Funeral of William Frawley
Funeral of William Frawley
Master 1497 - Tape 2 Raw footage of funeral for actor William Frawley, March 6, 1966. 3/4 view LS Church of the Blessed Sacrament on Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles. TLS hearse parked outside Church, mourners milling about. MS Church of the Blessed Sacrament announcement sign. MS actor John Gallaudet (?) standing & talking outside church. MS widow Edna Louise Frawley talking with John Gallaudet (?) outside church. MSs producer-actor DESI ARNAZ talking with director RICHARD WHORF outside church. TLS pallbearers (Fred MacMurray & William Lundigan taking lead) walking casket containing body of William Frawley from church. MS actor FRED MACMURRAY (wearing Wayfarer sunglasses) posing outside church. MS John Gallaudet (?) talking outside church. Low angle TLS belfry of Church of the Blessed Sacrament, palm tree & lamppost in FG. MS actor WILLIAM LUNDIGAN smoking cigarette, talking outside church. MS unidentified white man (producer Don Fedderson?) outside church. MS Desi Arnaz looking grim, somber outside church. Rear view TLS crowd outside church. TLS pallbearers Desi Arnaz, Richard Whorf, William Lundigan, others outside church. MSs old white men taking still photographs. TLS news reporters, cameramen taking pictures outside church. TLS spectators. MS news cameraman adjusting lens of short reel 16mm film camera. TLS/MS pallbearers carrying casket down steps outside church. MSs grim-faced Fred MacMurray. MSs white women being ushered into car. TLS large crowd outside church. MS funeral wreath being placed in hearse. TLSs hearse, funeral train with police escort pulling from curb & onto Sunset Blvd.