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Aerial shot of the newly dubbed Desilu Studios, 9336 Washington Blvd, Culver City, California, circa 1958
On January 25, 1958, Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz closed escrow on the Culver City studios and backlot that had once belonged to RKO-Pathé and before that David O. Selznick. After paying $6,150,000, they took possession of the property and … Continue reading
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Aerial photo of the Pickford-Fairbanks studios on Santa Monica Blvd, West Hollywood, during the filming of “Robin Hood” in 1922
Following on from yesterday’s photo of the Hollywood gasometer next to the Goldwyn Studios, this aerial shot is of the same studios but from an earlier time. Before Sam Goldwyn owned them, they were known as the Pickford-Fairbanks Studios, and … Continue reading
Aerial photo of the Hollywood gasometer and Goldwyn Studios, West Hollywood, circa 1930s
The filmmakers at the Goldwyn Studios (fomrerly the United Artists studios) at Santa Monica Blvd and Formosa Ave in Hollywood had an extra headache when using the backlot. It was the enormous Hollywood gasometer, which was a holding tank for … Continue reading
Cecil B. DeMille’s office on the third floor of “The Mansion” at DeMille Studios, Washington Blvd, Culver City, 1927
I recently went down a rabbit-hole researching the history of what is known nowadays as the Culver Studios at 9336 W. Washington Blvd, Culver City, but has been known as Ince Studios, DeMille Studios, RKO-Pathé Studios, Selznick Intl Pictures, and … Continue reading
RKO workers leaving the movie studio, Gower St, Hollywood, 1945
The graininess of this image makes me suspect that it is a frame from video footage. And if it is, I’d love to see the whole thing. Nevertheless, it gives us an idea of what it looked like when studio … Continue reading
Director Alfred Hitchcock rehearses his cast on the set of his film “Rope,” Warner Brothers studios, 1948
I suspect this shot of Alfred Hitchcock rehearsing his cast on the set of “Rope” at Warner Brothers in 1948 is a set up. Those busy bees in the background “working” on the set all look a bit too choreographed, … Continue reading
Colonnade entrance to Thomas Ince studio, Washington Blvd, Culver City, 1916
Whenever I see photos of this colonnade studio entrance I think of MGM’s Culver City studios in the 1930s and 40s. But until I found this photo, I’m not sure I realized that those columns date all the way back … Continue reading
Aerial photograph of Thomas Ince’s aviation field, Venice, California, circa mid 1910s
That Thomas Ince fellow sure packed a lot of living in his 44 years. It wasn’t enough that he became a pioneer filmmaker who practically invented the Hollywood studio system and the Western. He also developed a 460-acre tract where … Continue reading
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Aerial shot of William Fox’s Fox Hills studio, 10201 Pico Blvd, Los Angeles, 1928
These days, we know this movie studio as 20th Century-Fox, but back in 1928, when this aerial photo was taken, it was still called the Fox Hills studio, named by William Fox after he bought the 100-acre site on Pico … Continue reading
The Warner Bros. filming stage known as “The Barn” under construction at 5800 Sunset Blvd, Hollywood, circa 1919
Here we have a shot of Hollywood history in the making. When the Warner Bros. first moved west to California, they built a filming stage on a block of land at 5800 Sunset Blvd, Hollywood, which puts it between Bronson … Continue reading