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Warner Bros. Studio On Sunset Blvd, 1936.
Never to miss an opportunity, Warner Bros. told passers-by: “For real entertainment, see all Warner Bros. productions” along their Sunset Boulevard studios (where “The Jazz Singer” was filmed, as well as the Looney Tunes cartoons produced.) This photo was taken … Continue reading
Warner Bros. Hollywood Theatre opening night, , Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood, April 26, 1928
It was a big deal when Warner Bros. opened their “Warner Bros. Hollywood Theater” at 6433 Hollywood Blvd. on April 26, 1928. The opening picture was “Glorious Betsy” starring Conrad Nagel and Delores Costello. In between screenings of the feature was … Continue reading
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Warner Theater at the corner of Canon Dr. and Wilshire Blvd, Beverly Hills
The gloriously art deco Warner Theater at the corner of Canon Dr. and Wilshire Blvd in Beverly Hills. It opened in 1931 and a few years later it’s where the Davis/Flynn movie “The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex” (1939) … Continue reading
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Sunset Boulevard in 1925 as seen from the Warner Brothers studios at the corner of Van Ness Ave.
Sunset Boulevard in 1925, as seen from the Warner Brothers studios (the row of columns on the left hand side) at the corner of Van Ness Ave. This where “The Jazz Singer” was filmed approximately a year after this photo … Continue reading
Warner Bros. Downtown Theater showing Bette Davis in “Dark Victory”, 1939
Those of us who have spent our lives watching old Hollywood movies on TV can easily forget that once upon a time people actually went to the trouble of getting dressed up, catching a red car all the way into … Continue reading
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Hollywood Boulevard, Christmas 1930, showing Warner Brothers’s radio station KFWB.
Hollywood Boulevard, Christmas 1930 showing the two radio towers that the Warner Brothers added to their Warner’s Hollywood theater roof when they started KFWB. In so many photos of this era, there hardly seems to be any traffic, or at … Continue reading
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Warner Bros. studios Sunset Blvd, 1926
Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, showing the Warner Brothers Studio, circa 1926. This is the studio where the first talkie, “The Jazz Singer”, was filmed. By the late 1930s, it was a bowling alley. By the mid-50s this lot was back … Continue reading