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Looking east along Waring Ave to the Gower Street entrance of RKO Studios (now Paramount), Los Angeles, January 18, 1933
In this photo we’re looking east along Waring Ave toward the Gower entrance of what was then RKO Studios (and is now Paramount). It was taken on January 18th, 1933, which means somewhere in those buildings, editors were finishing post-production … Continue reading
Menu for Cafe Continental at Paramount Studios, Los Angeles, 1956
Anybody care to join me for lunch at the Cafe Continental at Paramount Studios? We’ll have to jump into our time machine and go back to 1956, but that shouldn’t be a problem, should it?
Aerial photo looking south across the Thomas Ince Studios, 9336 W. Washington Blvd, Culver City, California, 1918
Here we have a rather grand aerial of what was the first of many incarnations of the movie studios at 9336 W. Washington Blvd in Culver City. This photo is from 1918, which is the year Thomas Ince built them. … Continue reading
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Aerial view of Warner Bros West Coast Studios at 5800 Sunset Blvd at Van Ness, Hollywood
Here we have a bird’s-eye view the Warner Bros. studio at 5800 Sunset Blvd in Hollywood where they filmed their game-changing “The Jazz Singer.” I’ve only ever seen photos of these studios from ground level, and always of the classic-style … Continue reading
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Aerial photograph looking north across 20th Century-Fox movie studios, Century City, Los Angeles, 1954
In this aerial photograph, we’re looking north across the 20th Century-Fox movie studios in the Century City part of Los Angeles in 1954. (Originally the land was a ranch owned by movie cowboy, Tom Mix, but was later renamed after … Continue reading
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Selznick International Pictures studios, 9336 W. Washington Blvd, Culver City, California, circa 1937
In 1935, movie producer, David O. Selznick, left his job at MGM to start his own studio, Selznick International Pictures. He set up shop in a section of the RKO Pictures lot at 9336 W. Washington Blvd in Culver City, … Continue reading
Aerial photograph of Universal Studios backlot, Universal City, California, 1963
In this aerial photo taken by Life magazine, we get to see what a chunk of the Universal Studios backlot looked like in 1963. If you’ve not been to a movie studio backlot before, the castle in the bottom right … Continue reading
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Aerial photo of the looking south across the Famous Players-Lasky Studios at Sunset Blvd and Vine S, Hollywood, 1918
Back in Hollywood’s heyday, one of the most well-known landmarks was the NBC radio (and later television) studios on the northeast corner of Sunset Blvd and Vine St, which opened in 1938. But on the site once stood the Famous … Continue reading
Up in the rafters among the lighting in a soundstage at Universal Studios, 1963
You know how in the movies, someone yells “Lights! Camera! Action!” (Well, they do that in the movies about making movies, anyway.) Have you ever wondered what it’s like to be up on the catwalks in the rafters of a … Continue reading
Aerial view of United Artists Studios, Santa Monica Blvd, West Hollywood, 1920
In 1919, four of the biggest names in Hollywood – Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Pickford, Charlie Chaplin, and director D.W. Griffith – formed their own production company, United Artists. They took over an independent studio on Santa Monica Blvd and dubbed … Continue reading