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'''Hollywood''' is a district of [[Los Angeles]] in the state of [[California]] in the [[United States of America]], and has been the heart of the American [[film]] industry for over a hundred years. | '''Hollywood''' is a district of [[Los Angeles]] in the state of [[California (U.S. state)]] in the [[United States of America]], and has been the heart of the American [[film]] industry for over a hundred years. | ||
It originally started as a small town called Cahuenga.<ref name="cahuenga">[http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:4324544103219604::NO::P3_FID:1732514 Cahuenga (historical)] via [[United States Geological Survey]]</ref> It was incorporated as the City of Hollywood in 1903.<ref name="willims2006">Williams, Gregory Paul (2006). ''The Story of Hollywood: An Illustrated History.'' ISBN 9780977629909</ref> In the 1900s movie makers from [[New York City]] moved there to escape the [[monopoly]] of [[Thomas Edison]]'s movie company, and because of temperate weather more suitable for year-round location shooting. Since then it has boomed into the cinematic heart of the United States, and has been the home and workplace of actors, directors and singers that range from small and independent to world famous. | It originally started as a small town called Cahuenga.<ref name="cahuenga">[http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:4324544103219604::NO::P3_FID:1732514 Cahuenga (historical)] via [[United States Geological Survey]]</ref> It was incorporated as the City of Hollywood in 1903.<ref name="willims2006">Williams, Gregory Paul (2006). ''The Story of Hollywood: An Illustrated History.'' ISBN 9780977629909</ref> In the 1900s movie makers from [[New York City]] moved there to escape the [[monopoly]] of [[Thomas Edison]]'s movie company, and because of temperate weather more suitable for year-round location shooting. Since then it has boomed into the cinematic heart of the United States, and has been the home and workplace of actors, directors and singers that range from small and independent to world famous. | ||
Revision as of 14:32, 8 March 2023
Hollywood is a district of Los Angeles in the state of California (U.S. state) in the United States of America, and has been the heart of the American film industry for over a hundred years.
It originally started as a small town called Cahuenga.[1] It was incorporated as the City of Hollywood in 1903.[2] In the 1900s movie makers from New York City moved there to escape the monopoly of Thomas Edison's movie company, and because of temperate weather more suitable for year-round location shooting. Since then it has boomed into the cinematic heart of the United States, and has been the home and workplace of actors, directors and singers that range from small and independent to world famous.
References
- ↑ Cahuenga (historical) via United States Geological Survey
- ↑ Williams, Gregory Paul (2006). The Story of Hollywood: An Illustrated History. ISBN 9780977629909