on Hollywood Boulevard: from Gower Street to La Brea Avenue,
and on Vine Street: from Yucca Street to Sunset Boulevard
there are many
Stars
to commemorate those important in the
Entertainment Industry
"You can see all the stars as you walk down
Hollywood Blvd... "
Well, most days you are unlikely to see any real movie stars here on the
Boulevard, but if you look down at your feet, you'll see the kind "stars" Ray
Davies sang about: the bronze star-plaques, embedded in pink & charcoal terrazzo
squares on the world's most famous sidewalk: the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Capitol records
(building in the shape of a stack of records)
These renowned sidewalk "stars" salute the celebrities who made Hollywood great
- from the silent film stars of yesteryear to the modern action heroes of
today's blockbusters. As the song says, you'll see the names of:
"...Some that you recognize,
some that you hardly even heard of;
People who worked and suffered and struggled for fame,
Some who succeeded, and some who suffered in vain..." *
El Capitan theater
These sidewalk "stars" honor not only movie actors, but radio, TV, & stage
performers, directors, singers, songwriters, and other well-known show-biz
personalities.
Whiskey a Go Go
Right below the name of each celebrity on the five-pointed stars is a small,
round emblem which illustrates the celebrity's category, with one of five
symbols: a motion picture camera (for movie stars & directors), a television set
(for those in the television industry), a phonograph record (for singers,
songwriters, and recording artists), a radio microphone (for radio luminaries),
and the twin theatrical masks of comedy & tragedy (for live stage performers).
the House of Blues on Hollywood Boulevard
The celebrity with the most "stars" on the Hollywood Walk of Fame is
singing-cowboy Gene Autry, who earned five different "stars," one in each of the
above categories. His five stars are located at 6644, 6520, 6384, 6667, and 7000
Hollywood Boulevard,
A few of the Recording Artists
famous Mel's Drive-In
