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Desert Memorial Park is a cemetery in Cathedral City, California, United States, near Palm Springs. It opened in 1956 and is maintained by the Palm Springs Cemetery District. The same district also maintains the Welwood Murray Cemetery in Palm Springs. This cemetery has many notable individuals read more

Palm Springs, CA, pioneer Dr. Welwood Murray, one of the desert’s most prominent landowners, established the two-acre Welwood Murray cemetery in 1917. Many notable civic and community leaders and famous desert pioneers are buried here, including the likes of Earl C. Coffman, Nellie Coffman, Fr read more

Joan Crawford was an iconic star of Hollywood’s Golden Age with talents that allowed her to cross genres. A chameleon in her own right and fashion icon, much has been written about Crawford throughout various points in her life and career. Scott Eyman’s Joan Crawford: A Woman’s Fac read more

Dr. Annette Bochenek loves to take Hometowns to Hollywood on the road–in person or virtually–to offer fun and engaging presentations about Hollywood’s Golden Age. Her presentations range from focusing on various subjects related to Golden Age Hollywood, in addition to presentations that showcase read more

Helen Chandler was born on February 1, 1909, in New York, New York, to Leland and Frances Chandler. Across different census records and documents, her year of birth, however, has been widely disputed, documented as 1906, 1909, and 1911. Her father worked as a salesman and club manager and her mother read more

Dr. Annette Bochenek loves to take Hometowns to Hollywood on the road–in person or virtually–to offer fun and engaging presentations about Hollywood’s Golden Age. Her presentations range from focusing on various subjects related to Golden Age Hollywood, in addition to presentations that profile read more

On March 28, 2025, I attended the 2nd-day-of-Issue event for the honorary Betty White stamp held in the late comedienne’s hometown of Oak Park, Illinois, at the Oak Park Post Office. The event was held the day after the First-day-of-Issue event in Los Angeles, California, at the Los Angeles Zo read more

Nancy Kwan is a Chinese-American actress whose career benefited from Hollywood’s casting of more Asian roles in the 1960s, closer to the end of Hollywood’s Golden Age. In addition to appearing in comedies and musicals (with a particularly memorable performance in Flower Drum Song (1961) read more

Fans of Cole Porter can delight in a wonderful new book about this prolific composer’s musicals. Bernard F. Dick’s The Musicals of Cole Porter: Broadway, Hollywood, Television is a thoroughly researched book that delves into the many stories behind the productions of Porter’s music read more

Ray Milland was a beloved Welsh-American actor and film director from Hollywood’s Golden Age. He is best remembered for his performance in Billy Wilder’s The Lost Weekend (1945). Because of this convincing portrayal, Milland won Best Actor at Cannes, a Golden Globe Award, and an Academy read more

Desi Arnaz’s story is so often told in conjunction with Lucille Ball’s–after all, they were a Hollywood power couple, television pioneers, and truly groundbreaking in their depictions of married life in I Love Lucy–not to mention being in charge of Desilu, their production st read more

Strangers on a Train (1951) is among Alfred Hitchcock’s many masterpieces, further cementing his legacy as the Master of Suspense. Stephen Rebello’s Criss-Cross: The Making of Hitchcock’s Dazzling, Subversive Masterpiece Strangers on a Train is entirely dedicated to the film. Here read more

“I don’t know if I could have done as well as my mother did, had the tables been reversed. But she did love me way too much and it did cause trouble and jealousy with my brothers and sister. I can understand today how they must have felt. It was always, ‘Marcia Mae has to go to wor read more

Dr. Annette Bochenek loves to take Hometowns to Hollywood on the road–in person or virtually–to offer fun and engaging presentations about Hollywood’s Golden Age. Her presentations range from focusing on various subjects related to Golden Age Hollywood, in addition to presentations that profile read more

Judy Garland was easily one of the world’s greatest entertainers, with a following and a legacy that persists to this day. From her early days as Frances Gumm to an iconic performance as Dorothy Gale in The Wizard of Oz (1939) and a complicated life filled with its successes and challenges, th read more

Josephine Baker was an international icon, well-known for being a performer. Her dancing and vivacity made her a sensation in Paris and beyond. However, though many were familiar with her as an entertainer, she stayed in France when World War II broke out and remained loyal to her country by using h read more

Mervyn LeRoy was a well-known director and producer during the Golden Age of Hollywood, working on many highly memorable productions. He was also crucial in developing the method of production for the period, ultimately working on over sixty films across five decades. Mervyn LeRoy Comes to Town is e read more

Films and radio entertained audiences throughout the Golden Age of Hollywood, but radio thrillers and film noir possessed a unique connection during this period. Whether audiences viewed thrillers and noirs on screen or indulged in the “theatre of the mind” that was what is now old-time read more

There is so much to be said about the beautiful art that was used to market classic films–from posters, advertisements, lobby cards, and more. The genres of crime and mystery films are no exception, also being the inspiration behind many works of art used to captivate the eyes of potential mov read more

Introducing the Once Upon a Time Blogathon! Hometowns to Hollywood is excited to present its ninth official blogathon, entitled the “Once Upon a Time Blogathon: Fairy Tales, Legends, & Myths.” This blogathon celebrates the many fairy tales, legends, and myths that inspired classic fi read more