Metro Pictures studio at 6300 Romaine St., Hollywood, circa 1910s

Posted on April 9, 2015 by

Metro Pictures studio at 6300 Romaine St., Hollywood, circa 1910sIsn’t it amazing to think that the industry-leading behemoth called MGM could come from such humble beginnings? The “G” belonged to Samuel Goldwyn and the “M” belonged to Louis B. Mayer, but the first “M” came from Metro Pictures, which was owned by Richard Rowland who started it in 1915. Five years later, Loews acquired its stock and the road to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer seems inevitable. This tiny studio was located at 6300 Romaine Street, on the corner of Cahuenga Blvd in Hollywood.

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3 responses to “Metro Pictures studio at 6300 Romaine St., Hollywood, circa 1910s”

  1. Don Gunning says:
    April 21, 2015 at 11:45 pm

    This later became Buster Keaton’s studio.

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    • Al Donnelly says:
      January 6, 2024 at 10:18 am

      If this is correct, then the view would be from Eleanor looking to the southeast with Vine on the far left running north to south. This shot could then have been taken from the water tower along the southeast border of the Colgrove/Cahuenga Valley Lemon Growers packing house complex. It would have served Chaplin before Keaton put up his sign in 1921. The building and the fence look right, but I’d have to defer to John Bengtson’s documentation to get a full answer here. And that would put Romaine at the back of the photo where Metro began expanding south and west over those blocks. The tower top would have to be the school on Vine. Under Keaton the property is called Corp. Co.. Chaplin had moved to his new studio by then.

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      • Al Donnelly says:
        January 11, 2024 at 6:12 am

        Keaton opened in 1920. Above the large sign with his name was a smaller one reading Metro Stage “A”. This was the open air set that he would later change to an enclosed structure. The western border was on Lillian Way. This street ran between the new Metro blocks, with the western far side one reaching a border at Cahuenga.

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