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Title supplied by cataloger. Photograph caption dated January 28, 1959 reads, "DeMille Laid To Rest -- Pallbearers carry Cecil B. DeMille's heavy oak casket from St. Stephens Church in Hollywood. Man leading casket is unidentified mortuary employe [sic]. Pallbearers to his left are, front to rear, Henry Wilcoxson, Y. Frank Freeman, Russell Treacy and Donald Hayne. To his right are, front to rear, Samuel Goldwyn, Adolph Zukor, Neil S. McCarthy and Henry Noerdlinger. Interment in Hollywood Memorial Park Cemetery followed."
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
DeMille, Cecil B.--(Cecil Blount),--1881-1959--Death and burial Wilcoxon, Henry,--1905-1984 Goldwyn, Samuel,--1879-1974 Freeman, Y. Frank Zukor, Adolph,--1873-1976 Funeral rites and ceremonies--California--Los Angeles Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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