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Vor 3 Tagen · Hollywood, district within the city of Los Angeles, California, whose name is synonymous with the American film industry. It was laid out as a real-estate subdivision in 1887 by Harvey Wilcox, and H.J. Whitley, known as the ‘Father of Hollywood,’ later transformed it into a wealthy and popular residential area.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
- Hollywood is a district within the city of Los Angeles, whose name is synonymous with the American film industry. It is also called Tinseltown.
- Hollywood is in Los Angeles, California. Lying northwest of downtown Los Angeles, it is bounded by Hyperion Avenue and Riverside Drive (east), Beve...
- Hollywood was laid out as a subdivision in 1887 by Harvey Wilcox, who was a prohibitionist from Kansas. However, real-estate magnate H.J. Whitley t...
- Daeida Wilcox gave Hollywood its name. She was the wife of Harvey Wilcox, who owned the area and in 1887 submitted a subdivision map to the Los Ang...
- The iconic Hollywood sign was originally erected in 1923. However, the sign did not read “Hollywood” but “Hollywoodland”; its purpose was advertisi...
- Hollywood’s Humble Origins
- H. J. Whitley
- Hollywood Film Studios
- Hollywood Sign
- Golden Age of Hollywood
- Hollywood During World War II
- Hays Code
- Hollywood Ten
- The Dark Side of Hollywood
- Second Golden Age of Hollywood
In 1853, a small adobe hut was all that existed where Hollywood stands today. But over the next two decades, the area became a thriving agricultural community called Cahuenga Valley. When politician and real estate developer Harvey Henry Wilcox and his second wife Daeida moved to Los Angeles from Topeka, Kansasin 1883, he purchased 150 acres of lan...
By the turn of the century, Hollywood had a post office, markets, a hotel, a livery and even a street car. In 1902, banker and real estate mogul H. J. Whitley, also known as the “Father of Hollywood,” stepped in. Whitley opened the Hollywood Hotel—now the site of the Dolby theater, which hosts the annual Oscars ceremony—and developed Ocean View Tra...
The first film completed in Hollywood was 1908’s The Count of Monte Cristo, although production of the film began in Chicago. The first film made entirely in Hollywood was a short film in 1910 titled In Old California. By 1911, the first movie studio appeared on Sunset Boulevard. By 1915, many major motion-picture companies had relocated to Hollywo...
The Hollywood sign is a must-see tourist attraction, although it didn’t start out that way. It was originally a clever electric billboard advertising an upscale suburban neighborhood in what is now the Hollywood Hills. The sign originally said, “Hollywoodland,” and was erected in 1923 by Los Angeles Timespublisher and real estate developer Harry Ch...
The Golden Age of Hollywood was a period of great growth, experimentation and change in the industry that brought international prestige to Hollywood and its movie stars. Under the all-controlling studio system of the era, five movie studios known as the “Big Five” dominated: Warner Brothers, RKO, Fox, MGM and Paramount. Smaller studios included Co...
As World War II dominated news headlines, people needed to laugh more than ever, and Hollywood was happy to oblige them. Movie studios created scripts for their funniest comedians such as Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Bob Hope and Jack Benny. Pre-movie cartoon reels left audiences guffawing and were often used to promote war propaganda in a lighthearte...
In 1948, the Supreme Courtruled movie studios couldn’t own movie theaters that showed only their films. This was the beginning of the end of the Golden Age of Hollywood. The ruling forced the Big Five to sell their movie theaters and become more selective about the films they produced. Movie studios were also bound by the Hays Code, a voluntary set...
During the Cold War, paranoia grew in Hollywood and the rest of the United States over communism. In 1947, the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), a House of Representativesgroup that investigated potential communist ties, decided to investigate communism in films. At least 40 people in the movie industry were called to testify. Ten dire...
On the surface, Hollywood reeks of glitz, but a dark side lurks underneath. As Oscar Levant famously quipped, “Strip away the phony tinsel of Hollywood, and you’ll find the real tinsel underneath.” Each year, the appeal of fame attracts thousands of starry-eyed runaways and naive dream pursuers to Hollywood with little chance of making it big. Many...
Some critics and movie fans regard the 1960s and 1970s as a second Golden Age of Hollywood, as the old studio system of the 1930s completely broke down and restrictions on sexual content, obscenity and violence loosened. These changes gave groundbreaking directors like Martin Scorsese, Stanley Kubrick, Mike Nichols, Francis Ford Coppolaand others f...
27. Dez. 2023 · 1. Walk of Fame. 2. Hollywood Sign. 3. Universal Studios Hollywood. 4. La Brea Tar Pits and Museum. 5. Hollywood Boulevard. 6. Griffith Observatory. 7. Catch a Show at the Hollywood Bowl. 8. Griffith Park. 9. Take a Tour of the Warner Brother's Studio. 10. Sunset Strip. 11. Celebrity Photo Ops at Madame Tussauds & the Hollywood Wax Museum. 12.
28. Feb. 2023 · 1. Picnic at the Hollywood Bowl. Things to do. Event spaces. Hollywood. This gorgeous outdoor amphitheatre has been hosting concerts since the LA Philharmonic first played here in 1922. Nestled...
- Michael Juliano
11. Juli 2022 · Explore the iconic movie town of Hollywood with this guide to its must-see attractions, from the Hollywood Sign to the Walk of Fame. Discover its history, glamour, culture and entertainment in this article by Time Out.
3. Dez. 2023 · Hollywood movies are well known for its creative direction, adventures, technology, concept and special effects all around the world. These movies are based on fiction, action, suspense, comedy, horror, romance and so on, where the movie focuses on a particular theme at a time.
What Is Hollywood Most Known For? Hollywood is the destination for all American movies and television shows and is situated in California. Hollywood has many tourist attractions, including the “Walk of Fame” and the Hollywood Sign. The once small Tinsel town gained popularity such that the whole American Film industry became Hollywood ...
