the bedroom door.
Downstairs in the basement "gym" (two multi-functional workout machines) you can work out next to Bette Davis in "Jezebel" or sip a coffee in the hotel's piano bar next to W.C. Fields. Get the picture?
Obviously, the place is big on kitsch personality, but it also offers clean, basic rooms in the heart of the old Marais at very reasonable prices. The fixtures and fabrics are pretty dated (lots of yellows and browns going on) and furnishings are often quite dull. But it's hard to actually focus on such things when you have Ginger and Fred dancing over in the corner.
All rooms are air-conditioned and equipped with cable television, safes, and clean, private showers or bath. A few budget single rooms have a shower but no toilet (shared facilities are in the hall). The three "King Star" rooms on the top floors are pricier, but are also more spacious and offer gorgeous views of the picturesque old quarter.
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