WARNER BROTHERS AND BETTE DAVIS - AN URBAN LEGEND?

DISCOVERING OUR VALLEY    2011

As The Museum's Library of San Fernando Valley Entertainment Industry History grows, it is apparent that just the history of Warner Brothers in Burbank is a giant undertaking. And speaking of undertaking, I wonder if there is any truth to the old story that the great Bette Davis from Toluca Lake, bought her plot in Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills so that she could look down on her old bosses at Warner Brothers below?

Historic postcard of Warner Brothers Studios - Gift to The Museum of the San Fernando Valley from Gary Fredburg 2011.  (click on image to enlarge._

BETTE DAVIS - A REASON WHY IT'S CALLED THE VALLEY OF THE STARS

2010  THE YEAR OF VALLEY ADVENTURES

The mega-star Bette Davis lived, worked and is buried in the San Fernando Valley.   The Museum of the San Fernando Valley collects artifacts and information about Ms. Davis and her contemporaries in the entertainment industry.

Postcard in the archives of The Museum of the San Fernando Valley - gift of Gerald Fecht 2009

SAN FERNANDO VALLEY NOTABLE BETTE DAVIS

The great actress Bette Davis never did anything "small" in her life. Her life was a series of great, self created adventures. Bette's grave overlooks the San Fernando Valley from the top of Forest lawn Cemetery in the Hollywood Hills. Legend has it tht she chose the site, so that she could look down on Harry Warner (Warner Brothers) for ever. One thing is for sure, nobody in the entertainment industry could afford to look down on her.
Bette Davis lived in a secluded neighborhood near historic Toluca Lake. Her history, biography and images are collected by The Museum of the San Fernando Valley as part of our Valley Notables Archives.

Bette Davis - Historic postcard in the Archives of The Museum of the San Fernando Valley - gift from Gerald Fecht 2008 (click on image to enlarge)

"Acting should be bigger than life. Scripts should be bigger than life. It should all be bigger than life." Bette Davis

Gravesite of Bette Davis Hollywood Hills - Photo by Gerald Fecht for the archives of The Museum of the San Fernando Valley (click on image to enlarge)