At the corner of Sunset and Bronson, the Old Warner Brothers Studio, now the Sunset Bronson Studios, designated as a Historic Cultural Landmark in 1977 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002 – built in 1919 – where the first talkie feature "The Jazz Singer" was filmed in 1927. That makes it a landmark, but Warner Brothers moved out to Burbank in 1934. This place now lives on as an independent production facility. At one time the Gene Autry Golden...
more »At the corner of Sunset and Bronson, the Old Warner Brothers Studio, now the Sunset Bronson Studios, designated as a Historic Cultural Landmark in 1977 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002 – built in 1919 – where the first talkie feature "The Jazz Singer" was filmed in 1927. That makes it a landmark, but Warner Brothers moved out to Burbank in 1934. This place now lives on as an independent production facility. At one time the Gene Autry Golden West Broadcasting organization owned the place. That explains the television tower, but times change. Netflix is building a giant production facility on the site – a glass and concrete cantilevered monster that will open soon. That Al Jolson movie was a long time ago – and across the street there's the new Metropolitan Lofts with that Space Woman. This is an odd corner of Hollywood. ~ Wednesday, September 14, 2016
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