Hollywood & Studios

The industry the city is known for. The studio lots and backlots, the sound stages, the premieres and the Walk of Fame, the sign on the hill, and the business of making pictures.

Part of Los Angeles

62 moments in this segment.

1. 1880 - Clocktower (Temple) Courthouse, Market and Theater 4. Los Angeles, 1880. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
2. 1885 - Grand Opera House Los Angeles c.1884-1893. Los Angeles, 1885. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
3. 1895 - Hollywood looking north-northeast from Olive Hill (Barnsdall Park), Hollywood, 1895. Los Angeles, 1895. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
4. 1898 - Orpheum Theatre when located at the former Grand Opera House, 110 S. Main, Los Angeles, …. Los Angeles, 1898. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
5. 1906 - Exterior view of the Hollywood Branch of the Los Angeles Public Library (the Norman F. M…. Los Angeles, 1906. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
6. 1906 - Chutes, a color postcard. Los Angeles, 1906. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
7. 1907 - A Happy Family at the California Alligator Farm, Los Angeles, Cal (clloy 042). A young man poses next to an alligator lying in the grass near a pond, with many more alligators lying or swimming along the shore. Historical Background: The California Alligator Farm, located at 3627 Mission Road adjacent to Lincoln Park, was owned by Francis Earnest and his partner Joe Campbell.
8. 1910 - Ramona (1910) - D.W. Griffith silent short. An early film shot in the LA area.
9. 1914 - lasky02. Jesse Lasky standing outside of "The Old Barn" on the Paramount Studios lot. This is the place where he and Cecil B. DeMille started a picture studio in 1912.
10. 1914 - Bernheimer Bros.' Japanese bungalow, Hollywood. Color postcard of the estate of brothers Charles and Adolph Bernheimer, located at 1999 N. Sycamore Avenue in Hollywood. A printed note on the verso of the postcard reads: "No post card can tell the story of Hollywood--the beautiful foothill suburb which our party visited today.
11. 1915 - Early days in Hollywood, 1910s (archive). Silent-era footage of the new film colony.
12. 1916 - MGM Studios. Exterior view of the Triangle at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, located at 10202 Washington Boulevard in Culver City. A Richfield gasoline truck is seen in front of the columned building. Photo dated: 1916.
13. 1917 - Jan 5 display ad for Los Angeles premiere of The Play of Everyman by George Sterling. 1917 January 5 advertisement in Los Angeles Evening Express (page 15) for premiere performances of The Play of Everyman by poet George Sterling at Trinity Auditorium, Los Angeles, produced and directed by Ryszard "Richard" Ordynski, with music by Victor Schertzinger conducted by Adolf Tandler, and costumes and sets des...
14. 1917 - Camouflage - Wooden Guns - Movie men, camoufleurs. Dummy gun, camouflaged by movie men, …. Scope and content: Photographer: International Film Service.
15. 1918 - Chaplin meets Harry Lauder - rare archival footage. Behind-the-scenes film of the silent-era star.
16. 1919 - North Hollywood Pacific Electric Car Station, 1919 (LAVC15). The North Hollywood Pacific Electric Car Station is located at the intersection of Chandler and Lankershim Boulevards. It was part of a very efficient rail system that was dismantled due to competition from the automobile in 1952, though the station itself is still standing. This picture probably dates from 1919.
17. 1919 - Chaplin & Maxine Elliott - rare archival footage. Rare film of Chaplin in his Hollywood prime.
18. 1919 - Charlie Chaplin - "A Day’s Pleasure" (1919). A Chaplin short from the silent era.
19. 1921 - California Theatre, 810 S. Main St., Los Angeles, c.1921. Los Angeles, 1921. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
20. 1922 - Cross excavation on Sunset Boulevard near Harvard Street showing high fill over cross tr…. Los Angeles, 1922. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
21. 1922 - Excavation along Sunset Boulevard at Edgemont Street intersection showing very decided b…. Los Angeles, 1922. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
22. 1922 - Cahuenga Pass Hollywood. Los Angeles, 1922. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
23. 1925 - Hollywood & Cahuenga (1920s). The young film capital in the Roaring Twenties.
24. 1930 - Columbia Broadcasting System at night, Radio City, Hollywood, Calif. Los Angeles, 1930. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
25. 1930 - Albert Kothe and his Ford Model A at Hollywoodland Sign. Albert Kothe's cabin at the Hollywoodland sign, behind the first "L".
26. 1932 - "Real Hustling" - Los Angeles (British Pathé, 1932). A 1932 British Pathé newsreel of the city.
27. 1935 - Publicity at Hollywood dog training school, Southern California, 1935. Carl Spitz Sr. and Dr. Ross shooting an ad at the Hollywood Dog Training School. Seated at the picnic are four dogs while behind the table Dr. Ross hands Carl Spitz Sr. a can of dog food.
