Hollywood

 

 we see for the first time

the beautiful panorama of the fabulous

city of hollywood

this is the night of thrills in

hollywood with the coveted oscars as the

prizes mr president

marilyn monroe mr james the academy

wishes to give you this honor five

persons including actress sharon tate

were found dead at the home of miss

tate

and her husband screen director roman

polyansky one of the most famous stars

in hollywood history is deadhollywood today the show business

capital of the world with the bright

lights the celebrities

the movie studios and all the tourist

attractions that are known across the

world

but it wasn't always that way in the

mid-1800s

all that stood in hollywood california

was a small adobe

by the 1880s hollywood was a small

village consisting

of a few homes funded by h.j whitley and

his wife

dieda wilcox whom are both referred toas the mother and father of hollywood

in the early 1900s hollywood comprised

of a village of around

500 people and at this point no movies

had ever been made in the city as movies

were made in the east coast

however in 1910 a movie titled in old

california was filmed entirely in

hollywood

making it the first movie to ever be

produced there

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only one year later in 1911 the very

first movie studio appeared on sunsetboulevard by 1915 most film studios had

relocated from the east coast to

hollywood

due to sunny california having the ideal

weather for shooting

patents held by thomas edison and his

motion picture patents company in the

east coast

was another reason for the relocation to

the west coast

so that filmmakers could avoid being

sued for infringement

and hence the dawn of tinseltown

hollywood brilliant tinsel city oflights and fantasy

hollywood glorified glittering

fascinating fabulous mythical kingdom

hollywood the glamour capital of the

World

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the time of hollywood's golden era was

pivotal for the growth in film

once sound arrived in motion picture

nobody could compete with hollywood's

movies

there were five major film studios that

dominated the industry in the golden era

some of whom are around to this daythese were mgm

paramount warner brothers 20th century

fox and rko

mgm were considered the biggest

Company

in the 1930s as they spared no expense

when it came to filmmaking

mgm are responsible for the world

renowned the wizard of oz

when the great depression hit in the 30s

believe it or not

hollywood's film industry was thriving

at this point

it was cheaper to go to the cinema thango to a play or a concert

watching a movie was an escape from

reality for the public

and the hollywood film industry

capitalized on this as the major film

studios released more movies than the

1920s and 30s

than any other decade around 800 per

year

today there are less than 500 created

per year

the next step for movies was the

introduction of color the first process

of color in hollywood was an extremelylong process

to get any color they'd have to

individualy hand tint

each frame after a while engineers found

an easier process that is known as

toning

toning is when they bathe the film stock

in a singular color dye

to fit the mood of the scene they'd

color an entire scene red to represent

violence or they'd use blue to represent

Sorrow

in the 1920s most films were using

tinting and toningor a combination of both although this

was a big step within film the colors

looked artificial in 1922 technicolor

was introduced with a light splitting

beam camera the light carried

through the camera would split into

different wavelengths that would go

into different directions to produce two

film negatives they were cemented

together

and played through a regular projector

to produce colored film

over the next decade technicolor

expanded into a three color processthe camera would record the original

image into three separate negatives

red green and blue and by 1932 the

results from this were incredible

wizard of oz and the adventures of robin

hood are two movies that use

technicolor as well as animated movies

SUch as snow white

the technicolor process partially

remained the same until the introduction

of digital video in the 21 st century

movies have come a long way since the

golden era the majority of us can record

high quality footagewith color and sound with just the touch

of a button on our smartphones

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the hollywood sign perhaps one of the

most recognizable

attractions in the world with a plethora

of history behind it the sign was

originally put up on mount lee in

hollywood in 1923.

it was erected by los angeles times

publisher harry chandler as an

advertisement for his new housing real

estate development

situated above the hollywood districtthe sign initially read as hollywood

land

but was then altered in later years it

Cost chandler 21 000

to create which seems a frivolous

amount

for the legendary structure it has

become

however 21 000 in the 1920s is

equivalent to more than 280 000 in 2020

making it one of the most expensive

billboards of its time

since the sign was purely an

advertisement it was planned to stay up

for a year and a half but the residentsof hollywood

loved it and it became a part of their

culture which is why it was never taken

down

due to the great depression maintenance

was not kept on the hollywood land sign

and it began to deteriorate in the 1940s

the sign was neglected which resulted in

the age collapsing and left fallen for

five years

then in 1947 after years of neglect in

the city not willing to put up money

into the upkeep of the sign

they decided it was time to tear it downthe land of the hollywood land sign was

torn down as the city wanted the sign to

represent.