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Aerial photo of RKO movie studios at the corner of Melrose Ave and Gower St, Hollywood, circa 1930
In this eye-catching aerial photo, we’re looking down at the RKO movie studios in Hollywood. That road stretching from the upper left to the lower right is Gower St, and the wider road it deadends at the bottom is Melrose … Continue reading
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Color photo looking south down Gower St along RKO movie studios toward Melrose Ave, Los Angeles, 1957
I do love finding a photo of the RKO studios, especially when it was taken at the corner of Gower St and Melrose Ave and their iconic globe with the radio tower was still in place. And the fact that … Continue reading
Night shot of the Pantages Theatre during the run of MGM’s “Let Us Be Gay,” 6233 Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood, August 1930
Regular viewers of this site will know that I do enjoy an atmospheric night shot, and this one ticks all the boxes: A towering blade sign glowing in the dark, a huge marquee filled with the very packed shows that … Continue reading
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Nighttime shot of the Friendship Train making its way down Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood, November 7, 1947
At first glance, I assumed this nighttime photo looking west up Hollywood Blvd from around Highland Ave was of the annual Christmas parade, but on further research, I found something far more interesting had been happening. On the night of … Continue reading
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Color photo of the NBC radio studios on the northeast corner of Sunset Blvd and Vine St, Hollywood, circa WWII
In this circa WWII color photo, we’re looking east across Vine St to the NBC radio studios on the northeast corner of Sunset Blvd and Vine St in Hollywood. I’m guessing it was taken around WWII because of those sailors … Continue reading
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Looking south along N. Beachwood Drive at what used to be the Western Pictures Corporation, later Columbia Pictures, Hollywood, 1934
These days, what is known as the Sunset-Gower studios used to be home to Columbia Pictures. But back when this photo was taken in 1934, Columbia hadn’t yet swallowed up all the shooting stages between Gower St and Beachwood Drive. … Continue reading
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Hollywood Theatre and its neighbors at 6764 Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood, 1957
Yesterday, after I posted a 1942 photo of the Hollywood Theatre and its neighbors, someone sent me a second photo from almost exactly the same angle, but 15 year later, in 1957. Let’s compare the changes. Italian Kitchen has new … Continue reading
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Tagged Hollywood, Hollywood Blvd, Restaurants, Stores and Shopping, Theaters
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Hollywood Theatre and its neighbors at 6764 Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood, 1942
Decades before it became a Guinness World Records Museum, Hollywood Theatre was an popular movie house at 6764 Hollywood Blvd just east of Highland Ave. In this photo, 20th Century-Fox’s “My Gal Sal” was on a double bill with Paramount’s … Continue reading
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Looking east along the north side of Hollywood Blvd toward Sardi’s restaurant at 6315 Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood, circa early 1940s
In this photo, we’re looking east along the north side of Hollywood Blvd just west of the Vine St intersection. That tall banner has been hung outside Sardi’s restaurant, which was at 6315. In mid-to-late 1941, radio personality, Tom Breneman, … Continue reading
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Looking across the forecourt of Grauman’s Chinese Theatre past the box office to Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood, May 1936
The Life magazine photographer who snapped this image was standing in the forecourt of Grauman’s Chinese Theatre, whose Chinese-themed box office that stood at the edge of the sidewalk. Past it is Hollywood Blvd, and on the far left, we … Continue reading
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