Gone With The Wind Filming Locations, 40 Acres Backlot, & MGM 

Can you imagine what a tourist attraction that 40 acre lot would be today with all those vintage sets?! Better than Disneyland, in my opinion!👍🏼😊

My older brother worked for Desilu in the mid 60's. He lived on the back lot taking care of the animals used in a tv series called "The Greatest Show on Earth" starring Jack Palance. My younger brother and I used to visit the lot. There were many old sets there including " The Greatest Story Ever Told", a western set and an old set from" The Story of G.I Joe" from 1945. I have about a dozen pictures we took in the back lot from one of our visits.

Sometimes when I see the changes that were made to places, it gives me a feeling of melancholy.....

I JUST SAW YOUR VIDEO ON GONE WITH THE WIND THIS WAS MY FATHER'S FAVORITE MOVIE AS WELL AS MINE....MY DAD PASSED AWAY 3 DAYS AGO AT 92. GOSH.....HE WOULD HAVE LOVED YOUR VIDEO...GOD'S BLESS YOU & KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK!😇😇😇😇😇😇

I loved this one ...It is sad to know that Mayberry no longer exists ....

They should have saved the Mayberry set.

You can see the cast zipping past Aunt Pittypat's house in an episode of Batman. It's surreal. Someone screenshotted glimpses of Tara during an episode of Superman, too.

They are restoring Tara from GWTW as we speak. They have a facebook page that shows updates. Too bad thats all gone. This would have drew MASSIVE crowds with tourism alone. Can you imagine all that stuff on one lot!?! Great vlog. I have been to Hollywood before but missed everything you show!?!

So sad it's all gone...

Love the vid bro..I watched all of those shows growing up. 40 acres is also on my bucket list. I noticed the trees in the background..most of them were probably there when 40 acres existed. The look pretty old.

You have fulfilled one of my dreams! GWTW is my favorite book and film of all time!

Fascinating vlog today Jordan! Loved all the Gone With The Wind background information & video. My mother was a good friend to Cammie King in later years... she played Bonnie Blue Butler, Rhett and Scarlett's daughter in the film.

Absolutely LOVE your videos!!!! Love the history you tell, the old photos, EVERYTHING!!!

Best 40 Acres retrospective view I have seen. Thanks Jordan

I always laugh when I see outdoor scenes from Hogan's Heroes because they have fake snow all around but you can see the leaves on the trees that are outside the camp. It must be hard to do winter in So Cal, I guess they didnt think anyone would notice. That show is one of my favorites!

This vlog was so very interesting, thank you Jordan. One of my favs

Amazing History, Dang, how cool would it to have Mayberry Still.

Very good job ! This is my kind of history. I love that u take the time to put this kind of stuff together to entertain ppl like me. Again thank u. Missy J

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Thank you, for showing us the rich history of the behind the scenes of Gone With The Wind, one of my favorite movies. I always want to know where they filmed the second half of the season of the original Dallas, which was in Culver City Studios. I love your videos. Please stay cute and sweet. I hope you did not get to much sun burn on the day you were showing this filming history to us.

Love this!!!!!! Thank you. I recently went to Jonesboro, GA where the remaining boards of Tara are. Today, I found the original door knob to the front door of Tara. It was sold for over $8,000.00. Wish I could buy everything from the movie, and recreate the 40 acre backlot with the original Tara facade, all the Atlanta buildings plus actors' costumes, and every single prop in the movie. All I have is a letter that Olivia de Havilland wrote to me, a program from the 1939 premiere, a copy of the book that I got from the bookstore at the Margaret Mitchell house in Atlanta. I've been a fan since 1967 when I first saw it on the big screen. Such a huge, HUGE fan. Since I live in So CAL I MUST get up to the former 40 Acres backlot and see what is left. I just want to be where all those actors once stood (well, kind of). I want to look up at Baldwin Hills, like I'm sure they did while filming. I know Vivien Leigh, Clark Gable and Olivia de Havilland lived in bungalows right behind Soundstage Stage 11 that were built just for them. I think they're still there. I'd love to take a tour of the studio too. So much to see. Bucket list for sure. Seeing the two museums in Atlanta was wonderful too. Plus, Margaret Mitchell's grave, the spot where they had the movie premiere (Lowe's Theatere has since been torn down) etc. etc.

What a wealth of history packaged in this vlog jordan. What a bummer it had 2 go according to the future generations. CRUSHING !!!

