Life at the fabulous Fontainebleau | Forensic Files

I lived at the fountain blue Hotel first of all you could not get in unless you were a guest and you had to show your
room key and then they would allow you in you'd see jewelry fabulous jewelry fabulous women
I mean people would just gasp every president since 1954 stayed at the fountain blue and uh
politicians that everybody fought to get to the fountain blue because it was the
hotel and we went by Seasons every year was a new hotel and each one if you didn't stay at the hotel of this year
you were out the fountain blue never had that distinction the fountain blue was always the number one spot to stay
that's the Kings the two kings together I mean you don't find a picture like this very often I mean Frank Sinatra was
one of the nicest men to me that I have ever met Elvis was as polite and as religious as possible he was more my
age and we related more to Jo choking around and talking and so on and so forth this is Ben and Bernice Novak he
was the owner of the fountain blue Bernice was the sweetheart of all the world I mean she was gorgeous and she
dressed magnificently and she was charming and sweet and kind she was royalty but she
never really reacted to the position that she held she was not a snob she was an a lovely lady
Benji was an exact duplicate of Ben Novak and they both were very hard and very very difficult to be friendly with

In the 1960s, the lavish Miami Beach hotel attracted the likes of JFK and Frank Sinatra. Michael Aller, a director of tourism for Miami Beach, shares tales of the glory days of the famous Fontainebleau Hotel.

Brief Summary

The episode discusses the Fontainebleau Hotel's history and notable guests like Sinatra and Elvis.

Key points

The Fountain Blue Hotel. A legendary hotel where every president since 1954 stayed, known for its glamour.
Meeting Icons. A glimpse into the personalities of Frank Sinatra and Elvis Presley.

Episode highlights

Episode quotes

The fountain blue was always the number one spot to stay.

0:52WatchDec 7, 2014

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