Tag Archives: MGM
Travis Banton dress shop, Sunset Blvd
The shop of the Travis Banton at 6530 Sunset Blvd, where the Cat and the Fiddle restaurant now stands. Travis was the chief costume designer at Paramount Pictures, and is considered one of the most important Hollywood designers of the … Continue reading
MGM Studio Commissary, 1940
MGM commissary, 1940s. Oh, the famous butts which have sat on those chairs. Imagine going on your lunch break, and over your Mrs Mayer’s chicken soup, you cast a gaze around the room. Oh hey Judy! Mickey! Look there’s Greer, … Continue reading
Leo the Lion poses for MGM’s trademark
Leo the Lion, MGM’s trademark, posing for his close up, care of of Gay’s Lion Farm, El Monte (23 miles from Los Angeles.) Gay’s Lion farm, opened around 1920, housed the MGM lion and several lions used in the Tarzan … Continue reading
Hollywood Bowl entrance at night
The entrance to the Hollywood Bowl, 1940. The figure at the end is part of a fountain called the Muse Fountain as it depicts the muses of music, dance and drama. It was designed by sculptor George Stanley whose previous … Continue reading