Great video. It is hard to believe how much movie history was destroyed to build a car park! "The Garden Of Alla" must have been wonderful sight what a shame as it was also pulled down to build another car park. I love your videos as I'm a great fan of Old Hollywood. Thank you. You have a very charismatic personality.

Wow super interesting.

Great vlog too bad they tore the mansion down

My mom and I love Gone with The Wind!! Thanks Lion!!! I love all of your blogs so far!! I love the adventures!!

Great video tour!

How awesome that you are posting these videos especially for all of us who grew up watching tv in the 70's when some of these great shows were aired, not to mention the fact that I grew up in a suburb of Chicago and have never been to California in fact vary rarely leave Chicago, so if I ever did go to Cali, I would be looking for the very things you are showing, coincidentally I am also HUGE fan of the golden era of Hollywood from the writers, moguls ,and all the fantastic people on and off the screen (Gable and Powel W. are my fav.)so you cover all the things I am deeply interested in..thank you much Jordan!!!

Success again Jordan. Thank you so much for this tour of the 40 acres. It's kinda sad to realize what has been erased from view, but we still have memories. Love your DOG!

My cousins husband grew up in a neighboorhood that ran on the backside of culver studios. He said back then (50 and 60's) the studio would use the neighboorhood for filming and leased cars from residents. As i write this i am watching a marathon of My Three Sons. I always like the outside shots of those houses for those old great sitcoms.

I might have to read the book for the third time but I don't believe Tara was in Atlanta. I think it was out around Jonesboro. Also I don't believe the Yankees burn Tara they burn the Wilkes house. Probably just the looks of Tara after the war.

Love these videos Jordan

Jordan, loved this vlog. Sad that so many historical theatrical sets are gone-Mayberry, Tara, Gone With the Wind, Hogan’s Hero, Gomer Pyle, Batman, Star Trek, King Kong set, Tarzan. Enjoyed seeing the little bungalows for GWTW. Amazing! You are an awesome vlogger. Cannot express what it means to see where pieces of Americana were filmed. Your background info is just amazing. Keep doing what you do. It is YOUR gift! Ty. Blessing to you and Jah!!! ❤️👍❤️👍❤️👍❤️👍❤️👍

My dog is a pug and chiuhua mix. She looks just like your dog. Splitting image!

I never knew Tara house was just a set. I figured they literally used the outside of a real house for pretty Tara house,......but figured the inside was a set, and figured the damaged Tara was a set.

Great video!

NICE !!

Just found you today.. So much fun.. Love old movies.. A huge Mayberry fan.. I will continue to watch

Interesting stuff. Thanks

The Tara house was also used as the Barkleys house on the tv show, The Big Valley starting Barbara Stanwick.

Back then they decided to burn all the old sets down instead of just giving them a face lift or a new facade. Now days the studios have learned to just change the facades to save money, instead of rebuilding everything.

Thanks for this vlog! Gone With the Wind, is my all time favorite book and movie! I also loved Scarlet, the continuation of the story. All of my favorite actresses from the golden age of movies are in it as well as Mr. Clark Gable who was wicked good at anything he did! Thanks so much!

Watched Gone With The Wind volg and they really did put up a parking lot. So sad that they did not see how people would of loved to of seen the set.Great vlog thank you

i was just walking this area with my friend showing her the filming locations of gwtw. Thanks for the video!

I just want to say how much I love your Vlog. I am from Columbus, Ohio and never thought I would ever live in Southern California in a million years but moved here almost 7 years ago. I love seeing the places you visit because I'm not able to see them on my own but love seeing them thru your eyes. I love the little tidbits you share. I really love your Vlog cause I feel as if I am right there with you. Thanks for a great experience.

Greetings from Australia. Am loving your blogs especially the GWTW one. My all time favourite film. I do love cemeteries too, I went to 2 on my last trip to LA. Thank you for all of this, fascinating !

Great vlog!! Thank you for the personal tour!!

I Love Gone With The Wind

Love your videos man, You should go out to the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area and find the former set for Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman. Right near the Mash set.

Ty Jordan ur awesome showing us these beautiful old shows ur a jem❤️😂🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

Where is the mansion from Andy Griffith show on episode of Floyd's pen pal?

That catering gig looks like a fun way to make the money. Better than a 9 to 5 er. Hollywood has to be the best place to do catering. You never know from day to day where you’ll be or who you’ll see. You can wake up on your own schedule.