28. 1935 - 1930s California home movies (silent). A road trip across 1930s California on film.
29. 1936 - 1930s Los Angeles at night - neon & movie theatres (home movie). A 1930s home movie of downtown neon, from the PeriscopeFilm archive.
30. 1936 - Woodystrode collage. Woody Strode lines up as end on the Jefferson High football team. In 1936 South Los Angeles, California.
31. 1937 - 1930s Binney family home movies, Los Angeles. Everyday LA life on home-movie film, 1930s.
32. 1940 - Los Feliz Brown Derby postcard. Postcard image of the Brown Derby restaurant on Los Feliz Boulevard. Originally built in 1928 as Willard's Chicken Inn restaurant before being converted into a Brown Derby in 1940. {1} This postcard was produced prior to 1978 and has no copyright markings. The image has been cropped.
33. 1945 - The Central Avenue jazz district. Los Angeles, 1945.
34. 1947 - California (1947, travelfilmarchive). A 1947 travelogue across Southern California.
35. 1948 - Los Angeles, late 1940s (Huntley Film Archives). Genuine late-1940s street film of the city.
36. 1950 - Sunset Boulevard (1950). Billy Wilder’s noir about Hollywood itself.
37. 1952 - Brown Derby on Wilshire 1952. Postcard photo of the Brown Derby restaurant in Hollywood. This postcard was produced prior to 1978 and has no copyright markings. The image has been cropped and color adjusted. Most of the original building shown was destroyed by fire in 1987.
38. 1952 - Cliffie stone circa 1952. Los Angeles, 1952. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
39. 1956 - Broadway theatre district at night (1950s). The neon marquees of downtown’s movie palaces.
40. 1960 - Hollywood Plaza Hotel pool. Postcard photo of the swimming pool of the Hollywood Plaza Hotel, Los Angeles.
41. 1963 - Hollywood Plaza Hotel coffee shop. Postcard photo of the coffee shop of the Hollywood Plaza Hotel, Los Angeles.
42. 1965 - Hollywood in 1965 (British Pathé). British Pathé colour film of Hollywood, 1965.
43. 1965 - The Hollywood dream, 1965 (vintage LA). Vintage 1965 footage curated by Alison Martino.
44. 1965 - KFAC Gas Company Evening Concert 25th Birthday advert. Los Angeles, 1965. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
45. 1966 - The Sunset Strip in the 1960s (vintage footage). The Strip at the height of its rock-and-roll era.
46. 1966 - Buffalo Springfield - "For What It’s Worth". The 1966 Sunset Strip riots anthem.
47. 1967 - The Brown Derby (Kodachrome, c.1950). The hat-shaped restaurant where Hollywood ate. This photograph dates from 1967.
48. 1967 - Sunset Boulevard, 1967. Archive footage of the boulevard.
49. 1970 - CSNY - "Our House". Provided to YouTube by Rhino Atlantic Our House · Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
50. 1972 - HOLLYWOOD FREEWAY - NARA - 542684. Los Angeles, 1972. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
51. 1974 - Jack Albertson on the set of "Chico and the Man". Los Angeles, 1974. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
52. 1979 - Groundlings1979. Los Angeles, 1979. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
53. 1983 - Hollywood Sign. Los Angeles, 1983. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
54. 1988 - N.W.A - the Compton sound (1988). The year 2008 marks the 20th anniversary of N.W.A's landmark album STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON, one of the two most important gangsta rap albums ever (the other being N.W.A. founding member Dr. Dre's THE CHRONIC). The album sounds as ferocious and frightening as ever, as it continues to voice the "power of street knowledge" to the masses. Like the similarly themed 10th Anniversary edition, this version of S.O.C. contains a handful of reworked versions of songs by some of the biggest names in post-N.W.A. rap,…
55. 1988 - N.W.A - Straight Outta Compton (1988). Los Angeles, 1988.
56. 1996 - Tupac at Death Row Records (rare footage). Rare video recordings from Death Row vault. Most of these moments realited to 2pac.
57. 1996 - Tupac, the last interview (1996). Los Angeles, 1996.
58. 2008 - Griffith Observatory & the Hollywood Sign. Los Angeles, 2008.
59. 2011 - Mutual of Omaha building and Hollywood sign. View looking north toward the Hollywood Hills, the Hollywood sign, and the Mutual of Omaha building, which is at the corner of Wilshire Boulevard and La Brea Avenue, on the Miracle Mile at 5225 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, California. La Brea Boulevard can be seen in the center of the image.
60. 2011 - Hollywood Hills view from Jefferson Park. The Hollywood Hills, the Hollywood Sign, and part of Griffith Park. The view is north from the 3800 block of South Norton Avenue, in Jefferson Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California.
61. 2013 - Early-2010s Los Angeles aesthetic. Los Angeles, 2013.
62. 2026-06-19 - Chaplin filmed in an LA park, 100+ years ago. Original footage of Chaplin shooting in Los Angeles.