Ed Wynn's last house.

Actor, Ed Wynn

The vaudevillian, radio personality, television actor and film star Ed Wynn spent the majority of his Hollywood years living in a home in Beverly Hills. In fact, Ed's son and fellow actor Keenan also raised his family in Beverly Hills, which is hilariously chronicled in the book, "We Will Always Live in Beverly Hills: Growing Up Crazy in Hollywood," written by Ed's grandson Ned. However, Ed's last home was a house in the Brentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, another affluent neighborhood on the West side of town.

441 N. Rockingham Road, Brentwood, Los Angeles, CA

The home, located at 441 N. Rockingham Road, is in a quiet residential area. All the homes in this area are very beautiful, with well kept lawns and gardens, and cost a fortune. There are many other celebrity homes in Brentwood. One of the most notable of old Hollywood interest would be Joan Crawford's located at 426 N. Bristol Avenue.

Keep in mind if you do swing past this house that it is a private home, so don't disturb the residents.

The Fine Art of Marc Davis: a new exhibit at Forest Lawn Museum

If you're not familiar with the name Marc Davis you certainly must be familiar with his work. Davis was a legendary animator, one of Walt Disney's "Nine Old Men," best known for his skill at drawing female characters. Some of his most notable characters include Tinker Bell, Alice from Alice in Wonderland, and Cruella DeVil. In addition to his work in animation Davis created concept art for attractions at the Disneyland theme park. If you've ever been on the Haunted Mansion or Pirates of the Caribbean rides you've seen the outcome of Davis's work.

From now until July 26, 2009 the Forest Lawn Museum in Glendale, California is exhibiting some of Davis's non-Disney work. The collection includes paintings of ships, Greek mythology, harlequins and experiments with space and color. There are some pieces that are connected to Disney, but almost all the works are very non-Disney.

Legendary Disney Animator: Marc Davis

The museum is open every day except for Mondays from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00p.m. To get there you have to drive through the winding roads of Forest Lawn Cemetery all the way to the top of the hill. Once you get there you will have a beautiful view of both downtown Glendale and downtown Los Angeles.

To round out your visit with another Disney connection you can visit Walt Disney's grave site (No, Disney is not frozen). Disney is located just outside and to the left of the Freedom mausoleum. Inside the Freedom Mausoleum you will find George Burns and Gracie Allen.

The exhibit is free and definitely worth checking out.

Buster Keaton Cameraman locations.

Buster Keaton

Buster Keaton's first picture with MGM and my personal favorite of his MGM films is, The Cameraman. MGM also thought this was a pretty good film. They believed it was the perfect comedy and would use it as an example to show all their other directors and producers under contract.

The film is set in New York City and was shot in New York, Hollywood and Venice. Below are some of the locations that were shot in Hollywood.

Southeast corner of Hollywood & Vine

Above is the corner of Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street. That's the firetruck rounding the corner that Buster Keaton chases and then hops aboard.

Southeast corner of Hollywood & Vine 2009

This is how the southeast corner of Hollywood and Vine appears today. The building is pretty much the same. If you look to the right of the image you can see a building under construction. That's a new W hotel being built on the former site of the Hollywood Brown Derby restaurant. Read my earlier post to learn more about that.

The firetruck then turns up Cahuenga Boulevard. The next two screenshots and the following photo show how the street appears in the film and how it looks today.

1612 Cahuenga Blvd, Hollywood


1616 Cahuenga Blvd, Hollywood

Cahuenga Boulevard as it appears today.

From Cahuenga the firtruck turns left into a firehouse. The firehouse no longer exists but the building in the background as Buster pulls into the firehouse is still standing. Below is a picture of the building in the background.

If you watch the first 2 minutes of this YouTube video you can see all of these locations as they appear in the film.