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1. History of Survey Project by Melissa Lewis

2. Thesis

   26°01'N, 80°09‘W (Hollywood, California) has changed dramatically since the Gabrielino Indians settled on the western land in the 1800’s; it has progressed from fields of oranges, lemons, and figs into a town of movies, gossip, and hopeful young thespians.
3. General Timeline Of Hollywood 1880’s-Harvey Henderson Wilcox (a real estate man from Kansas)and his wife Daeida moved to Los Angeles. In 1886 Wilcox bought 160 acres of the country, west of the city. February 1st, 1887-Harvey Wilcox drew a grid map for the new town and filed it with the county recorder’s office, the first official name of Hollywood 1853-one adobe hut standing 1902- First section of The Hollywood Hotel is opened by HJ Whitley. 1878- First motion picture created 1886- the name Hollywood was created by the father of Hollywood, Hobart Johnstone Whitley, and his wife Gigi. It was created when they were overlooking the valley, now known as Whitley Heights. By 1900 Hollywood has a post office, a newspaper, a hotel, and two markets. The population was about 500 people. 1910- struggle to secure an ongoing water supply; made decision to be annexed into Los Angeles. -Prospect Avenue became Hollywood BLVD. 1870-an agricultural community flourished
4. First motion picture
5. General Timeline Of Hollywood contd. May 16, 1929: First Academy Awards at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. Tickets were $10 and there were about 250 people there. May 11 1927: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences was founded. (dedicated to making advances in 1910: First movie ever filmed in Hollywood. It was called In Old California 1914: The first full length movie came out, Squaw Man. It was filmed in a barn on Hollywood and Vine. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b16R-jy55ss 1930- The Motion Picture Production code was put into place, this set film guidelines regarding sex, violence, religion, and crime. 1949: The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce takes over the Hollywood sign, removing land and repairing the letters. 1911: The first motion picture studio in Hollywood, Nestor Film Company. This was on the corner of Sunset Blvd. About 15 other independent movie makers came to Hollywood. 1917: Chaplin Studios created just south of sunset 1923: The Hollywood sign is put up , at first reading “Hollywoodland”. It was originally an advertisement for the Hollywood Hills housing.
6. The Golden Age of Hollywood The 1930’s and most of the 1940’s came to be known as the Golden age of Hollywood. The 30’s was a time of sound and color revolutions and the advance of the “talkies” The silent era of films ended, most of the thespians did not transfer into movies with sound either. By 1933 the economic depression was being felt in the film industry, a decrease of attendance in movie theatres. Movies of 1930’s and 40’s -Hell’s Angels (1930) -Gone with the Wind (1939) -Anna Christie (1930) -Snow White and the 7 Dwarves (1937) -Tarzan, the Ape Man (1932) ^First feature length animation film -The Wizard of Oz (1939)
7. Postcard of Hollywood in the 1930’s
8. General Timeline Of Hollywood contd. 1956- The Capitol Record building is built on Vine Street 1960- First star is placed on the walk of fame, Joanne Woodward. 1958- Hollywood Walk of Fame is Created. 2001- Kodak Theatre opens on Hollywood BLVD.
9. MARY PICKFORD accepted her Best Actress award for COQUETTE, her first talking picture role. This was at the 2nd academy awards. The Oscars The Beginning
10. The Oscars Now 2007 Academy Awards
11. Primary Sources Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul. Marilyn Monroe (1926-1952) You can take all the sincerity in Hollywood, place it in the navel of a firefly and still have room enough for three caraway seeds and a producer's heart. - Fred Allen (1894-1956) a radio show host “Hollywood is a town that has to be seen to be disbelieved” -Gossip Columnist Walter Winchell