Warner Bros Hollywood's ultimate backlot

Although some movie studios offer tours, few guests from outside the Hollywood community have ever been witness to the artistry, politics, and scandals that routinely go on behind the soundstage walls and away from the carefully orchestrated scenes visible to them from their tram carts. Bingen takes...

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Main Authors: Bingen, Steven (Author), Wanamaker, Marc (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Lanham : Taylor Trade Publishing, [2014]
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264 1 |a Lanham :  |b Taylor Trade Publishing,  |c [2014] 
300 |a xii, 275 pages :  |b illustrations (some color), maps ;  |c 29 cm 
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504 |a Includes filmography (pages 241-256, 264) , bibliographical references (pages 261-264) and index. 
505 0 |a Through the gates -- Breaking ground -- Burbank -- Front lot studio tour : Front gate ; Security department ; Property building ; Transportation ; Electrical fixtures department ; Mill ; Scene docks ; Set lighting ; Mail room ; First aid ; "Stage 5" departments ; Fire department and power plant ; Camera department ; Makeup and still portrait building ; Dressing rooms ; Writers building ; Casting department ; Administration complex ; War memorial ; Costume department ; Drug store ; Marion Davies bungalow (site) ; Frank Sinatra's office ; Postproduction complex ; Commissary ; Schoolhouse ; Warner Records ; Film vaults ; Film lab ; Tiger's Den Club ; Water tower ; Television building ; Cartoon department -- The world on a soundstage : Stage 1 ; Stage 2 ; Stage 3 ; Stage 4 ; Stage 5 ; Stage 6 ; Stage 7 ; Stage 8 ; Stage 11 ; Stage 12 ; Stage 12a ; Stage 14 ; Stage 15 ; Stage 16 ; Stage 17 ; Stage 18 ; Stage 19 ; Stage 20 ; Stage 21 (site) ; Stage 22. 23. and 24 -- The backlot: 30 acres of fairyland : Brownstone Street ; New York Street ; French Street ; New Orleans Street ; Train shed (site) ; Tenement Street ; Wimpole Street ; Hank's school ; Midwest Street ; Western Street ; Mexican Street ; Laramie Street ; Tatum Ranch/Fort Courage ; Jungle ; Camelot castle -- Into Hollywood's future -- Shadow lots : Sunset Boulevard Studio ; Vitagraph Studios ; Warner Hollywood Studio ; Warner Bros. British Studios : Teddington; Leavesden ; Warner Bros. (Calabasas) Ranch ; Warner Bros. (Burbank) Ranch : The Skeffington House; The Deeds House; The Lindsey House; The Bewitched House; Bel-Air House; The Partridge House; The Blondie House; The Oliver House; The Little Egbert House; Park and pool; Park Boulevard and city streets; English Street and convent; Western Street; Jungle and lagoon -- Appendix: Productions shot on the backlot. 
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