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Aerial view of Paramount studios and the Hollywood Memorial Cemetery, Hollywood, circa 1930s
This shot gives us a bird’s-eye view of Paramount studios sometime in the 1930s. Running up the middle of the photo we can see the soundstages and to the right (i.e. the west) the backlot. This was a time when … Continue reading
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MGM star dressing room building on the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studio lot, Culver City, California, 1926
If you ever hear that I’ve gone missing after they announce the invention of a time machine, you might look for me in this photo. I’ll be the one loitering outside the star dressing room building on the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studio … Continue reading
Aerial shot of the Goldwyn Pictures movie studios (later MGM), Culver City, Los Angeles, 1922
The triangular-shaped movie studio lot in Culver City bordered by Washington Blvd, Culver Blvd, and Overland Ave has been many incarnations over the years. When this aerial photo was taken in 1922, it was home to Sam Goldwyn’s Goldwyn Pictures. … Continue reading
Filming the parting of the Red Sea for “The Ten Commandments” at Paramount studios, Melrose Ave, Los Angeles, 1957
Although some of Cecil B. DeMille’s “The Ten Commandments” did film in Egypt in October through December of 1954, most of the movie was shot at the Paramount lot (March to August 1955) including the famous parting of the Red … Continue reading
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Aerial shot of the Warner Bros./First National movie studios, Burbank, Los Angeles, 1928
In September 1928, Warner Bros., flush with all their Jazz Singer money, bought the First National studios in Burbank in the San Fernando Valley and relocated their main production facilities there. This aerial photo (we’re looking east, so that’s the … Continue reading
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Large neon sign for the Fox Film studio, on the southwest corner of Pico Blvd and Fox Hills Drive, Century City, Los Angeles
The Fox Film Corporation really wanted Angelenos to know they were driving past their movie studios with this huge neon sign that stood on the southwest corner of Pico Blvd and Fox Hills Drive in Century City. The sign and … Continue reading
Aerial shot of the Hal Roach Studios, 8822 Washington Blvd, Culver City, California, circa 1950s
Until I came across this aerial photo of the Hal Roach Studios at 8822 Washington Blvd in Culver City, I hadn’t even known it was there. Perhaps that’s because its neighbors—MGM and the Selznick studios—usually hogged the lion’s share of … Continue reading
Looking north up La Brea Ave from around Lexington Ave, Los Angeles, 1919
In a still from a 1919 silent short called “Waiting at the Church,” we’re treated to an early view of La Brea Ave looking north from (I’m guessing) around Lexington Ave. Now a major north/south thoroughfare, back then La Brea … Continue reading
Aerial photo of the Fox Film studio backlot, looking south from Santa Monica Blvd, Century City, Los Angeles, 1928
In this sweeping aerial shot, we’re looking at the Fox Film studio backlot in Century City. The main street at the bottom, where the grand gates are, is Santa Monica Blvd. William Fox founded his studio in 1915 on what … Continue reading
Striking photo of a bank of lights, Universal Studios, 1963
Apart from the fact that this photo was taken for Life magazine at Universal Studios in 1963, I have been able to find no other information to share with you. But it’s such a striking photo that I couldn’t not … Continue reading