Where Is Hollywood?

Do you like movies? How about a TV program? Of course, you will do it! That's why you should say "Hollywood Hollywood!" Many of the movies and TV shows you see are the products of the famous Southern California town known as Hollywood.

Hollywood is in the west and northwest of downtown Los Angeles, California. Throughout history, Hollywood is home to movie stars and movie studios. When thinking about the center of the American entertainment industry, you will think about Hollywood.

Today the entertainment industry extends to other parts of Southern California, and even to other parts of New York. However, Hollywood is still an important part of movie studios and entertainment related industries.

The name "Hollywood" is the idea of ​​H. J. Whitley who purchased 500 acres of ranch in the area. Whitley's idea was to use meadows as a starting point for big cities. Whitley finally won the nickname "Hollywood's father".

American movie production did not start with Hollywood, but Hollywood did not take time to become the center of the industry. By 1920, Hollywood was known as the central world of the American film industry. In the coming decades, TV studios and music studios have come to call Hollywood home.

One of the most famous landmarks in Hollywood is the famous Hollywood sign. The Hollywood sign is on the south side of Lee Mountain in the north of Mulholland Highway, Griffith Park, and the word "HOLLYWOOD" is written with characters that are 45 feet wide and over 350 feet wide.

The rugged steep terrain of this area gives the logo a distinctive wavy appearance. Initially, because it was built in 1923 to promote a new housing development project of this name, the logo was spelled "Hollywood".

The first logo covered over 4,000 light bulbs and was not intended to last more than a year or two years. However, due to the popularity of Hollywood as the center of the film industry, this logo has a strong connection with Hollywood and has never been deleted.

Over time, this sign suffered a lot of damage and got worse seriously. In 1949, the Los Angeles City Park Service took over responsibility for repairing and rebuilding the logo. "Land" has been removed from the logo as it is a light bulb

In 1909, it became a US company Kinemacolor and founded a film studio in Ross Ferris (near Hollywood and Hollywood where Blvds met). The most famous is that Hollywood studios were handed over by D. W. Griffith in 1913 and renamed Griffith Art Studio. Griffith also took over the failure plan of the cinema color to shoot Thomas Dixon's "Clansman." And it eventually became "the birth of the country" (1915). This two color system has been very successful in Europe, but many films including the world's first two color film, the documentary "Duba of Delhi" (1912) and the first one adopt teenage process I will. The world of the long movie first published in London, the body and devil (1914), the beginning of the war and the disruptive patent litigation brought about the end

Meanwhile, Hollywood promoted itself by promoting war. In January 1916, the Hollywood film industry tied up with Washington, DC and tried to raise awareness of war through the movie. Hollywood is involved in war by educating the community and making movies to produce patriotic entertainment programs. The theme and information to raise morale about 'American lifestyle'. After the end of the First World War, Hollywood has established a structure that takes over 40 years. Influential producers like Adolph Zukor have established vertically integrated companies. He was a member of the Paramount Film Company, and until 1936, he served as President. He revolutionized the film industry through production, distribution and planning of exhibitions within the company. Zukor is also a successful director and producer. He retired from Paramount Film Company in 1959.