I recently attended a Hollywood Forever Cemetery Movie night (Cinespia). I saw "To Catch a Thief," directed by Alfred Hitchcock and staring Cary Grant and Grace Kelly. Briefly about the movie: previously, I've always only caught maybe 5 to 10 minutes of this movie so this was the first time I saw the whole movie. I loved it. And Grace Kelly was a true hottie.
About Hollywood Forever: It is a cemetery on Santa Monica, between Gower and Van Ness.
The donation: $10. If you're gusty, you can probably donate less. It is a donation after all.
Parking: $5 or free. You can park inside the cemetery for $5 or you can just park on the streets for free. I'd suggest checking out Gower or Bronson. If you do park inside, you should probably plan on sticking around after the movie for 20 minutes or so. There were probably 2,000 to 3,000 people at the screening and since most of them go with free parking, you're going to end up maneuvering your car through pedestrians who believe they have the right of way.
Time: The movie starts at 8:30-ish or when it turns dark; however, people start lining up around 5:30 p.m. If you want the best spots for the movie as well as the prime street parking, you should probably show up no later than 6 p.m.
The location: It is on a grassy lawn -- without graves. So you're not watching the movie while sitting on someone's grave. They show the movie against a wall.
The sound system: The sound system is good quality; however, helicopters did fly overhead at times. In the case of "To Catch a Thief" a helicopter flew over during a very important confession.
Before the movie: Food and alcohol allowed. Many people ate their dinner before the movie.
Maybe important, maybe not: it got rather chilly. Of course, Los Angeles has had really nice weather recently. I don't know if during the height of summer if it'll get that chilly. Probably not.
Moments from my time there. In one of those photos, you can see a sea horse. During the movie, it floated away, giving people a good laugh. Also, during the start of the movie, someone was trying to find their seat. On screen, the cat burglar was making a move to steal some jewels.
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