"Godzilla" Entertainment Lawyer Paul Schreibman 2001 Beth Olam - Hollywood Forever Cemetery

Paul Schreibman (June 11, 1909 in Bayonne, New Jersey, USA - June 23, 2001 in Los Angeles, California, USA) was an entertainment attorney who helped bring GODZILLA to the United States. Paul attended USC on a football scholarship. He studied law and became an entertainment attorney for celebrities and corporations. Representing Japan's TOHO Studios, he brought their hit GODZILLA, KING OF THE MONSTERS! (1956) to the United States.

Schreibman also owned and operated a number of Los Angeles movie theaters, including the 

Belasco, 

Coronet 

and the Las Palmas.

Schreibman was married to actress Lois Collier, born Madelyn Earle Jones, until her death in 1999.

Paul Schreibman died in 2001. He is interred in Beth Olam Cemetery at Hollywood Forever Cemetery. 

Dodgers GM & Baseball Player Al Campanis 1998 Loma Vista Cemetery

Alexander Sebastian Campanis (born Alessandro Campani, November 2, 1916 – June 21, 1998) was an American executive in Major League Baseball. He had a brief Major League career as a second baseman, playing for both the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Montreal Royals, the Dodgers' minor-league team. He was the first Greek player in MLB history.

Campanis is most famous for his position as general manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers from 1968 to 1987, from which he was fired on April 8, 1987, as a result of controversial remarks regarding blacks in baseball made during an interview on Nightline two days earlier. 

In an interview the next year, Campanis attempted to clarify that he was referring to the lack of African-Americans with experience in these areas, rather than their innate abilities. He also said that he was "wiped out" when the interview took place and therefore not entirely himself. Many other figures in baseball, such as Lasorda and African-American and Latin players who played for the Dodgers, have also spoken in Campanis' defense.

Campanis died on June 21, 1998, at his home in Fullerton, California, from coronary artery disease, at age 81. Campanis was survived by his sons, George and Jim, five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. 

Al Campanis is interred in the mausoleum crypt at Loma Vista Memorial Park in Fullerton, California.

"Night Court" Actor, Comedian, & Magician Harry Anderson 2018 Memorial Video

Harry Laverne Anderson (October 14, 1952 – April 16, 2018) was an American actor, comedian, and magician. He is best known for the lead role of Judge Harry Stone on the 1984–1992 television series Night Court, and later starred in the sitcom Dave's World from 1993 to 1997.

In addition to eight appearances on Saturday Night Live between 1981 and 1985, Anderson had a recurring guest role as con man Harry "The Hat" Gittes on Cheers, toured extensively as a magician, and did several magic/comedy shows for broadcast, including Harry Anderson's Sideshow (1987). He played Richie Tozier in the 1990 miniseries It, based on the Stephen King novel of the same name.

Death

In late January 2018, Anderson had a bout of influenza, and subsequently suffered several strokes. On April 16, 2018, Anderson died in his sleep of a stroke complicated by influenza at his home in Asheville at the age of 65.

"Chasen's" Celebrity Restaurateur Dave Chasen 1973 Forest Lawn Glendale Cemetery

Dave Chasen (July 18, 1898 - July 16, 1973) worked as an actor, but is best known for being a celebrity restaurateur.

Born in Odessa, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire (now Ukraine), Chasen immigrated to the U.S. and found work in vaudeville, performing as a stooge with Joe Cook. 

Dave Chasen, Joe Cook, and Tom Howard in Rain or Shine (1930)

In the movies, he appeared in Rain or Shine (1930), Arizona Mahoney (1936), and Millions in the Air (1935).

Upon the recommendations of several friends, he opened his eponymous restaurant, Chasen's, which became a celebrity haunt, famous for its chili. (see below)

Dave was married twice, to Maude Martin and Theo Holly. He died on July 16, 1973 in Los Angeles, California. Dave Chasen is buried at Forest Lawn Cemetery Glendale.

