Open Thread for Friday
Before Hollywood, Long Beach was the hub of the motion picture industry. From 1918 to 1923, Balboa Studios was the most productive independent studio in the world. It was home to silent film stars Baby Marie Osborne, Jackie Saunders, Henry King, Buster Keaton, Fatty Arbuckle, Hazel Tranchell, Pearl White, Mabel Normand, and Slim (Pickens) Pickett. The studio was located on eight acres at Sixth and Alamitos Streets and, by 1920, had become the largest employer in Long Beach. Although the owner, Balboa Amusements Producing Company, was largely known for producing comedies, it also owned land in nearby Signal Hill for shooting western and adventure films.After World War I, Hollywood became the new movie town and Long Beach became blighted with a very profitable forest of oil derricks. Balboa Studios went into decline. By 1924, the studio and its properties (some of its more than 100,000 props are still in use today) were auctioned off and the land was cleared for subdivision.
Posted by Mayor Sam @ 2/03/2006 12:00:00 AM
6 Comments:
Another Chick massacre. When will she stop. They should record her audits with her narrating them and release them on DVD like a straight to video movie. I'd love to watch it. Check out the Daily News article on the L.A. Homeless Services Authority.
http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_3470249
Steve Hymon is reporting that Weiss will ru for City Attorney in 2007. Who is he kidding? Weiss is the Jacko of city council and a complete moron. Save your money Jack.
I think someone ought to look into whether Monica Garica satisfied the residency requirments to run for the School Board
The City's Ethics Web Page indicates she lives in Montebello:
06/30/05 Monica Garcia
(Consultant, Jose Huizar For Council)
Montebello, CA 90640-2642 Jose Huizar
Council Member - CD14
1277167 - Huizar for Council A - Monetary
(IND - Individual)
[Period: 01/01/05-06/30/05]
$500.00
So what, AV lived in CD1, when he ran in CD14. . . he just "rented" a facade for the "game."
(Maybe Monica's living in AV's old rental unit).
No one follows the damn rules, they just point out when everyone else breaks them.
Mayor Sam why do you list all the valley Neighborhood council meetings. It takes up a lot of space and no one really cares cause its printed in the paper.
For those of us too busy to look at the print paper every day, yet are somehow glued to computer chairs, we thank you for printing the neighborhood council meetings, Mayor Sam.
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