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Steven and Elona Anthony's home would be razed to build a Hollywood television and film museum that never came to pass. Anonymous contributors raised bail money to free him from a 1 yr. jail term following his conviction of resisting arrest and battery against two sheriff's deputies who came to evict him and his family. On the eve of his court appearance, Edmond De La Patie, Vice-President at Warner Bros. Studio and a Hollywood Museum official, charged that the fight over the Anthonys' eviction might have been Communist inspired, to which Mr. Anthony replied, "It's more character assassination. I hate and despise pinkos. The American Legion, the Baptist Ministers and four Young Republican groups are backing me. They ought to know if I'm a Communist." Photograph caption dated May 4, 1964 reads, "The crowds which flocked around ex-Marine Steven Anthony's Hollywood home before he was evicted and the cottage torn down have returned again. This time, it's to see a new 1-by-44-foot 'park' in memory of the bartender's last stand in defense of his home. Donated and dedicated over the weekend, it stands next to sign advertising the new $6.5 million Hollywood film and television museum."
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Anthony, Steven--Homes and haunts Hollywood Museum (1964) Eminent domain--California--Los Angeles Demolition--California--Hollywood (Los Angeles) Signs and signboards--California--Hollywood (Los Angeles) Flowers--California--Los Angeles Automobiles--California--Los Angeles Men--California--Los Angeles Women--California--Los Angeles Streets--California--Hollywood (Los Angeles) Highland Avenue (Los Angeles, Calif.) Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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