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From about 1930, five
major "Hollywood"
movie studios from all over the Los Angeles area, Paramount, RKO, 20th
Century Fox, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Warner Bros., owned large, grand
theaters throughout the country for the exhibition of their movies.
The period between the years 1927 (the end of the silent era) to 1948
was considered the "Golden Age of
Hollywood.” However, this ended in a landmark 1948 court decision, where the
Supreme Court ruled that movie studios could not own theaters where
only their own movies were shown. By the mid-1950s, when
television proved a profitable enterprise that was here to stay, movie
studios began to be used for the television production as well.
On January 22, 1947, the first commercial
TV station west of the Mississippi River, KTLA, began operating in
Hollywood. In December of the same year, the first
Hollywood
movie production was made for TV called The Public Prosecutor. In the
1950s, music recording studios and offices began moving into
Hollywood.
The famous Capitol Records building on Vine Street, just north of
Hollywood
Boulevard, was built in 1956. Its unique circular design looks a
little like a stack of old 45rpm vinyl records.
 The
Hollywood
Walk of Fame was created in 1958 and the first star was placed in 1960
as a tribute to artists working in the entertainment industry.
Honorees receive a star based on career and lifetime achievements in
motion pictures, live theatre, radio, television, and/or music, as
well as their charitable and civic contributions.
In 1985, the
Hollywood
Boulevard commercial and entertainment district was officially listed
in the National Register of Historic Places protecting important
buildings and ensuring that
Hollywood's past would always be a part of its future.
The Kodak Theatre, which opened in 2001 on
Hollywood
Boulevard at Highland Avenue, where the historic
Hollywood
Hotel once stood, has become the new home of the Oscars.
Like many other large
cities,
Hollywood also has its share of problems, the most significant of
which is its attractiveness to desperate runaways. Fleeing
broken homes across the nation, hundreds of teenagers with "stars" in
their eyes flood the city hoping to become famous.
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