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Grauman’s Chinese Theatre during the run of “The Seven Year Itch”, Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood, summer 1955
Here we have several Hollywood icons all in one photo. This is Grauman’s Chinese Theatre during the 6-week run of 20th Century-Fox’s CinemaScope production of “The Seven Year Itch” in June and July of 1955. The shot of Marilyn Monroe … Continue reading
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Aerial color shot of the Hollywood Bowl with its reflecting pool, circa mid-1950s
In this aerial color shot, we’re gazing down on the Hollywood Bowl that still had its 100,000-gallon reflecting pool. It was installed as part of a host of upgrades in 1953 and remained until 1972. It really stands out at … Continue reading
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Color photo looking south across the Hollywood Freeway toward the Capitol Records building on Vine St, Hollywood, circa mid-1950s
As most of you will probably know, that building in the center of this photo is the Capitol Records building. It opened at 1750 Vine St, Hollywood in 1956. That freeway in the foreground is the Hollywood Freeway, which had … Continue reading
Color photo of the Cinerama Dome building site, 6360 Sunset Blvd, Hollywood, circa August 1963
This photo show us how quickly the Cinerama Dome was built. It opened at 6360 Sunset Blvd in Hollywood on November 7, 1963, however this photo was taken a scant 15 weeks before the opening, which dates this photo at … Continue reading
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Let’s visit the exhibit – “Meet The Stars: 100 Years of MGM Studios and the Golden Age of Hollywood”
I thought I’d share some photos with you that I took this past weekend at the Hollywood Heritage Museum. It’s located opposite the Hollywood Bowl and is housed in the same barn that Cecil B. DeMille rented when he and … Continue reading
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Filming outside the Brown Derby restaurant, 1628 N. Vine St, Hollywood, circa 1930s
In this circa 1930s photo taken outside the Hollywood Brown Derby restaurant at 1628 N. Vine St, it appears someone was filming something. The guy just inside the door way appears to be grappling with a camera tripod. The movie … Continue reading
Hollywood Blvd blazes with spotlights for the 28th Academy Awards at the Pantages Theatre, March 21, 1956
I count six spotlights crisscrossing Hollywood Blvd outside the Pantages Theatre (then still the “RKO Pantages”) the night that the 28th Academy Awards were held on March 21, 1956 to honor the films of 1955. This was the year that … Continue reading
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People browse the footprints and handprints in the forecourt of Grauman’s Chinese Theatre, Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood, June 15, 1951
I do so love atmospheric nighttime shots in Hollywood—especially ones with blurred movement capturing the improvised nature of the image. This one was taken in the forecourt of Grauman’s Chinese Theatre as people were browsing the footprints and handprints immortalized … Continue reading
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Looking south down Vine St past Yucca St, Hollywood, circa 1930s
We 21st century Angelinos are so used to looking south down Vine St past Yucca St, Hollywood and seeing the circular Capitol Records building that it can be easy for us (well, for me, anyway) to forget it wasn’t always … Continue reading
Two people play golf at night in an empty field east of Vine St, Hollywood, circa early 1930s.png
I have very little information about this shot of two people playing golf at night, but triangulating the neon signs of the Hollywood Plaza Hotel, the Broadway-Hollywood department store, and the Pantages Theatre, I’d say it was taken somewhere near … Continue reading
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