HOLLYWOOD

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 About&History
 Hollywood was a small community in 1870 and was consolidated with the
city of Los Angeles, California in 1910, and soon thereafter a prominent film
industry emerged, eventually becoming the most recognizable film industry
in the world.
 The cinema of the United States, often referred to as Hollywood, has had a
profound effect on cinema across the world since the early 20th century.
 The major film studios of Hollywood are the primary source of the most
commercially successful movies in the world, such as Gone with the Wind
(1939), The Sound of Music (1965), Star Wars (1977&2015), Jurassic Park
(1993), Titanic (1997), Avatar (2009), The Avengers (2012).
 Today, American film studios collectively generate several hundred movies
every year, making the United States one of the most prolific producers of
films in the world.
 In the 1930s the Democrats and the Republicans saw money in Hollywood.
President Franklin Roosevelt saw a huge partnership with Hollywood. He
used the first real potential of Hollywood's stars in a national campaign.

EL Capitan Theatre
 EL Capitan Theatre
 In the early 1900s, Hollywood was a meek mingling of agricultural
and residential homes, but with the dawning of L.A.'s architectural
boom in the 1920s, things began to shift for the quiet town.
 Hollywood Boulevard evolved into a glistening thoroughfare of
restaurants, luxury apartments, and shops, and with Toberman’s
direction the opening of three historic theatres - The Egyptian in
1922, El Capitan in 1926, and the Chinese Theatre in 1927.
 The El Capitan Theatre opened on May 3, 1926 with the stage
production “The Charlot Revue of 1926.” The astounding fanfare
and the resulting front page Los Angeles Sunday Times headline
that read “Dazzling Opening For Hollywood’s First Home of Spoken
Drama” captivated the city with more than 120 live productions over
the next 15 years.
 Until the daunting Great Depression.
 EL Capitan Theatre
 The El Capitan Theatre opened on May 3, 1926 with the
stage production “The Charlot Revue of 1926.”
 The resulting front page Los Angeles Sunday
Times headline that read “Dazzling Opening For
Hollywood’s First Home of Spoken Drama” captivated
the city with more than 120 live productions over the
next 15 years.
 EL Capitan Theatre
 Led by The Paramount Hollywood Theatre Corporation,
El Capitan Theatre underwent a thorough renovation to
the design and its purpose. It reopened on March 18,
1942 as The Paramount Theatre movie palace with the
debut of Cecil B. Demille’s Reap the Wild Wind. For
decades, The Paramount was the pulse of Hollywood
Boulevard, hosting premieres such as War and Peace,
Gigi, and The Music Man.
 The El Capitan Theatre reopened on June 19, 1991
with The Rocketeer - an aptly themed film for a
skyrocketing project - and the movie palace continues to
sparkle to this day.
Earl Carroll Theatre
 Earl Carroll Theatre
 Earl Carroll built his second famous theater at 6230 Sunset
Boulevard in Hollywood, California. It opened on December 26,
1938. As he had done at the New York theater, over the entrance
Carroll emblazoned the words "Through these portals pass the
most beautiful girls in the world". An "entertainment palace", the
glamorous supper club-theater offered shows on a massive stage
that featured a 60' turntable with separately operated inner and
outer sections. There was also a water curtain, an orchestra pit lift,
a small circular lift downstage center for a soloist and a revolving
tower of four pianos stage right.
 Earl Carroll Theatre
 Later achieving various degrees of fame in films and on television,
Jean Spangler, Mara Corday, Yvonne De Carlo, Phyllis Coates,
Maila Nurmi, Gloria Pall, and Mamie Van Doren were some of the
showgirls who performed there. The facility was a popular night spot
for many of Hollywood's most glamorous stars and powerful film
industry moguls such as Darryl Zanuck and Walter Wanger, who sat
on the Earl Carroll Theatre's board of governors.
 The theater was sold following the 1948 deaths of Earl Carroll and
Beryl Wallace in the crash of United Airlines Flight 624. It continued
to operate but by the early 1950s it was falling on hard times.
