View along Washington Blvd at MGM Studio gate, circa 1930s

Posted on August 21, 2015 by

View along Washington Blvd at MGM Studio gate, circa 1930sLos Angeles has a justifiable reputation as being a city that doesn’t value its past, so it’s always nice to find a photo of a structure that’s still around, even if the company who built it isn’t. This is a view (probably 1930s) of MGM’s Washington Blvd main studio gate through which their “more stars than there are in heaven” drove each morning. These columns are still there and it’s nice to see that the Sony-Columbia studios have kept them, even though they’re no longer an entrance.

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One response to “View along Washington Blvd at MGM Studio gate, circa 1930s”

  1. Jean Hunter says:
    February 2, 2016 at 12:06 pm

    Love this photo of my favorite Golden Age studio as it captures what the main entrance looked like when Harlow, Gable, Loy and other huge MGM stars were on the lot churning out movies that are still loved many years later!

    Here’s another view of that same gate:
    https://filmtalkdotorg.files.wordpress.com/2015/11/mgm-main-gate-around-1917-e1448127827890.jpg?w=940

    Very interesting article:
    http://filmtalk.org/2015/11/21/looking-back-what-daily-life-was-like-at-metro-goldwyn-mayer-once-you-entered-the-studio/

    Thank you, Martin, for the time it takes researching all these old goodies. Jean

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