This image (I suspect it’s a still or a freeze-frame from video footage) shows us a tender moment in Hollywood’s history. The cars in this long cortege belong to various film industry luminaries as they head to the West Coast funeral service held for Rudolph Valentino. The date was September 7, 1926 and they were driving through the streets of Beverly Hills to the Church of the Good Shepherd on Roxbury Drive. I bet the chapel was packed shoulder to shoulder that day with a who’s who of silent Hollywood. Later on, his body was put to rest at the Hollywood Forever cemetery on Santa Monica Blvd.
Hollywood film industry luminaries drive through Beverly Hills en route to Rudolph Valentino’s West Coast funeral service, September 7, 1926
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Since we’re talking about Valentino, just after covid started, I was up at Falcon Lair just looking around and taking pictures of the gates and the garage. The people who were living in the former chauffeur’s quarters above the garage came out to chat and invited me into the property. Sadly the main house is gone but the foundations are still there (or were at the time) as are some things like the lower terrace. They let me explore pretty much everywhere and it was a real treat getting to wander around the place.