This undated image (which I assume is a from a postcard) is a night view looking southeast past the Hollywood Cross down the Hollywood Freeway into Hollywood. Outside of a Cecil B. DeMille epic, perhaps, religion and Hollywood are rarely put together (all those libidinous showbiz folks, you know…) so a glowing cross over Hollywood makes for a rather striking image. The cross (also known as the Hollywood Pilgrimage Memorial Monument) is 32 feet high was erected as a memorial for Christine Wetherill Stevenson who established the Pilgrimage Theatre (now the Ford Amphitheatre) which presented “The Pilgrimage Play” from 1920 to 1964.

I’m not sure how the photographer got that shot as the Hollywood Cross sits on the highest peak in the vicinity. This is how the view looked by day in April 2024.

One of these days, I’d like to hike up to the cross to see the view for myself. Until then, we have Google Maps Streetview…