 Other names:First Brodway theatre, Casino Theatre, Nightclub
Moulin Rouge, rock and roll club, Kaleidoscope, Aquarius Theatre
and Nickelodeon on Sunset
Earl Carroll Theatre
About&History
 Hollywood was a small community in 1870 and was
consolidated with the city of Los Angeles, California in
1910, and soon thereafter a prominent film industry emerged,
eventually becoming the most recognizable film industry in
the world.
 The cinema of the United States, often referred to as
Hollywood, has had a profound effect on cinema across the
world since the early 20th century. The major film studios of
Hollywood are the primary source of the most commercially
successful movies in the world, such as Gone with the Wind
(1939), The Sound of Music (1965), Star Wars (1977&2015),
Jurassic Park (1993), Titanic (1997), Avatar (2009), The
Avengers (2012), Furious 7 (2015), Jurassic World (2015).
Today, American film studios collectively generate several
hundred movies every year, making the United States one of
the most prolific producers of films in the world.
Crossroads of the World
 Crossroads of the World has been called America's first
outdoor shopping mall. Located on Sunset Boulevard and
Las Palmas in Los Angeles, the mall features a central
building designed to resemble an ocean liner surrounded by
a small village of cottage-style bungalows.
 Once a busy shopping center, the Crossroads now hosts
private offices, primarily for the entertainment industry. It has
been used for location shooting in many films, including L.A.
Confidential and Café Society, in TV shows and in
commercials by McDonald's and Ford;
 Today, Crossroads is the creative home of a variety of music
publishers and producers, television and film script writers,
novelists etc.
Crossroads of the World
 Hollywood wax museum
 The 'Hollywood Wax Museum' is a wax museum featuring replicas of
celebrities located on Hollywood Boulevard in the tourist district
in Hollywood, California. Among the wax replicas on display include those
of A-List stars, classic entertainers, and legendary singers (Elvis Presley).
 The museum, brainchild of entrepreneur Spoony Singh, opened on
February 25, 1965, and claims in promotional literature to be the only wax
museum dedicated solely to celebrities. It is the longest-running wax
museum in the United States.
 The Hollywood Wax Museum has appeared in the following movies and
TVshows: TheMechanic (1972), WesCraven's Cursed (2005), and
Americ a's Next Top Model (2007). The Hollywood Wax Museum is also
featured on the video game, Midnight Club: Los Angeles.
Hollywod Walk of Fame
 The Hollywood Walk of Fame may have begun its life as a Chamber
of Commerce marketing tactic, but today it’s one of Los Angeles’s
most famous tourist attractions, drawing an estimated 10 million
visitors each year. As a host of new celebrities, from Minnie Mouse
to Mark Hamill, get ready to make their (permanent) mark along
Hollywood Boulevard in 2018.
 The original idea for the Walk of Fame came from the Hollywood
Chamber of Commerce’s volunteer president E. M. Stuart in 1953, a
full seven years before construction began. According to a press he
proposed the idea as a marketing tactic to “maintain the glory of a
community whose name means glamour and excitement in the four
corners of the world.” It wasn’t until January 1956 that an official
proposal was submitted to the Los Angeles City Council
Hollywood Walk of fame
 There are 16 fictional celebrities with Walk of Fame stars
(more if you count The Muppets as multiple characters);
Mickey Mouse was the first to be inducted in 1978. Bugs
Bunny, Snow White, Woody Woodpecker, Big Bird, and
Snoopy followed. By the end of this year, that number will be
up to 17: Minnie Mouse will be getting her own star in 2018.
 As part of the Walk of Fame’s 50th anniversary celebration in 2010,
the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce buried a time capsule in the
same place the Walk originated, at the corner of Hollywood and
Highland. Price is Right icon Bob Barker was on hand to help bury
the capsule, which contains various items that commemorate the
landmark, plus a note from Barker himself that reads: “Have your
pets spayed and neutered.” Here’s hoping the people of 2060—the
year the time capsule is set to be opened