The Culver Studios in Culver City has a long history starting with Thomas Ince in the 1910s, followed by Cecil B. DeMille, RKO, David O. Selznick, Howard Hughes, and later Desilu. Its most well-known feature is the sprawling mansion that faces Washington Boulevard—mostly because when Selznick took it over in 1935, he made it part of his Selznick International Pictures logo. I’ve never been on the studio lot so I’ve always wondered “But where do they do the filming? This aerial shot from 1925 shows all the filming stages are tucked behind “The Mansion. We can also see how rural it was back then from the neighboring orchard. The studios are currently the home to Amazon Studios.

AAlfred Hitchcock with screenwriter Joan Harrison outside The Mansion back when it was home to Selznick International Pictures:

How the studios look from above in 2019: