The Men

Reginald Leslie "Snowy" Baker (b: February 8, 1884 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; d. December 2, 1953 Los Angeles, CA) Known as one of Australia’s greatest athletes, Baker represented a boxing company in Australia and worked with partner W.F. Howe and his wife who was very involved in the business. In 1908, he gained fame for boxing in the Olympic games which were held in London. Baker was also an expert swimmer and equestrian, performing stunts in 1944's "National Velvet" as well as teaching a young Elizabeth Taylor how to ride.  He also trained actor Lash LaRue in the use of a bullwhip.  Prior to his illness, he had been teaching polo to a number of film stars. He died from cerebrovascular disease he’d suffered for two years and his $10,000 estate was left to his wife, Ethel Rose Baker.  Actor - 15 films.

Harry Cohn (b. July 23, 1891 New York, NY; d. February 27, 1958 Phoenix, AZ ‑ Garden of Legends #78) Former head and founder of Columbia Pictures.  The son of a tailor, Cohn started on stage as a chorus boy then became a fur salesman and pool hustler.  He played a brief stint in vaudeville and in 1918 became a personal secretary to Carl Laemmle. He created actresses Rita Hayworth and Kim Novak and discovered William Holden and Glenn Ford.  Married to actress Joan Perry, Cohn was known as one of the most feared and most hated men in Hollywood, one famous personality reportedly stated that he went to Harry Cohn's funeral just make sure he was dead.  Cohn ran Columbia Pictures with an iron fist ‑ spying on employees, bugging offices, humiliating people and eventually earning himself the nickname ‘Harry the Horror.’  Cohn died of a heart attack.  He resided at 450 North Rossmore in Hancock Park. 

Tom Forman (b. March 22, 1893 Mitchell County, TX; d. November 7, 1926 Venice, CA) Cousin to actress Madge Bellamy.  Forman was a World War I Vet, he'd enlisted as a private and was discharged a lieutenant of the flying corps.  Forman's biggest achievement was directing the 1924 film "The Virginian," after which his career faltered and he was reduced to working on cheap poverty row melodramas.  He was set to direct the Columbia film "The Wreck," which was to begin shooting on November 8.  However, having been ill, he retired to his room and shot himself through the heart.  “The Wreck” was directed by William James Craft, who’s interred in the Cathedral Mausoleum. Actor – 51 films, Director – 27 films.

George Hoyningen-Huene (b. 1900 St. Petersburg, Russia; d. 1968 Los Angeles, CA) Hoyningen-Huene’s father was a Baron, Baltic nobleman and a military officer, his mother was the daughter of an American Minister to Russia.  By 1925, he was working as a photographer and in 1931, published the first photograph in the French edition of ‘Vogue.’  In 1935, he moved to New York and did photography work for “Harper’s Bazaar,” and published two art books before relocating in Hollywood where he worked as a master portraitist for movie stars and other celebrities.  A few of the celebrities he photographed are Tallulah Bankhea, Cecil Beaton, Greta Garbo and Anna Mae Wong.  He was related to Peter Berlin, a photographer, fashion designer and actor in Gay porn films of the 1970s.  Color coordinator /consultant – 10 films.

Elmo Lincoln (Otto Elmo Linkenhelt b. February 6, 1889 Rochester, IN; d. June 27, 1952 Los Angeles, CA) In 1918, Elmo made film history portraying the screen's first ‘Tarzan.’  He repeated the role in two feature films and a serial. Lincoln went into the salvage business in Salt Lake City in 1923 and returned to Hollywood in 1933 and appearing in a handful of pictures.  Following his last screen appearance, in “The Hollywood Story,” Lincoln was presented with a pioneer’s plague to which he said he’d rather have a job.   For the last months of his life, he was campaigning to the studios to organize old-time stars into a stock company.  He also claimed that old-timers were used more for publicity than for appearing in films and that Hollywood had just put them in storage.  Lincoln died of a heart attack.  He resided at 4537 Fountain Avenue in Hollywood.  Actor – 72 films.