Los Angeles and the movies grew up together, and a natural extension of the picture business was the premium presentation of the product the biggest, best, and brightest theatres imaginable. The magnificent movie palaces along Broadway in downtown Los Angeles still represent the highest concentration of vintage theatres in the world. With Hollywood and the movies practically synonymous, the theatres in the studios neighborhood were state-of-the-art for showbiz, whether they were designed for film, vaudeville, or stage productions. From the elegant Orpheum and the exotic Grauman s Chinese to...

Since 1928, Warner Bros. has produced thousands of beloved films and television shows at the studio s magical 110-acre film factory in Burbank. This collection of evocative images concentrates on the Warner Bros. legacy from the 1920s to the 1950s, when timeless classics such as Casablanca, The Maltese Falcon, and East of Eden came to life. It also looks at WB s earlier homes along Hollywood s Poverty Row, the birthplace of Looney Tunes, and the site of WB s pioneering marriage between film and sound in the 1920s. Early Warner Bros. Studios also tells the tale of four brothers Harry, Albert,...

Since World War II, Hollywood has fought and won that same war many times, won the West even more often--plus got the girl--and laughed like crazy, too. The postwar era in the dream factory was a prosperous time of expansion and wealth through the 1970s, decline in the 1980s, and rebirth in the new century. Vintage photographs from the rare collections of Hollywood Heritage and Bison Archives depict the municipal, business, residential, and entertainment industry growth in Hollywood proper, from 1940 until the beginning of the 21st century. This companion volume to Arcadia Publishings Early...

Los Angeles and the movies grew up together, and a natural extension of the picture business was the premium presentation of the product--the biggest, best, and brightest theatres imaginable. The magnificent movie palaces along Broadway in downtown Los Angeles still represent the highest concentration of vintage theatres in the world. With Hollywood and the movies practically synonymous, the theatres in the studios neighborhood were state-of-the-art for showbiz, whether they were designed for film, vaudeville, or stage productions. From the elegant Orpheum and the exotic Graumans Chinese to...

The history of Hollywood is often seen only through the lens of the major studios, forgetting that many of Tinseltown s early creations came from micro-studios stretched along Sunset Boulevard in an area disparagingly known as Poverty Row. Here, the first wave of West Coast moviemakers migrated to the tiny village of Hollywood, where alcohol was illegal, actors were unwelcome, and cattle were herded down the unpaved streets. Most Poverty Row producers survived from film to film, their fortunes tied to the previous week s take from hundreds of nickelodeon tills. They would routinely script...

The fascinating tale of Hollywood powerhouse Paramount Pictures beginning with its birth in the 1910s through the turbulent decade of the 1930s was told in Early Paramount Studios by Marc Wanamaker, Michael Christaldi, and E.J. Stephens. Now the same authors are back to tell the next 60 years of the studio saga in Paramount Studios: 1940 2000, with a foreword by former Paramount head of production Robert Evans. This book picks up the story during the time of World War II a successful era for the studio which was followed by a decade of decline due to the upstart medium of television. By the...

Malibu offers the best in Southern California living. This small
town is situated close to Los Angeles and Hollywood, but far
enough away from the traffic and stress of big-city life. All the cliches of
Southern California come true in Malibu: the swimming pools, movie
stars, paparazzi, and fancy cars. It's the land of champagne wishes and
caviar dreams. But Malibu is also a beautiful, quiet, and surprisingly rural
beachfront community. In a desirable location going back to the time of
the Chumash Indians, the peace and environment of Malibu have been
protected...