Wright was often absent during the actual construction of Hollyhock House, due to the demands of another major commission, the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo, Japan.
As part of the land reform instituted by the occupying forces under General Douglas MacArthur, Okura Kishichiro and all of his family had to give up their shares in the Imperial Hotel.
The film compares the degraded condition of the Park Inn Hotel with many of Wright's important works, and travels to Japan to offer contrast Wright's Imperial Hotel, Tokyo, now partially restored at Meiji-Mura, Japan.
Imperial Japanese Navy | Imperial Japanese Army | Imperial College London | First Australian Imperial Force | Imperial War Museum | Imperial Chemical Industries | Imperial | hotel | Imperial Russian Navy | Savoy Hotel | Imperial Tobacco | Hotel | Imperial Airways | Imperial Academy of Arts | Imperial Russian Army | Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce | Imperial German Navy | Imperial Valley | Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales | imperial | Imperial Valley (California) | Haileybury and Imperial Service College | Grand Hotel | Tokio Hotel | Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service | Hotel Rwanda | The Ritz London Hotel | Raffles Hotel | Neutral Milk Hotel | Imperial House of Japan |
Frank Lloyd Wright received credit for designing the Imperial Hotel, Tokyo, to withstand the quake, although in fact the building was damaged by the shock.
The Players' Union was formed at a meeting on December 2, 1907 when Charlie Roberts and Billy Meredith (who had been involved in the AFU) convened the organisation of the Association of Football Players' and Trainers' Union (‘AFPTU’) (which the press called "The Players' Union") at the Imperial Hotel, Manchester.
Transposed from Devon to Cornwall, the Majestic Hotel of the book is based on the Imperial Hotel in Torquay.