When Hollywood Went Small: TV History at Hollywood Heritage Museum

Often when we think about “Hollywood” we think about movies, but Hollywood was also home, and still is, to many TV shows. From variety shows to sitcoms and dramas, countless TV programs filmed in and around Hollywood, and recently Hollywood Heritage Museum debuted a brand new exhibit featuring costumes, toys, set pieces, and more from…

Farm to Fame: Tales of Glitz, Glamor & Eminent Domain at the Hollywood Heritage Museum

At the turn of the 20th century despite its bustling downtown core Los Angeles still had many agricultural elements and in 1901 Jacob Stern built a little barn on the corner of Selma and Vine, just one block south of what would become the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Over the next century the little barn…

The Devil is in the Details: The Rumored Satanic Curse that Killed Jayne Mansfield

On June 29, 1967 the fading light of Hollywood starlet Jayne Mansfield was extinguished for good when her car slammed into the back of a truck. Was her death just a random auto accident or the product of a curse brought on by Anton LeVay, the founder of the Church of Satan? Jayne Mansfield had…

Touring the Hauntingly Beautiful Hollywood Forever Cemetery

Hollywood. The home to the stars – both living and dead. While Hollywood and the surrounding areas have multiple cemeteries where Hollywood’s elite have been laid to rest, none is perhaps more notable than Hollywood Forever. Smack in the middle of Tinsel Town, and butting right up against Paramount Studios, this is the final resting…