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Notre Dame cathedral mock up on the RKO Encino Lot, 1939
It never ceases to amaze me the work that goes into the making of a movie, and the level of detail the designers work with. This is the Notre Dame set for the 1939 production of The Hunchback of Notre … Continue reading
Courthouse Square on the Universal Studios back lot, Universal City, 1963
This telling aerial shot is of what’s known as Courthouse Square on the Universal Studios back lot. We’ve probably all seen it a ton of times, but it’s most famously known as Hill Valley, where Doc Brown and Marty McFly … Continue reading
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Barbara Stanwyck and Zeppo Marx estates at Devonshire and Reseda, San Fernando Valley, 1937
How different the San Fernando Valley must have felt back in 1937. The house in the center belonged to Barbara Stanwyck. It doesn’t look like she was doing much with the land, but all that space must have been a … Continue reading
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Universal Studios “Old European Town” back lot
All I need to do is see a photo like this and my imagination goes bananas. This is Universal studio’s wonderful “Old European Town” back lot. <insert angry villagers with flaming torches here>
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Universal Studios back lot with the Psycho house and Little Europe
When I first saw this photo, I thought, “Well, this pretty much sums up Hollywood right here.” This is the Universal back lot where we can see the Psycho house. In the movie, it looks dauntingly terrifying, but from the … Continue reading
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Lon Chaney’s “Starting Employee Card” at Universal Studios, February 20th, 1918
A friend of mine works for Universal, and he just posted this photo he took in his building’s lobby – it’s Lon Chaney’s “Starting Employee Card” for when he commenced at the studio on February 20th, 1918 at the starting … Continue reading
Tail o’ the Cock menu, 12950 Ventura Blvd, Studio City
Gary B says: “The Tail o’ the Cock in Studio City was a big hangout for a lot of Hollywood people, including John Wayne. We lived a few blocks from the Tail, and my dad would occasionally report he had … Continue reading
Aerial view of Columbia Ranch, Burbank
Columbia Studios at Sunset and Gower in Hollywood didn’t have a back lot like the other major studios so in 1934, studio head Harry Cohn bought 40 acres of land in Burbank and built his own back lot with its … Continue reading
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Entrance to Walt Disney Studios with a circa 1941 Packard
I’m not sure what I like most about this circa 1941 photo of the entrance to Walt Disney Studios in Burbank: the way the sun is shining on the “WALT DISNEY PRODUCTIONS” sign, or that Packard at the gate—it looks … Continue reading