Chasen's was a restaurant frequented by entertainers in West Hollywood, California. Located at 9039 Beverly Boulevard on the border of Beverly Hills, it first opened for business in 1936 and was the site for many years of the Academy Awards party. It was also famous for its chili. In 1962 while filming in Rome, for example, Liz Taylor had several orders of Chasen’s chili flown to the set of Cleopatra.

Many of the restaurant's regular customers had booths named in their honor. The Ronald Reagan booth, now on display at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, was where Reagan proposed to Nancy Reagan (neė Davis). Other well-known entertainers with their own booths included Frank Sinatra, Alfred Hitchcock, James Stewart, and Groucho Marx. After suffering a steep decline in business over the course of many years, Chasen's closed permanently in 1995.[1]

History

Comedian Dave Chasen, Joe Cook's performing partner in vaudeville, opened the restaurant in December 1936 [2] at the advice of his former director, Frank Capra.

It was initially called "Chasen's Southern Pit." The New Yorker's editor, Harold Ross, along with business associate Daniel Silberberg, grubstaked the operation.[2]

It was nothing more than a shack, but quickly became well known for its chili and was soon a favorite among Hollywood actors at the time. At first, Capra had to loan Chasen his silverware for the restaurant's operation.[2] Walt Disney, Marilyn Monroe, Shirley Temple, Cary Grant, Jack Benny, Jackie Gleason, W.C. Fields, James Cagney, Clark Gable, and F. Scott Fitzgerald were customers.

Bert Lahr, Herbert Marshall, Robert Benchley, David Niven, Dave Chasen

As newer generations took the reins of Hollywood, trendier restaurants like Spago drew the ‘in’ crowd and stole some of Chasen’s clientele, but its A-list, many until their death, stayed faithful to the end. Gregory Peck, Frank Sinatra, Bob Hope, Richard Nixon, James Stewart, Don Rickles, Milton Berle, Kirk Douglas, Ronald Reagan, and Jack Lord were still regulars, along with newer celebrities such as John Travolta, Warren Beatty, Jack Nicholson, and Mel Gibson. Ed McMahon was a frequent guest.

Alfred Hitchcock at Chasen's

Chasen's was well known to not accept credit cards. Instead, established or recognized customers simply signed for their charges and had a bill mailed to them.[3][4]

In the ''Columbo'' episode "Publish or Perish," Columbo eats in Chasen's and orders chili and iced tea.[5]

A documentary was filmed in the restaurant's final weeks, entitled Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's.

The restaurant closed on April 1, 1995. The site was used for private parties and as a filming location (The Opposite of Sex). In 1997 its illustrious contents – pictures, bars, booths, even paneling – were auctioned off. Many original photos and artwork (including a piece by LeRoy Neiman of Tommy The Maitre'D) from Chasen's walls, ten of the booths and the venerable Chasen's barstools are now found in Santa Paula, California in the Mupu Grill on Main street. The Frank Sinatra booth, the bar, the front awning and many other items were purchased by comedian Brian Haley.

The original building, save the Beverly Blvd. facing wall, was demolished and a Bristol Farms grocery store was built in its place.

In the cafe of this grocery store are several booths from the original Chasen's and some of the original paneling. As of 2013, the building is still occupied by the Bristol Farms grocery store. A much smaller Chasen’s was opened in 1997 about a mile away in Beverly Hills by the grandson of Dave and Maude Chasen, and had much success at first, but closed in 2000.

References

1. Brown, David (February 20, 1995). Brown, Tina, ed. "Chasen's Fadeout". The New Yorker. New York City. ISSN 0028-792X. OCLC 320541675.
2. Kunkel, Thomas (1995). Genius in Disguise. New York: Random House. p. 237. ISBN 0-679-41837-7.
3. http://cruiselinehistory.com/chasens-dave-chasens-legendary-hollywood-restaurant-to-the-stars-didnt-allow-credit-cards-or-celebrity-chefs/ CHASEN’S – Dave Chasen’s legendary Hollywood restaurant to the stars didn’t allow credit cards or “celebrity chefs”!
4. http://www.vintageallies.com/1930s/chasens-and-chilie.html
5. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071349/