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Identifier	clloy_129
Title	Resting between "Shots", Fine Arts Studios, Hollywood
Creator	Unknown
Date Published	circa 1916
Subject (Topic)	Motion pictures--California--Los Angeles--Setting and scenery; Motion picture studios--California--Los Angeles;
Subject (Name)	Fine Arts Studios;
Subject (Place)	Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.);
Type	image
Form/Genre	Postcards
Physical Description	1 postcard : Color ; 9 x 14 cm.
Institution	Department of Archives and Special Collections, William H. Hannon Library, Loyola Marymount University
Country of Creation	US
Copyright Status	public domain
Copyright Statement	http://library.lmu.edu/generalinformation/departments/digitallibraryprogram/copyrightandreproductionpolicy/#d.en.3004
Publisher	California Postcard Co.
Place of Publication	Los Angeles, California
Language	eng
Description	A high angle, interior view of a two-level motion picture set with actors, crew, props, lighting and other equipment, including an early motion picture film camera in the center, leaning against a stand.
Historical Background	During the Silent Era and Golden Age of Hollywood (1915 through the 1940s), larger movie production companies owned and operated their own studios. In 1915 producer/directors Thomas Ince, D.W. Griffith, and Mack Sennett joined together to form the short-lived Triangle Motion Picture Company. Previously, Griffith had taken over the New York Motion Picture plant and renamed it the Fine Arts Studios. Located near the intersection of Hollywood and Sunset Boulevards and Virgil Avenue, Fine Arts became the vehicle for Triangle's productions. Intolerance, directed by Griffith and shot at Fine Arts in 1916, was the most expensive film of its time at $1.9 million. The famous Babylonian scene from the film influenced the exterior design of the Hollywood and Highland Shopping Center completed in 2001.
Additional Printed Matter	On back: "This picture gives a very intimate glance into the making of motion pictures. The 'shot' being taken covers but one small corner of the 'set', upon which the lights necessary to the action are focused. The members of the company not 'on' in this scene are 'visiting' and 'killing time' behind the camera lines; but all strictly 'at hand' for the next call."
Publisher's Identifier	Publisher's serial number: 26626N
Additional Notes	Reprinted card; "Copyright by Glen G. Stone, Los Angeles"; Printed on textured paper.
Contributors	Stone, Glen G.
Source	Werner von Boltenstern Postcard Collection