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The first thing we saw when we finally got past the ticket takers was Michael Douglas leading a video crew around the gazebo-like entrance area of Roddy's Rose Garden |
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Large metal plaque listing all donors to The Roddy McDowall Rose Garden. The Musgrave Foundation is second from the bottom in the middle row. |
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Close up of donor plaque showing The Musgrave Foundation. |
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Really horrible, out of focus pic of Roc pointing to The Musgrave Foundation. |
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One more pic of the donor sign. |
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Again, the camera auto-focus chose the wrong target... The statue of young Roddy is a bit blurred, but the Keep Off The Grass sign is sure easy to read! |
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Another attempt to get a shot of little Roddy... but it was after dark, the lights were off, and there was a guard patrolling as you can see in the next shot. |
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One last attempt to get a decent pic of the statue... |
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This plaque reprints the letter that Virginia McDowall wrote about her beloved brother. |
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Sign describing the Rose Garden. |
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Just inside the gate to the Rose Garden, the first alcove on the right contains two benches. One donated by Carol Burnett, and the other by The Musgrave Foundation! |
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Close up of the plaque on bench. |
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Close up of the plaque on bench. |
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Yes, Roc did *try* to steal a rose... but her fingernails weren't sharp enough and she chickened out. |
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Bad exposure... Roc infront of the Caesar statue. |
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Statue of Caesar in the main rotunda/fountain entrance area. |
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Statue of Caesar in the main rotunda/fountain entrance area. |
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Temporary displays held objects from the careers of residents of the Fran and Ray Stark Villa... Roc poses with the Virginia McDowall display. |
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Close ups of the Virginia McDowall display. |
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Close ups of the Virginia McDowall display. |
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Close ups of the Virginia McDowall display. |
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Virginia and Roddy each received one of these medallions for their reading from A Midsummer Nights Dream. |
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Display for another resident, Douglas V. Fowler. |
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Tracey Stern, Bill Mills, Roxanne Mills, and Virginia McDowall. |
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Tracey Stern, Bill Mills, Roxanne Mills, and Virginia McDowall. |
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Tracey Stern, Roxanne Mills, and Virginia McDowall rubbing her eye at just the wrong moment. |
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Tracey Stern, Roxanne Mills, and Virginia McDowall. |
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Tracey Stern, Roxanne Mills, and Virginia McDowall. |
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Virginia McDowall. |
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Sally Field stops on her way in to let the press photographers take a few shots. |
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Sally Field stops on her way in to let the press photographers take a few shots. |
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Roc with actor William Schallert at the Rose Garden entrance. |
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Mr. and Mrs. William Schaller and Bill Mills. |
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Roc signs her name to an "autograph" canvas in one of the sitting rooms. |
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Bill signs his name under that of Charleton Heston. |
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Mercedes Benz sponsored the valet parking service for the evening. |
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Bill Mills with Tom Poston and unknown person in the middle. |
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Roc just after hugging Doris Roberts (that's the back of her head on the left). |
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Ice sculpture in the Fran and Ray Stark Villa lobby. |
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Roc in one of the 'studio' sized resident room models. |
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Impossible to see in person from where we were sitting, that Cloris Leachman up on the monitor. |
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Roc poses with actor Peter Mark Richman. |
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Stacey Keach on stage, wondering where Virginia McDowall is... |
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Tim Allen on the monitor. |
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The overall picture from where we sat. |
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Polly Bergen sings I'm Still Here. |
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Polly Bergen sings I'm Still Here. |
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It seems many people arrived late due to a police incident on the local freeways... so they showed a video clip of Liz Taylor doing the Rose Garden Dedication. |
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After the show, there was a champagne and desert buffet. |
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Tim Allen and... his daughter? |
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Cloris Leachman. |
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As everyone left they were issued goodie bags (one per couple, strictly enforced!) courtesy of St. John. |