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.
Are you any relation to Hector Turnbull who was with Paramount and left to join with the C. B. DeMille Studio in late 1927 (the former Ince Studio in Culver City)?
Are you any relation to Hector Turnbull who was with Paramount and left to join with the C. B. DeMille Studio in late 1927 (the former Ince Studio in Culver City)?
No David, sad to say I’m not…but I sure wish I was!