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Stage 6 on the 20th Century-Fox studio lot, Century City, Los Angeles, circa early 1930s
In this photo, we get to visit the Fox movie studio in Century City. From the early 30s Nash and Chrysler, we can pin point this photo as being circa 1930s, which places it before the 1935 merger with 20th … Continue reading
Aerial photograph looking north from at an empty development from Pico Blvd up to Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, 1924
Imagine flying over Los Angeles and this is the view you see when you look down. This is the area known as Century City but back in 1924, when this photo was taken, it was still a brand new development … Continue reading
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Large neon sign for the Fox Film studio, on the southwest corner of Pico Blvd and Fox Hills Drive, Century City, Los Angeles
The Fox Film Corporation really wanted Angelenos to know they were driving past their movie studios with this huge neon sign that stood on the southwest corner of Pico Blvd and Fox Hills Drive in Century City. The sign and … Continue reading
Aerial photo of the Fox Film studio backlot, looking south from Santa Monica Blvd, Century City, Los Angeles, 1928
In this sweeping aerial shot, we’re looking at the Fox Film studio backlot in Century City. The main street at the bottom, where the grand gates are, is Santa Monica Blvd. William Fox founded his studio in 1915 on what … Continue reading
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Aerial photograph looking north across 20th Century-Fox movie studios, Century City, Los Angeles, 1954
In this aerial photograph, we’re looking north across the 20th Century-Fox movie studios in the Century City part of Los Angeles in 1954. (Originally the land was a ranch owned by movie cowboy, Tom Mix, but was later renamed after … Continue reading
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Fox Movietone Studios building at the end of Orton Avenue, Century City, circa 1928
They really don’t make buildings like this any longer, more’s the pity. This was the Fox Movietone studios, where the Fox Movietone News newsreels were put together. It had a longer run than most studios, from 1928 to 1963. This … Continue reading
Fox Hills Studio (later Twentieth Century-Fox studios), Pico Blvd, Century City, October 1928
In 1935, the struggling Fox Film studios merged with Twentieth Century Pictures and created Twentieth Century-Fox on Pico Blvd in Century City. (And also gave us the world’s most famous fanfare.) Previously, the studio lot was known as “Fox Hills … Continue reading
A model shows off a sample bomb shelter at 10333 Santa Monica Blvd, Century City, Los Angeles, 1951
In the 1950s, the threat of nuclear attack was very real. Or at least that was the perception. The ol’ “duck and cover” advice really wasn’t going to help anybody survive the apocalypse, was it? A much more sensible solution … Continue reading
Aerial shot of new development between Wilshire Blvd and Pico Blvd, Los Angeles, 1924
It’s hard to think Los Angeles land ever being this empty, even as recently as 1924, when this aerial was taken. We’re looking a swath of land to the immediate west of what we now think of as Century City. … Continue reading
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Opening night at the Pacific Drive-In Theater, 10850 W. Pico Boulevard – the first drive-in theater in Los Angeles, September 9, 1934
Here we’re seeing the opening night of Los Angeles’s first drive-in theater, the Pacific Drive-in at 10850 W. Pico Boulevard, just south of Century City on September 9, 1934. We’re so used to drive-ins being part of our urban landscape … Continue reading