HOLLYWOOD FOREVER CEMETERY

 On Empty Pond

The pond cleaning at Hollywood Forever Cemetery continues. These photos were taken last weekend and shows workers patching the bottom of the pond. The William Andrews Clark mausoleum is in the background.

Repair work in front of the Cathedral Mausoleum, resting place of Rudolph Valentino, Peter Lorre and Eleanor Powell.

A rare sight. The pond in front of the Marion Davies mausoleum sans water.

A Hollywood Forever duck –  using the pond regardless of being waterless — gives shelter to her ducklings from the California sun.

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Evening @ The Barn

Laurel & Hardy
80th Anniversary:
The Transition to Sound

Wednesday, May 13, 2009
7:30 pm
The Hollywood Heritage Museum
in the Lasky-DeMille Barn
2100 North Highland Avenue 
(Across from the Hollywood Bowl)
Free Parking, Refreshments available

May 2009 marks the eightieth anniversary of the release of the first Laurel and Hardy talkie. In celebration of this milestone, Hollywood Heritage will mark the occasion with a special retrospective of the celebrated comic duo.  Through original film prints, we will trace the remarkable transition from silent to sound.

The 1929 program will include:

• Wrong Again: with the original Vitaphone synchronized score lost for decades.
• Unaccusomed As We Are: their first  2 reel “ALL-TALKING SHORT“ with sound recorded on disc.
• Men O’ War: RESTORED VERSION and one of the first “shot on location” sound shorts.
• Laurel & Hardy in Spanish – they actually speak in Spanish release films.

Plus surprises and rarities from the archive of film historian and three time Emmy award winning actor Stan Taffel.

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Price: Hollywood Heritage Members: $5.00 / Non-members $8.00

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REMINDER: The Hollywood Heritage Museum has a capacity of 120 persons. Once the capacity is reached, we will not be able to seat anyone else. Please arrive early so you won’t be disappointed.
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