Willcocks plans to build a small town here. In February 1887, the name was officially registered in the local government. With the help of his wife, he paved today's Hollywood Street into the main street of the city, planted pepper trees on both sides of this street and other streets and began to sell property rights. His wife raised money to build two churches, a school and a library. In order to make Hollywood worthy of its name, they also imported some English holly, but these plants didn't last long in the climate of California.
By 1900, Hollywood had a post office, a newspaper, a hotel and two markets with 500 residents. Los Angeles, with a population of 654.38 million, is located at 1 1 km east of the city. There is only one monorail between Hollywood and Los Angeles. 1902, the first part of a famous Hollywood hotel opened today. 1903, this place was upgraded to a city. 177 The voting residents unanimously agreed to name it "Hollywood". At that time, the two orders were: no drinking in other shops except pharmacies, and no driving more than 200 cows in the street. 1904, a new tram named Hollywood Boulevard was opened, which greatly shortened the round-trip time between Hollywood and Los Angeles. 19 10, Hollywood residents voted to join Los Angeles. The reason is that they can get enough drinking water and drainage facilities through Los Angeles.
1907, director Francis Burgess led the film crew to Los Angeles to shoot The Count of Monte Cristo. They found that the beautiful natural scenery, abundant light and suitable climate here are natural places for shooting. 19 10 In the early 1990s, director David Griffith was sent to the West Coast by Biograph Company to make a film, and he came to Los Angeles with actors such as lillian gish and mary pickford. Later, they wanted to find a new place, so they set off north and came to a warm town, that is Hollywood. Biograph found the conditions here were good, so he made several films before returning to new york. Gradually, many people in the industry learned about this treasure house, and more and more film crews came to Hollywood. The great shift of American film industry to Hollywood has begun, and Hollywood is moving towards becoming the film capital.
191110 In October, a group of film workers from New Jersey, led by local photographers, came to a small inn called Bradu, and they converted the rented inn into a film company. In this way, they founded the first film studio in Hollywood-Nestor Film Company.
Since then, many film companies have settled in Hollywood. The famous film companies are: Metro Goldwyn Mayer, MGM, Paramount, 20th Century Fox, Warner Brothers, Radio Keith Orpheum, Universal, United Artists and so on.
Film companies in new york and New Jersey moved to California for several reasons. First of all, the weather here is good and the sunshine time is long. Although the electric light has been invented, it is not bright enough. The best light source is sunlight. In addition, California has a broad vision and diverse natural scenery, which is conducive to film shooting.
Apart from natural conditions, the most important factor for Hollywood's fame is the strong pressure from the film trust company founded by the inventor Edison. Edison was a famous inventor. He also has many inventions and innovations in film equipment, and has corresponding patents. From 1897 to 19 18, Edison provoked a film patent dispute in the United States and went to court with many film manufacturers. At the same time, he grasped the development prospect of the film industry, and used his trump card of film equipment to merge nine major film companies in the eastern United States into his own film patent company, thus controlling the film market. Those unwilling producers are looking for new ways to get rid of Edison's monopoly and start a new stove. At this time, a small studio (Presbyterian Film Company) that Edison had been shooting movies in Hollywood before he established the film patent company provided information about Hollywood. This film studio, originally located in New Jersey in the eastern United States, rented a factory in Hollywood at a low price and quickly produced the first Hollywood film "Her Indian Hero", which expanded the popularity of Hollywood. Those filmmakers who want to find their own way out are attracted by Hollywood's superior natural location and developed traffic conditions and come to Hollywood to start their own businesses. Besides, California is far from New Jersey, so it is difficult for Edison to control his patent here. There aren't that many Edison men in California. Even if he sent someone, the news would have leaked out long ago, so that Hollywood filmmakers could hide in nearby Mexico in time. Edison's arch-rival, Carl remus, also built a big house in Hollywood, founded Universal Pictures and became a new movie king. On the contrary, Edison's film patent company, as a Hollywood accelerant, went bankrupt after only 10 years and was declared as an illegal trust by an American court.
19 1 1 year, the first film studio in Hollywood opened. In the same year, 15 other studios settled here, followed by thousands of dreamers.
1923, the white Chinese character Hollywood, which has become one of the symbols of Hollywood today, was set up on the hillside behind Hollywood. It turns out that the word is followed by the letter LAND, which is an advertising billboard set up by a construction manufacturer to promote the newly-built residential area. But after they were founded, no one took care of them, which gradually gave them up. It was not until 1949 that the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce removed the last four letters and fixed everything else. This signboard is now protected by a trademark, and no one can use it without the consent of the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce.
1929 may 16, the Oscar Awards were presented for the first time. At that time, the ticket was 10 dollars, and 250 people participated.
1947 65438+1On October 22nd, American commercial TV stations began to March into Hollywood. In 65438+February of the same year, Hollywood made movies for TV for the first time. In 1950s, the music recording industry also began to set foot in Hollywood and nearby burbank City. Most film studios are still in place, but the face of Hollywood has changed. 1952, CBS established TV City at the junction of Fairfax Street and Beverly Street. This expansion of CBS actually means that Hollywood is expanding its territory.
Hollywood's famous Avenue of Stars was founded in 1958. On February 9th, 1960, actress Joanne Woodward won the honor of the first star.
From 65438 to 0985, Hollywood's commercial and entertainment districts were officially listed in the list of protected historical buildings in the United States.
1June, 999, the Los Angeles subway finally arrived in Hollywood.
In 200 1 year, the Kodak Theatre on Highland Avenue opened and became a new venue for the Oscar ceremony.
In 2002, some Hollywood residents launched a movement to make Hollywood independent and no longer a part of Los Angeles. The Hollywood city government decided to let all Los Angeles residents vote. The independence movement was opposed by the overwhelming majority.
Paramount is the only large-scale studio established in Hollywood at present.
Today's Hollywood is a diversified, dynamic and active urban area. It has already taken on great symbolic significance in American culture. It can be said that the development history of Hollywood is the development history of American movies. The films made in Hollywood not only meet the needs of the film market in the United States of America, but also are exported to all parts of the world, which not only exports the culture of the United States of America, but also brings huge profits to Hollywood investors.