Movie Studios

The Culver Studios in Culver City has a long history starting with Thomas Ince in the 1910s. Its most well-known feature is the mansion facing Washington Blvd - mostly because David O. Selznick made it part of his Selznick International Pictures logo. This aerial shot from 1925 shows all the filming stages are tucked behind “The Mansion. We can also see how rural it was back then from the neighboring orchard. The lot is currently home to Amazon Studios.

Business was good at Warner Bros. during the 1930s. In this decade Warner Bros. was best known for their gangster pictures such as Little Ceasar, Bullets or Ballots and Public Enemy as well as socially conscious films that found interest from an audience dealing with a major economic depression. With the profits Warner Bros. made from these films they invested right back into the studio. During the 30s, nine new soundstages, the Mill Building and one exterior set, Midwest Street were built…

The back lot pool stage of Paramount

Hollywood's major movie studios include Paramount, Universal, Fox, Disney, Columbia, and Warner Bros. All of them still release successful films.

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History of the Paramount Studios mountain backdrop on its Western Street backlot set.

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