Wednesday, June 11, 2008

More on Clyde Beatty #2


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- Mr. Beatty's grave at Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills Cemetery.

Posted by Buckles at 6/11/2008 05:10:00 AM

1 comments:

Roger Smith said...

Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills is a magnificent place.  For those who haven't been there, it is at 6300 Forest Lawn Drive in Los Angeles, just across CA 134 Freeway from Burbank.  As you enter, go past the guard house (at which you do not have to stop) to the first stop sign.  Turn left.  On your left will be Church of the Hills from which Mr. Beatty was interred.  Continue straight and look to your right for Courts of Remembrance, the massive walled open-air mausoleum complex.  You can park right in front.  Walking up to the front steps you will see the tomb of Bette Davis to your left, with her inscription "She did it the hard way." Up the steps, turn right and you will see Mr. Beatty's plaque being the only one of its shape on the wall in front of you as you walk directly to it, passing the crypt of Charles Laughton on your right about a third the way down.

As you look south to the Santa Monica Mountains, you'll see the KTLA-TV tower atop Mount Lee. On the other side, just down from the towers, is the Hollywood Sign.

You can see from this photo the effect of LA's atmospheric conditions on bronze. In the office, left of the guard house, they sell a cleanser we used to buy for Ernestine Baer's marker. I used it three times on Mr. Beatty's and forty years of exposure to the elements made bringing it to a shine quite a job. The office sells flowers, also. While you are welcome to walk around all you like, the staff will not tell you where a certain person is buried. For more help on that go to Find-A-Grave online.

Also, go to Wikipedia for Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills for its history and the compelling features the park offers. Scroll down to the alphabetized list of celebrities buried there.

As you leave,turn left (west) on Forest Lawn Drive, and continue for about half a mile, to get a great view of Warner Bros. Studios. And that's our Travelogue for today.

Roger Smith

11 June, 2008 14:50

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