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The premiere of “My Man” at the Warner Bros. Theatre, Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood, circa late 1928
Where would Hollywood movie premieres be without powerful searchlights needling the night sky? This shot was taken at the premiere of Fanny Brice’s movie debut, “My Man” at the Warners Theatre on Hollywood Blvd. The movie opened during the messy … Continue reading
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Teasing the stuff that dreams are made of because this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.
Yesterday, I wrote the two sweet words you get to type after you finish the first draft of a new novel you thought would take three months but ended up taking four. I never like to give out hints of … Continue reading
Frank Capra filming “Meet John Doe” in fake rain at Wrigley Field Stadium, Los Angeles, 1941
Filming a scene with hundreds of extras is enough of a headache, but Frank Capra had the additional challenge of filming this scene from Warner Bros. “Meet John Doe,” at night AND in the rain. Being Hollywood, it was of … Continue reading
Looking north up Hill Street toward the Warner Theater at 7th Street, downtown Los Angeles, 1942
This slice-of-life photo gives us a glimpse of downtown Los Angeles early in WWII. We’re looking north up Hill Street to the 7th Street intersection where 2000-seat Warner Bros. Downtown Theatre stood. (It’s still there but is a jewelry store … Continue reading
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Administration building at the Warner Brothers movie studios, Burbank, California, circa early 1940s
Here we have one of the administration buildings at the Warner Brothers movie studio lot in Burbank. Judging from the 1941 Packard parked out front, this was probably taken sometime during the war years. Those buildings with the curved roofs … Continue reading
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Tagged Movie Stars, Movie Studios, San Fernando Valley, Warner Bros.
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Looking west along Hollywood Blvd from Vine Street, Hollywood, circa 1961
The photographer who took this photo of dusk settling over Hollywood Blvd would have been standing just east of the Vine Street intersection. All the lights along the street have turned on: Broadway department store, American Airlines, Hody’s coffee shop, … Continue reading
Warner Bros studios with convention banner, 5800 Sunset Blvd, Hollywood, 1925
Before Warner Bros. took over First National’s Burbank lot in 1928, their main studio was on Sunset Blvd at Van Ness Ave. The façade was an impressive structure built in the classic style intended, I’m supposing, to give the impression … Continue reading
“Variety” deadline from January 6, 1943: 101 PIX GROSS IN MILLIONS
I was recently researching which movies were popular during WWII, which was a record-breaking era for Hollywood film-making, with movie-goers filling theaters in unprecedented numbers. According to one source I read, in 1942, movie attendance reached a record high of … Continue reading
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Soundstage 16 at Warner Bros. studios in Burbank being lifted 30 feet from the bottom up in 1935 for “Cain and Mable” (1936)
In 1935, William Randolph Hearst got into a hissy fit with Louis M. Mayer at MGM and took his movie company, Cosmopolitan Pictures, and its sole star, his mistress, Marion Davies, and her 11-room bungalow to Warners. One of the … Continue reading
Hollywood Roof Top Ball Room on the southwest corner of Vine and Selma Streets, Hollywood, circa 1920s
My thanks to Jim Lewis for sending me these photos of a place I’d never heard of before. The Hollywood Roof Ball Room (‘ballroom’ spelled in two words on the sign) which stood on the southwest corner of Vine and … Continue reading