Tag Archives: Culver City
The Irving Thalberg building at the old MGM Studios, Culver City, late 1950s.
The Irving Thalberg building where Louis B. Mayer had his office at the old MGM Studios in Culver City (now the Sony Studios, but it pains me to have to say it.) photo was taken in the late 1950s.
MGM front gate, 1950
This is what the front gate of MGM looked like in 1950. (And if I had a time machine is probably where I’d point it first.)
40 Acres Backlot studio in Culver City
The “40 Acres Backlot” was once home to Selznick International Pictures and was where “Gone with the Wind” was filmed. In 1958, it was purchased by Desilu Productions, the studio formed in 1951 by Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz.
Fatty Arbuckle’s Plantation Café, Washington Blvd., Culver City, late 1920s
Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle’s Plantation Café, Washington Blvd., Culver City, was opened by Fatty Arbuckle on August 2nd, 1928, six years after his rape scandal. The nightclub was designed by Cedric Gibbons from MGM. On opening night, Mabel Normand sent her … Continue reading
Culver City Rollerdome, 1940s
If you lived in L.A. in the 1940s and had a yen to go roller skating, you could roll right over to the Rollerdome. It was located on the corner of Washington Place and Bentley Avenue in Culver City on … Continue reading