Howard Hughes purchased 7000 Romaine Street in 1927 – an Art Deco building between Orange and Sycamore that had been a bakery and then the home of Multicolor, an early color film lab. He was getting into movies, but he oversaw the Hughes Tool Company along with his film work and later his airline from this building. This was his headquarters for everything. Hughes's most famous film, Hell's Angels, starring Jean Harlow, was filmed at the Metropolitan Studio just down the street, but the...
more »Howard Hughes purchased 7000 Romaine Street in 1927 – an Art Deco building between Orange and Sycamore that had been a bakery and then the home of Multicolor, an early color film lab. He was getting into movies, but he oversaw the Hughes Tool Company along with his film work and later his airline from this building. This was his headquarters for everything. Hughes's most famous film, Hell's Angels, starring Jean Harlow, was filmed at the Metropolitan Studio just down the street, but the film was edited at the Romaine headquarters. Joan Didion wrote about the place in Slouching Toward Bethlehem – Part 1, Life Styles in the Golden Land: 7000 Romaine, Los Angeles 38 – but things have changed. It’s now a fashion design gallery – Just One Eye – surrounded by new glass towers – home to small new independent film production companies. The neighborhood has evolved. There's even a new mural down there about that. ~ Monday, May 20, 2019
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