Screen LibraryWhere is Hollywood? /
"Who HQ rolls out the red carpet for Where Is Hollywood?--the film capital of the world. Developed in the 1880s by Midwesterners looking for a sunny winter getaway, Hollywood was a small housing development outside still-small Los Angeles. But everything changed in the early 1900s when filmmake...
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Penguin Workshop,
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| Publisher Address: | New York : |
| Publication Dates: | 2019. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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"Who HQ rolls out the red carpet for Where Is Hollywood?--the film capital of the world. Developed in the 1880s by Midwesterners looking for a sunny winter getaway, Hollywood was a small housing development outside still-small Los Angeles. But everything changed in the early 1900s when filmmakers from New York flocked to the area, where they could make movies without having to pay Thomas Edison's patent fee. It didn't hurt that the weather was perfect, too. Readers will take a journey from the Golden Age of Hollywood to the present-day film industry, learning all about what turned lush farml |
| Carrier Form: | 107 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: |
9781524786441 1524786446 9781524786458 1524786454 9781544419053 1544419058 |
| Index Number: | PN1993 |
| CLC: | J909.712-49 |
| Call Number: | J909.712-49/A534 |
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Where is Hollywood? -- Hollywoodland -- Making movies -- The Big Five -- The Silent Era -- Hollywood's Golden Age -- Disney -- Hollywood goes to war -- Here comes television -- New Hollywood -- A slowly changing Hollywood -- Timelines. |