{"id":27478,"date":"2023-09-03T07:56:25","date_gmt":"2023-09-03T14:56:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/?p=27478"},"modified":"2023-09-03T20:55:47","modified_gmt":"2023-09-04T03:55:47","slug":"a-photo-of-the-metro-goldwyn-mayer-studios-sign-at-dusk-culver-city-california-1935-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/2023\/09\/03\/a-photo-of-the-metro-goldwyn-mayer-studios-sign-at-dusk-culver-city-california-1935-2\/","title":{"rendered":"A photo of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios sign at dusk, Culver City, California, 1935"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"27479\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/2023\/09\/03\/a-photo-of-the-metro-goldwyn-mayer-studios-sign-at-dusk-culver-city-california-1935-2\/a-photo-of-the-metro-goldwyn-mayer-studios-sign-at-dusk-culver-city-california-1935\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/A-photo-of-the-Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer-Studios-sign-at-dusk-Culver-City-California-1935.jpg?fit=1080%2C1350&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1080,1350\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"A photo of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios sign at dusk, Culver City, California, 1935\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/A-photo-of-the-Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer-Studios-sign-at-dusk-Culver-City-California-1935.jpg?fit=240%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/A-photo-of-the-Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer-Studios-sign-at-dusk-Culver-City-California-1935.jpg?fit=640%2C800&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-27479\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/A-photo-of-the-Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer-Studios-sign-at-dusk-Culver-City-California-1935.jpg?resize=640%2C800&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"A photo of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios sign at dusk, Culver City, California, 1935\" width=\"640\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/A-photo-of-the-Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer-Studios-sign-at-dusk-Culver-City-California-1935.jpg?w=1080&amp;ssl=1 1080w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/A-photo-of-the-Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer-Studios-sign-at-dusk-Culver-City-California-1935.jpg?resize=240%2C300&amp;ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/A-photo-of-the-Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer-Studios-sign-at-dusk-Culver-City-California-1935.jpg?resize=819%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 819w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/A-photo-of-the-Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer-Studios-sign-at-dusk-Culver-City-California-1935.jpg?resize=768%2C960&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>I love this shadowy shot of the famous Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios sign. I especially love the way the light of the dusk sky contrasts with the murkiness of that empty alley which had probably, just a few hours earlier, bustled with studio workers. The photo was taken by a Life magazine photographer in 1935, so I wonder which movies were in production that day. <em>David Copperfield<\/em>? <em>Mutiny on the Bounty<\/em>? <em>A Night at the Opera<\/em>?<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-1dbjc4n r-1loqt21 r-1wbh5a2 r-dnmrzs r-1ny4l3l\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ThommyLA\"><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">@ThommyLA<\/span><\/a> on Twitter posted this photo he took of the same view in October 2012 and generously let me repost it here.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"27482\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/2023\/09\/03\/a-photo-of-the-metro-goldwyn-mayer-studios-sign-at-dusk-culver-city-california-1935-2\/mgm-sony-studios-october-2012\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/MGM-Sony-Studios-October-2012.jpg?fit=900%2C1200&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"900,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"MGM : Sony Studios, October 2012\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/MGM-Sony-Studios-October-2012.jpg?fit=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/MGM-Sony-Studios-October-2012.jpg?fit=640%2C853&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-27482\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/MGM-Sony-Studios-October-2012.jpg?resize=528%2C990&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"528\" height=\"990\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I love this shadowy shot of the famous Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios sign. I especially love the way the light of the dusk sky contrasts with the murkiness of that empty alley which had probably, just a few hours earlier, bustled with &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/2023\/09\/03\/a-photo-of-the-metro-goldwyn-mayer-studios-sign-at-dusk-culver-city-california-1935-2\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[23,53,36],"class_list":["post-27478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-culver-city","tag-mgm","tag-movie-studios"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5XK3w-79c","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27478"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27478\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27483,"href":"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27478\/revisions\/27483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}