For the 41st year, the Art Deco Society of Los Angeles “digs
up the dirt” on Hollywood history - including a few scandals - via a living
history walking tour of the 125-year-old Hollywood Forever Cemetery at 6000
Santa Monica Boulevard. Visit the gravesites of early Hollywood stars, movie
moguls, and the pioneers who shaped Los Angeles, to hear fascinating tales
about their lives (both their accomplishments and misdeeds) from historians and
living history performances.
Tours will commence every 20 minutes, rain or shine, between
9:00 and 11:00 AM.
Featured on the tour are those who mapped
Hollywood---including Col. Griffith J. Griffith and Hollywood founder Harvey
Wilcox---and those who put Hollywood on the map: silent film swashbuckler
Douglas Fairbanks, heartthrob Rudolph Valentino, the first African American
Oscar Winner Hattie McDaniel (Best Supporting Actress, GONE WITH THE WIND),
actress and William Randolph Hearst mistress Marion Davies, filmmaker Cecil B.
DeMille, screen siren Barbara La Marr, slain director William Desmond Taylor,
and over twenty other legendary Los Angelenos.
TICKETS:
$20 for ADSLA members (tickets at the door are $25 cash)
$30 general admission (tickets at the door are $35 cash)
Ticket holders will check in off a list at the door. Ticket
sales will end on Saturday, October 12, 2024 at 11:59 PM. Tickets will be
available at the door, CASH ONLY. Exact change will be applauded! You can also purchase online on our website on the day of the event. You must bring proof of purchase on your phone.
Please note that if you try a tour time and you cannot
purchase tickets, it is sold out. Try another timeslot.
No Refunds. Tickets can be sold or gifted to a friend. Email
us with the friends name or transfer the ticket via your Agile account.
Guided walking tours will depart (rain or shine) from the
parking lot behind the Cathedral Mausoleum (follow the main road, Dr. Stanley
& Regina Aizin Drive, through the front gate around to the southeast corner
of the cemetery) every 20 minutes, from 9:00 a.m. until 11:00 p.m. Tours are
approximately 3-hours. If at any time you need to leave the tour, you can break off from the group and walk back to your car.
Parking and check-in are at the parking lot behind the
Cathedral Mausoleum. Parking is free.
FAQ
The tour is mostly outdoors, but it culminates in the
cemetery’s Cathedral Mausoleum. Comfortable walking shoes (tour goers will be walking on uneven, grassy terrain), water, hats and sunscreen are recommended.
You may take photos on the tour. ADSLA retains rights to the content of the tour and strictly prohibits recording audio or video of the tour content. This includes docents speaking or performing. All photos and video taken are for private use only. Any other use must be cleared with Hollywood Forever Cemetery.
IMPORTANT NOTES:
Tourgoers are asked to please take care not to go near any funeral services that may be in progress; allow mourners their
space, speak quietly, and refrain from photographing mourners. Kindly avoid
touching or standing on headstones or monuments, as doing so might cause
damage. Restrooms are located in the
parking lot behind the Cathedral Mausoleum.
We are required to bring in a deluxe portable restroom, so please use it! It will be in the same parking lot where you arrive and check-in.
We generally film and photograph our tours. If you do not wish to be filmed, just let the videographer know.