Best known as the original Mr. Belvedere in 's " Sitting Pretty " and its sequels , Webb also starred as the killer in the classic thriller " Laura ," and he had his footprints immortalized at Grauman's Chinese Theatre. His ghost is said by some to haunt this mausoleum, as well as his former home in Beverly Hills. To find his crypt, go back out into the " Sanctuary of Peace.
On the left east wall of the Sanctuary of Peace is Mr. Webb's crypt, two rows up from the bottom, and five spaces south of that Eternal Life side-corridor. Next, walk back north to that Eternal Life side corridor, but turn left west instead, into a passage which leads into the next hallway, the Sanctuary of Light. As soon as you come out of the passage, turn right north , and there on the right east wall is the crypt of movie pioneer Jesse Lasky Lasky's Famous Players company went on to become the huge Paramount Studios , located right next door to this cemetery.
Lasky's crypt is two spaces up from the bottom, with a larger-than-normal plaque. As luck would have it, Cecil B. DeMille is buried here as well, over by the lake. In the next corridor to the west, the Sanctuary of Light , is Darla Hood , the child actress who starred in the original " Little Rascals.
To find it, from Jesse Lasky's crypt, just turn around and go a little to the south. Her crypt is on the west wall, before you reach the next corridor to the south. But her top marker is somewhat hard to read, up there on the seventh row. Ironically, her co-star, Carl "Alfalfa. Next is Victor Fleming Perhaps no other director on earth accomplished what Fleming did in , when he directed two of the most beloved movies in the history of Hollywood in the very same year: " The Wizard of Oz " and " Gone With the Wind.
Interesting that he should wind up buried just a short walk away from the final resting place of Judy Garland. Victor's crypt is in the next corridor to the west from Darla Hood : the Sanctuary of Refuge.
In , a class action lawsuit was filed against Roth. To settle the lawsuit and ongoing tax bills, Roth sold three acres of property fronting the cemetery. This became a strip mall housing auto repair shops and a laundromat.
In , Roth took a fall in his Hollywood Hills home. Ill and bankrupt, he died on January 4, His body was buried on a rainy night in an unmarked grave. It was later moved to a crypt in the cemetery near his parents. They were part of a wealthy Missouri family of cemetery proprietors. They invested millions in renovations and renamed the site Hollywood Forever.
They attempted to redress past sins such as erecting a granite monument to Hattie McDaniel. They also turned the site into a cultural center, hosting local events like outdoor movie screenings Night of the Living Dead , a yearly Dia de los Muertos Festival and indie rock concerts with performers like the Flaming Lips and Bon Iver. The cemetery became a popular location for Russian clients who cherished monuments atop their graves.
Russian plots occupy about 30 percent of the site. Most cemeteries ban monuments for religious reasons, but Hollywood Forever has no such restrictions. George Harrison.
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