October 10: Annual Tour of Hollywood Forever

Saturday, October 10, 2009
Hollywood Forever
6000 Santa Monica Blvd
Hollywood, CA 90038

We are no longer taken advance reservations. Tickets will be available at the door.

Tour one of Old Hollywood’s most sought after “afterworld” addresses as the Art Deco Society of Los Angeles retells Hollywood’s History by the people buried at Hollywood Forever Cemetery. This historical site is the final resting place for a pantheon of stars, movie moguls and early pioneers including Rudolph Valentino, Douglas Fairbanks, Tyrone Power, C.B. De Mille, and Griffith J. Griffith, and other high-flying Angelenos. The 110 year-old cemetery showcases an elegant (and eclectic) collection of monument styles, shrines and mausoleums, which attest that our forefathers died as stylishly as they lived. Guided walking tours will explore Old Hollywood through the lives, and deaths of these glamorous and mostly outspoken citizens, those who mapped Hollywood, and those who put Hollywood on the map. The first tour leaves at 10:00 a.m. with subsequent tours departing at approximately 20 minute intervals. The last group leaves at noon. Each tour lasts approximately 2 to 2 1/2 hours. Please be aware that this is a tour that requires a great deal of walking and standing on uneven grassy areas. Comfortable walking shoes are highly recommended. Chairs are not provided, and out of respect for the families of the dead, we caution our tourgoers to not sit on tombstones. We also suggest you bring sunscreen, a hat, and water, as the weather in October can be unpredictable. Park inside the cemetery gates. Please read signs carefully and obey any security guard instructions.

ADSLA Members - FREE (membership must be current). You don't need to make any sort of reservation, simply bring your membership card (if you don't have it, we will have a list to verify your membership) and check-in at the check-in table located near the fountain and you will be put on the next available tour.

Non-Members - $13.00. Tickets will be available at the check-in table.

If you purchased your ticket in advance, your name will be on a list. Please check-in at the check-in table. The check-in table will be near the fountain inside the cemetery gates. All ticket sales final.

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