My brother in law runs a Hollywood studio.
Ahh, the home of the U.S. film industry! Hollywood is such a great city! There are so many neat historic studios!
Hollywood
Yes, Hollywood! It's hard to believe it was a small community in 1870 and wasn't incorporated into a municipality until 1903!
I visit him every year and get to take a tour of the studio. It is really a good time.
Do you know how H.J. Whitley, the Father of Hollywood, came up with a name for the city?
That is a long time ago. I did not know that he was the Father of Hollywood.
came a Chinese man in a wagon carrying wood. The man got out of the wagon and bowed. The Chinese man was asked what he was doing and replied, "I holly-wood," meaning 'hauling wood.' H. J. Whitley had an epiphany and decided to name his new town Hollywood. "Holly" would represent England and "wood" would represent his Scottish heritage. Whitley had already started over 100 towns across the western United States.
Whitley arranged to buy the E.C. Hurd ranch.
Hollywood
Hollywood is a neighborhood in the central region of Los Angeles, California, notable as the home of the U.S. film industry, including several of its historic studios. Its name has come to be a shorthand reference for the industry and the people associated with it.
Hollywood was incorporated as a municipality in 1903. It was consolidated with the city of Los Angeles in 1910 and soon thereafter, a prominent film industry emerged, eventually becoming the most recognizable film industry in the world.
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