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Title: Stars at Lubitsch Funeral
Alternative Title: Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued: 1947
Contributing Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
Collection: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
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Description: Photograph was edited for publication purposes.
Betty Grable and Cesar Romero starred in "That Lady in Ermine," the last film Ernst Lubitsch worked on before he passed away of a heart attack in 1947. The film was finished by director Otto Preminger and released posthumously in 1948.
Photograph caption dated December 4, 1947 reads "Flanked by Jack Bolton, left, and actor Cesar Romero, Betty Grable attended funeral services today for film Producer-Director Ernst Lubitsch at Forest Lawn. More than 300 screen luminaries and friends were present to pay last respects to movie pioneer." The funeral took place at Forest Lawn, Glendale, California.
Type: Image
Format: 1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00106216
Herald Examiner Collection
HE box 2882
CARL0005218281
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/30772
Subject: Grable, Betty,--1916-1973
Lubitsch, Ernst,--1892-1947--Death and burial
Romero, Cesar,--1907-1994
Forest Lawn Memorial-Parks & Mortuaries (Glendale, Calif.)
Funeral rites and ceremonies--California--Glendale
Funeral service--California--Glendale
Cemeteries--California--Glendale
Motion picture actors and actresses--United States
Motion picture producers and directors--United States
Glendale (Calif.)
Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs

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