"The Movie Stars' Final Homes"?
(The answers are below, but no peeking!)
1. Which actress is buried under a grave marker that identifies her as "The
First Movie Star"?
2. Which famous cowboy star was reportedly buried wearing a belt buckle that spelled out
his name in diamonds?
3. All six men who were members of the Three Stooges are buried in the Hollywood
area. But who is the
only one to have any mention of the Stooges on his grave marker?
4. Which comedian's grave marker contains the epitaph, "Nothing in Moderation"?
5. Which actress has as her epitaph, "Go away - I'm asleep"?
6. Which "blonde bombshell" is buried behind a grave marker that identifies her
as "Our Baby"?
7. Who was Hollywood's "It Girl" who retired from films at the age of 26?
8. Which film comedian's first child died in infancy, and is buried under a marker that
identifies him only as, "The Little Mouse"?
9. Which leading man is buried with his third wife on one side of him, and his
fifth wife on the other?
10. Which swashbuckling actor was reportedly buried with six bottles of his favorite whiskey?
Answers:
1. Florence Lawrence, at Hollywood Forever cemetery.
2. Tom Mix, at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale.
3. Joe DeRita, at Valhalla Memorial Park in Burbank. (The other
Stooges were Moe Howard, Jerome "Curly" Howard, Shemp Howard, Larry Fine
and Joe Besser.)
4. Ernie Kovacs, at Forest Lawn Memorial Park's Hollywood Hills
location.
5. Joan Hackett, at Hollywood Forever cemetery.
6. Jean Harlow, in the Main Mausoleum at Forest Lawn Memorial Park
in Glendale.
7. Clara Bow.
8. Charlie Chaplin's son, Norman Spencer Chaplin, lived for
only three days in 1919, and is buried at Inglewood Park Cemetery.
9. Clark Gable, in the Main Mausoleum at Forest Lawn Memorial Park
in Glendale, between wife number three, Carole Lombard, and wife number
five, Kathleen Gable.
10. Errol Flynn, at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale.