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Metro Pictures studio lot, 6300 Romaine St, Hollywood, Hollywood, circa 1924
Though mainly remembered now for being the first name in the three-way merger that became the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer behemoth in 1925, Metro Pictures was a reasonably big deal in the early 1920s, especially after Marcus Loew bought it in 1919 to … Continue reading
Universal Studios (Universal Pictures Company), North Hollywood (Universal City) Los Angeles
This quaint and charming building shows us how small the great behemoth movie studios started out as. I don’t have a definitive date on this photo but what I take to be the main building of Universal Pictures looks like … Continue reading
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Aerial shot of Goldwyn Studios, Washington Blvd, Culver City, 1918
In this aerial shot from 1918, we can see the movie studios formally known as Triangle Studios (because of the triangular lot) which was renamed Goldwyn Studios when Samuel Goldwyn bought it. It didn’t last long. By 1922, Goldwyn was … Continue reading
Warner Brothers – First National Pictures Studios, Olive Ave, Burbank, 1936
This photo of the Warner Brothers – First National PicturesStudios on Olive Ave in Burbank was taken in 1936, the year that movies produced there were no longer either Warner or First National but were all credited as Warner-First National. … Continue reading
Movie fans crowd the entrance to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios, Culver City, California, 1943
I don’t know who’s in that car pulling up to the entrance of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios in Culver City but judging from the movie fans crowding around her, I’m guessing it’s a Somebody Special. This photo was taken in 1943 so … Continue reading
The backlot of Universal Studios, Universal City, California, circa late 1920s
This is a shot of the backlot of Universal Studios. Without a specific film or automobile to help us date it, it’s hard to pin down the year. The land is so sparse that I’m guessing it’s probably only a … Continue reading
Echo Park, Los Angeles, 1911
This view of bucolic Echo Park was taken in 1911 back when this area was primarily known as Edendale, which took in parts of Echo Park, Los Feliz and Silver Lake. During that same year, a movie trade publication I’d … Continue reading
Ornate front door to the Fox Movietone Studios, West Los Angeles, circa 1930s
On November 6, 1925, William Fox bought the rights to the Movietone sound system, which became Fox Movietone on the 99 acres of land he bought from the Janss Company located between Santa Monica and Pico Boulevards on January 6, … Continue reading
Paramount Famous Players Lasky studios, 5451 Marathon St, Los Angeles, 1930
These days, we’re used to Paramount studios taking up a long swath of Melrose Ave but in times long past, the studio lot was on Marathon, a street that has now been swallowed up by the ever-growing needs of a … Continue reading
Columbia Studios at the corner of Sunset Blvd and Gower St, Los Angeles, 1939
In 1939, some intrepid photographer climbed onto the roof of the CBS Columbia Square studios on the northwest corner of Sunset Blvd and Gower St and took a photo of Columbia Studios, where they could have been filming “Mr. Smith … Continue reading
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