In this aerial shot from 1918, we can see the movie studios formally known as Triangle Studios (because of the triangular lot) which was renamed Goldwyn Studios when Samuel Goldwyn bought it. It didn’t last long. By 1922, Goldwyn was out and by 1924, the studio became the home to the newly merged Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Down in the bottom left corner we can see circled in red the colonnaded gate that became famous as the gate through which the MGM stars entered. They’re still there now that the lot belongs to Sony. But look at all that empty land in the top half of the photo. Back then there wasn’t much “city” in Culver City.
A 1916 view of the colonnade at the original main entrance to Thomas Ince’s Triangle Studios:
In this aerial shot from 1918, we can see the movie studios formally known as Triangle Studios (because of the triangular lot) which was renamed Goldwyn Studios when Samuel Goldwyn bought it. It didn’t last long. By 1922, Goldwyn was out and by 1924, the studio became the home to the newly merged Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Down in the bottom left corner we can see circled in red the colonnaded gate that became famous as the gate through which the MGM stars entered. They’re still there now that the lot belongs to Sony. But look at all that empty land in the top half of the photo. Back then there wasn’t much “city” in Culver City.
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