Tuesday, May 5, 2015

New Grave Photos!

So, in true Jessica fashion, I spent my 30th birthday last week grave hunting at Forest Lawn in Glendale. That is what I wanted to do. AND, I must say, it helped make my birthday one of the best yet!

I am very lucky to have met someone through my blog who helped guide me through the (seemingly) scary maze that is the Great Mausoleum at Forest Lawn. Mr. Taph Madison runs the site Hollywood Graveyard and has become my new favorite person. He offers tours of various Los Angeles cemeteries and he has also created this amazing app to help you locate stars on your own. This is something I need because I sometimes go completely blank while looking. You can check out a preview of the app HERE!


And now, for some real legends...



Elizabeth Peters is the mother of Carole Lombard. She died along with her daughter in the plane crash.

I have shown pictures of the Pickford plot before, but this is the first time that I have been so close to it. Had to share an up close and personal shot. Mary is here along with her mother, siblings, and a few other relatives. 



I do believe that Lauren Bacall is interred here with Humphrey, at least, I would like to think and hope so.

Lon Chaney's crypt is unmarked. How do we know he is in there? Well, we aren't 100% but according to cemetery records, this is where he is!


Clark's last wife, Kathleen knew he wanted to buried next to Carole Lombard and she went along with his wishes. All she wanted was to be buried near him, and she is as well. Kathleen Gable was a wonderful woman for that.

Jean's crypt is just marked with "Our Baby," which you kinda see in my picture.  







Even though Norma remarried after Irving's death, they are interred together in the Thalberg crypt. 

Saturday, May 2, 2015

May Birthdays!

New month means new stars to celebrate!
Also coming up soon will be brand new grave photos of people I have loved and admired for years and am so incredibly lucky to have been able to visit. 
Can't wait to share!

Leila Hyams ~ May 1, 1905

Hedda Hopper ~ May 2, 1885

Mary Astor ~ May 3, 1906

Maria Corda ~ May 4, 1898

Alice Howell ~ May 5, 1888

Claire Whitney ~ May 6, 1890

Rudolph Valentino ~ May 6, 1895

Gary Cooper ~ May 7, 1901

Cecille Evans ~ May 7, 1902

Claire Anderson ~ May 8, 1895

Valdemar Psilander ~ May 9, 1884

Richard Barthelmess ~ May 9, 1895

Olga Petrova ~ May 10, 1884

Mae Murray ~ May 10, 1889

Fred Astaire ~ May 10, 1899

Betty Boyd ~ May 11, 1908

Cleo Ridgely ~ May 12, 1893

Billie Dove ~ May 14, 1903

Hedda Nova ~May 15, 1899

Anny Ondra ~ May 15, 1902

Dorothy Gibson ~ May 17, 1889

Ward Crane ~ May 18, 1890

Natalie Kingston ~ May 19, 1905

Pauline Chase ~ May 20, 1885

Karin Molander ~ May 20, 1889

Estelle Taylor ~ May 20, 1894

Vivien Oakland ~ May 20, 1895

Mabel Taliaferro ~ May 21,1887

Alla Nazimova ~ May 22, 1879

Pauline Bush ~ May 22, 1886

Lucy Doraine ~ May 22, 1898

Ethel Shannon ~ May 22, 1898

Douglas Fairbanks ~ May 23, 1883

Jose Collins ~ May 23, 1887

Gretchen Lederer ~ May 23, 1891

Chrissie White ~ May 23, 1895

Helen Foster ~ May 23, 1906

Creighton Hale ~ May 24, 1889

William Fairbanks ~ May 24, 1894

Muriel Ostriche ~ May 24, 1896

Sally Phipps ~ May 24 1909

Frank Alexander ~ May 25, 1879

Marie Doro ~ May 25, 1882

Kathryn Adams ~ May 25, 1883

Isadora Duncan ~ May 26, 1870

Al Jolson ~ May 26, 1886

Peggy Hopkins Joyce ~ May 26, 1893

Norma Talmadge ~ May 26, 1894

Dustin Farnum ~ May 27, 1874

Fritzi Brunette ~ May 27, 1890

Mary McAllister ~ May 27, 1909

Dorothy Dunbar ~ May 28, 1902

Beatrice Lillie ~ May 29, 1894

Eva May ~ May 29, 1902

Aud Egede-Nissen ~ May 30, 1893

Irving Thalberg ~ May 30, 1899

Kathlyn Williams ~ May 31, 1879

Jack Holt ~ May 31, 1888

Ann Christy ~ May 31, 1905