As a Los Angeles resident, I often find myself strolling down The Hollywood Walk of Fame.  What’s troubling about the Walk (beyond the cheap tattoo parlors, dirty lingerie joints, and discarded Popeye’s Chicken wrappers) is how many motion picture names I don’t recognize.

In an effort to curb my ignorance and set the record straight on some of those beguiling pink terrazzo stars, I’m starting a new series on the “Scene Unseen” Blog entitled, “The Hollywood Walk of Who?”  

First up, DOROTHY ARZNER – 1500 North Vine Street.

After beginning her career as a script writer and film editor for Paramount Pictures, Arzner became one of the first female directors in the history of feature films.  After threatening to leave Paramount for rival Columbia, the powers that be put her in charge of Fashions for Women in 1927, which proved a commercial success.

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