Should Hotels Show "Their" Movies?

The Telegraph has a riveting rundown of top movie hotels; we'd like to spotlight the oh-so-chic Hotel Vertigo in San Francisco, for not only serving as a location in, surprise surprise, "Vertigo" (sorry to spoil the surprise), but also for playing the Hitchcock classic on loop for modern-day visitors.



Chris and I recently stayed at a hotel that didn't necessarily serve as a film location, but it was near where several well-known features had been shot (and likely housed some cast and crew). We were excited to spy a TV and DVDs in the lobby, thinking we'd get a cocktail and settle in for a locally made flick.

Didn't happen. They did, however, have a kid movie playing to a kid-free lobby.

Are hotels under pressure to show movies made on the premises? Maybe not, but they should. Call it the Overlookian Principle: Your hotel is famous for something big. Use it.