Legendary Old Hollywood Stars, Film Moguls, and Pioneers Spotlighted on October 2, 2022, 39th ADSLA Hollywood Forever Cemetery Walking Tour
Hollywood Goes Underground
39th Hollywood Forever Cemetery Walking Tour
Sunday, October 2, 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Hollywood --- On Sunday, October 2, the Art Deco Society of Los Angeles “digs up the dirt” on Hollywood’s history---and several of its scandals---through a walking tour of the 123-year-old Hollywood Forever Cemetery at 6000 Santa Monica Boulevard. Visit the gravesites of early Hollywood stars, movie moguls, and pioneers, hearing their fascinating tales from historians and living history interludes. Guided walking tours will depart (rain or shine) from the parking lot behind the Cathedral Mausoleum (in the southeast corner of the cemetery) every 20 minutes, from 10:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. Cost of the approximately 2 1/2- to 3-hour tour is $20 per person ($16 for ADSLA members). Comfortable walking shoes (tourgoers will be walking on uneven, grassy terrain), water, and sunscreen are recommended. Parking and check-in are at the parking lot behind the Cathedral Mausoleum.
Featured on the tour are those who mapped Hollywood---including Col. Griffith J. Griffith and Hollywood founder Harvey Wilcox---and those who put Hollywood on the map: matinee idol Douglas Fairbanks Jr., heartthrob Rudolph Valentino, actress and William Randolph Hearst mistress Marion Davies, filmmaker Cecil B. DeMille, screen siren Barbara La Marr, slain director William Desmond Taylor, and over twenty other legendary Los Angelenos.
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Health and Safety Information: Due to Covid-19, the entire tour will be outdoors to enable people to social distance if they choose. Masks are optional at this time, though that may change in accordance with fluctuating city and county guidelines.
The Art Deco Society of Los Angeles is a 501(c)(3) educational organization dedicated to the preservation of the art, architecture, design and culture of the 1920s through 1949. Funds go toward the preservation of Art Deco architecture in the Los Angeles area. Visit https://artdecola.org/ for information on ADSLA's vintage cocktail gatherings, annual Avalon Ball on Catalina Island, Art Deco Architecture Walking Tours of Miracle Mile Hollywood, fashion shows, educational events, and historic preservation advocacy in Los Angeles and surrounding communities.