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Metropolitan Airport, Van Nuys, San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles, disguised as Casablanca Airport, July 10, 1942
It’s amazing how little it takes to fool us movie audiences. On July 10, 1942, the cast and crew working on Warner Brothers’ “Casablanca” decamped to what was then called Los Angeles Metropolitan Airport (later renamed Van Nuys Airport) to … Continue reading
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A manufactured version of the 20th Century-Fox studio gate, Century City, Los Angeles, as seen in “The I Don’t Care Girl” (1953)
This image isn’t wholly real. It’s a screengrab I took while recently watching a 1953 movie called “The I Don’t Care Girl.” In this scene, Mitzi Gaynor’s character is entering the 20th Century-Fox studios. It looked suspiciously matted together, which … Continue reading
Charlie Chaplin’s studios on La Brea Ave, Hollywood, circa mid 1920s
By the late 1910s, Charlie Chaplin had become so big that he built his own studio on La Brea Ave, south of Hollywood Blvd, which included six English-style buildings described by the Los Angeles Times reported as “arranged as to … Continue reading
The “Barn” filming stage at the Warner Brothers West Coast Studio, 5800 Sunset Blvd, Hollywood, circa 1920
When the Warner brothers moved west to make pictures in the late 1910s, they built a studio at 5800 Sunset Blvd in Hollywood at the corner of Bronson Ave. Known as “The Barn,” it’s where they filmed their early successes, … Continue reading
Hollywood Boulevard looking west from Vine Street, Hollywood, 1937
In this photo, we’re looking west along Hollywood Boulevard just east of the Vine Street corner. On the left we can see a sign for Dodge cars. On the right is the Pantages Theatre. It’s still around and today is … Continue reading
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Tagged Hollywood, Hollywood and Vine, Hollywood Blvd, Movie Studios, Pantages Theatre, Theaters
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Fox Film’s studio commissary, Cafe de Paris, circa early 1930s
Most of us never had the opportunity to dine in the Fox Film’s studio commissary in the 1930s, so this is our best opportunity to get a feel for what it was like. As you can see, everybody is dressed … Continue reading
Color postcard of Universal Studios, Universal City, Los Angeles, 1928
We can see that back in 1928, when this image was captured, Universal Studios was still surrounded by the citrus orchards that used to blanket the entire San Fernando Valley. These days, the studio grounds probably cover most of the … 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
Walt Disney Productions studios, Burbank, California, circa mid 1950s
These days, it can seem like Disney owns half the world but back in the mid 1950s, when this photo was taken (judging by that fire-engine-red 1955 Mercury Monterey Station Wagon on the right) they were a minor film studio … Continue reading