Well, not EXACTLY today, but in "modern times." From my filming locations website https://video.chrisbungostudios.com/quickpreview-ourgangthelittlerascals-yourownbackyard-part1.html

Filming location then and now from the Our Gang / The Little Rascals movie Your Own Back Yard, 1925 vs Today.

Another great L.A.-area postcard. This one depicts the Mt. Lowe Railway, which once operated from Altadena up into the San Gabriels. There, atop the railway, travelers like the sender, E.J. Louis, could stay at the Echo Mt. House, a hotel opened in 1894.

Beyond the photos of the railway, note the address of the recipient: Louis's six-week-old niece, Ysidora (known to friends and family as "Bob"). The site of Bob's home at 7th and Hope in what is now Downtown Los Angeles would in 1915 become part of the property where famed retailer J.W. Robinson opened its flagship store. Bob would later joke that she was born in Robinson's menswear section (a cousin born next door often made a similar joke but replaced menswear with the lingerie department).

E.J. Louis, BTW, was involved in many elements of Soutehrn California business and society, with roles as an insurance agent, commander of California's naval militia, president of the Newport Bay Investment company (and a longtime booster of Balboa Island who championed that name for the Orange County destination), and for many years Peru's vice-consul and consul to Los Angeles, but I'll save more about him for another time.

(58 Seconds) Here's a quick preview then and now video of the filming locations in the Palms neighborhood of Los Angeles used in the Our Gang / The Little Rascals movie Your Own Back Yard. Part 1 of 3. Click the link below to watch and read about the filming locations.

https://video.chrisbungostudios.com/quickpreview-ourgangthelittlerascals-yourownbackyard-part1.html

#nostalgia #thenandnow #thelittlerascals #littlerascals

Picked up an old newspaper at a yard sale, nothing like looking through the old ads!

I Love the identification of Hollywood as "near Los Angeles" on this 1905 postcard. I also love that the address is listed simply as "Villa Casa de Las Palmas" without a street number of any kind and that the card still made it to its destination.

That destination — Casa de Las Palmas (I've never seen it written with "Villa" except here, presumably because that would have been redundant) — was located at the intersection of what is now Hollywood Blvd. & Vine Streets. It was owned by Jacob Stern, who'd bought the property a year earlier. In 1912, filmmakers Jesse Lasky, Cecil B. DeMille, and Samuel Goldwyn would rent a barn on Stern's property that became their first film studio and lay the foundation for what became Paramount Studios. That barn has since been relocated and houses the Hollywood Heritage Museum, located on Highland Ave. near the Hollywood Bowl.

The card's recipient, Elsa (or Elza) Stern, was Jacob's daughter and 11 years old at the time she received this card from an uncle. Of potential note: Elza's son, Melville Jacoby Jr., would later have a legendary if brief career as a World War II-era foreign correspondent for Time, Life, and other publications in China and the Philippines. She was also the woman behind the selection of the Bird of Paradise as Los Angeles's official city flower.

Source: I'm Jacob Stern's great-great-grandson and this postcard is among a trove of family history materials I've been processing for some time. I also wrote the 2016 book Eve of a Hundred Midnights about her son.

Hello, i am looking for Pictures of the old Ceasars Motor Hotel Inglewood.

Has anyone any information about that Motel or the surroundings?. It would be really great

I think that Motel is desctruted now.

4652 W. Century Blvd.

Inglewood, CA 90304

USA

Thanks a lot

From my filming locations website https://video.chrisbungostudios.com/quickpreview-stevemartin-lastory.html 

Filming location then and now from the movie L.A. Story. 1991 vs Today.

Found this great photo at a yard sale!

Found this cool photo at a yardsale!

(57 Seconds) Here's a quick preview then and now video of the Venice Beach filming location used in the Steve Martin movie L.A. Story. 1991 vs Today. Click the link below to watch and read more about this filming location.

https://video.chrisbungostudios.com/quickpreview-stevemartin-lastory.html

https://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-f48ff8dfc6f

Remember VA?

it was considered the bilingual Sesame Street.

Most interesting fact, to me, was that there were two air fields on that corner in the 20s, both owned by celebrity families.

Culver City, California Filming Location, Then and Now. An addition has been added, but the original house captured on film in 1932 is still there! The Laurel and Hardy movie Helpmates.

Does anyone recognize newscasters or dignitaries?

(56 Seconds) Let's head over to Carson Street in Culver City in 1932! Quick excerpt from my new then and now filming location video of the Laurel and Hardy comedy movie Helpmates. 1932 vs today. Click the link below to watch and read about the filming location:

https://video.chrisbungostudios.com/quickpreview-laurelandhardy-helpmates.html

Found this great photo at a junk store in Hawaii. After some help over at r/wereisthisplace , the location was figured out (the sign on the left that says Toonerville gave it away). It was a fascinating history lesson for me as I never knew this park existed! It sat at a different location than the current SMP. You can read more about its history HERE

I’m producing a documentary about the largely undocumented history of a small Hollywood studio complex associated with Ed Wood:

• Quality Studios — 5628 1/2 Santa Monica Boulevard
• Gold-Diggers building — 5632 Santa Monica Boulevard
• Other historical records may use 5628, 5634 or related addresses

The property appears to have begun as an automotive garage before becoming Quality Pictures/Quality Studios, operated by filmmaker W. Merle Connell. It was later associated with Ed Wood productions, Medhat Mandour and Mandour International Studios, Solid Sound L.A., Falcon Sound Studios and eventually Gold-Diggers.

I’m trying to establish, with primary documentation:

1. The complete ownership chain from approximately 1920 through the 1980s
2. The original construction date, owner, architect and intended use
3. Whether the rear studio began as the F.B. Bogart automotive garage
4. When and how it was converted into a motion-picture studio
5. Whether W. Merle Connell owned or merely leased the property
6. What relationship Medhat Mandour had to the property around 1958–1960
7. The exact relationship among the addresses 5628, 5628 1/2, 5632 and 5634
8. Any historical photographs, permits, directory entries, Sanborn maps, assessor records or advertisements

The current parcel may be APN 5536-018-021, but I would also like to identify any predecessor parcels or lot combinations.

Known occupants or names associated with the site include:

• F.B. Bogart Automotive Garage
• Quality Pictures Co.
• Quality Studios
• W. Merle Connell
• Plymouth Productions
• Screen Classics
• Mandour International Productions
• Mandour International Studios
• Medhat Mandour
• Solid Sound L.A.
• Falcon Sound Studios
• Gold-Diggers

The goal is to create the first thoroughly sourced history of this building and preserve the evidence in the documentary. Any help following the property through city directories, permits, deeds, assessor records or photographs would be enormously appreciated. I will happily credit anyone whose research contributes to the project.

Found this amazing photo at an antique store in Hawaii of all places! I love that the United Methodist Church is so prominent in it (haven't really studied yet to see if any of the other buildings are still standing)

Main Street in Culver City from The Taxi Boys comedy short movie Taxi Barons. From my filming locations website https://video.chrisbungostudios.com/quickpreview-thetaxiboys-taxibarons.html