Warner Bros studios with convention banner, 5800 Sunset Blvd, Hollywood, 1925
Before Warner Bros. took over First National’s Burbank lot in 1928, their main studio was on Sunset Blvd at Van Ness Ave. The façade was an impressive structure built in the classic style intended, I’m supposing, to give the impression of a classy outfit to what was really a scrappy also-ran until they released “The Jazz Singer” in 1927. This photo is from 1925 when they were welcoming attendees to their national convention. I’m curious about that coach out front, and more specifically what those two poles on top of it were all about.
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Probably a mobile radio van with the two poles having antenna wires strung between them. I suspect that, since KFWB had just gone on the air in March, 1925, the van belonged to the station.
Ah yes, that makes perfect sense. Thanks, MMM!
Since KFWB was started by Sam Warner, it was probably a dual promotion of the station and the studio.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KFWB#The_Warner_Bros._years
For a while it was the Sunset Bowling Center.
http://photos.wikimapia.org/p/00/04/53/54/27_big.jpg
Jerry Owen (a bizarre character in the RFK assassination story) said he met Sirhan Sirhan there on the night before the shooting. Apparently it was still a bowling alley at the time. However, Owen’s story is doubtful. Across the street was the St Moritz hotel (now apartments) where he says he spent that night.