These days, we’re used to Paramount studios taking up a long swath of Melrose Ave but in times long past, the studio lot was on Marathon, a street that has now been swallowed up by the ever-growing needs of a powerful movie studio. What was originally the Robert Brunton studios, became United Studios in 1921 until Famous Players-Lasky bought them in 1926, and in 1927, Famous Players-Lasky took the name Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation. This photo was taken in 1930 and I love the grandeur of the building closest to the photographer. It looks more like something you’d see in Europe.