Nice job. The courthouse was actually in the small parking lot to the right of the building. Where the building starts is where Floyds barbershop was and the grocery store as you walked west. I was there a couple of years ago. Like you, I was about 50+ years too late! Thanks for the video, it was really cool!

Very interesting. It's a shame that some things from the past don't survive. I think this was one of your best shows.

Hogans Hero's too

Love Andy and the history of 40 acres. Thank you kindly for thus! :-D

See if you can do a video of the 1950s t.v. Perry Mason locations as I belive it was filmed at 3 or 4 different studios!

Hi i have a question i 've been watching your cemetery videos the graves that have those plaques in the crypts are those the cremated remains or are they the whole coffins? will you be visiting cemeteries in NY? can you find the graves of Mike Connors ( mannix ) and Jerry Lewis

Another interesting video, great job, thanks

Thankyou, showing the real history of that place means a lot to people still. You are a awesome man:)

I used to live on Gordon st on the 3rd floor. Had the best view of the sign ever

Loved handsome Clark Gabie &beautiful Vivian Leigh

I'm kind of a new subscriber so I'm binging on your old stuff Lion 🦁!!🍒💋💯👣!

Your utube videos awesome including the tours you given famous people

I love your videos so much

that was really cool gone with the wind one of my favorites awsome i knew about the gates but cool to see the spot oh ya good job editting on the falling down video bubba

im really enjoying your videos. very interesting, thank you.

I always was interested in the 40 acre lot. I'm a fan of the andy Griffith show.

Hi Jordan and Jah, i wasn't here when you first started your channel, but I'm here now. So glad your Vlogs pop up that you did 6 years ago. I can look at all the vlogs i missed.👍💯💓👏👏👏. Love, respect and positivity always. Vee, Andrew and Family.✌️🖖🕯️💕🦋🌠👾🌌🙂👋👣.

I was at the MGM Auction in 1970; I remember viewing Tara from the railroad station and getting Debbie Reynods autograph! Still have the sighned auction ticket. \

I worked on the Culver lot on "The Fortune". 1974 we filmed on the 40 acres lot just prior to it being razed. I worked on just about every backlot/ranch in the business. Every single one is gone, Warner Ranch being the last to go. Only surviving Ranch is The Melody in SC.

that is awesome vlog thank yoi mr. Jorden I love that movie

Hey Jordan the Lion, I'm not new to your video blogs, but I am newly subscribed and bell notified, so YEAH! Anyhoo, I'm guessing you already know this, but if not maybe this will be worth a mention for any comment readers. You mentioned Star Trek, and there are at least a couple episodes where they used the town of Mayberry for the show. Maybe the most famous is the episode titled "Miri" where the Mayberry set was dressed to resemble a largely dilapidated and abandoned town, it's a good episode, and if I'm not mistaken the girl that played Miri was the female lead in John Wayne's 1969 film True Grit. I think so anyway. Also there's another episode with Joan Crawford (Episode: The City On The Edge Of Forever) where they pass in right in front of Floyd's Barber Shop, it's kind of a cool footnote to the 40 acres story and how the studio found many ways to use those sets in unique ways. BTW, Floyd must have been on vacation that day cause he's no where to be found. You heard it here third!

My stepgrandpa and my great uncle both worked at MGM studio's in the 1960's and my grandpa into the 1970's.

The "Witch House," in Beverly Hills, came from the Willat Studios in Culver City. It was located directly across the street from RKO Studios (what later became) Culver Studios. So it could be that the fairytale bungallo you profiled is actually related to the Witch House by the architect. Same look, feel, flavor to each.

Sad everything has been destroyed..old Hollywood is most fascinating! Your vlogs are the best..you should have your own show of some kind ...you would be a great host...😊

Gone With the Wind one of my favorite movies. King Kong also one of my favorite movies. I have Gone With the Wind, I wasn't shocked to find out that the gate from King Kong was part of the burning of Atlanta because I recognized it and I knew the were both under RKO.

The burning of Atlanta took place before any of the other filming took place so , no , that’s not why Tara was dirty . Tara wasn’t even built yet . It was dirty and falling apart in 1959. Also you don’t look “way in the back and see King Kong’s gates” . You see them clearly when they are engulfed in flames and the carriage goes in front of them and they collapse . Looks like a building collapsing . This guy gives so much misinformation on his blogs .

My favorit movie GONE WITH THE WIND thanks for sharing jordon.

The burning of Atlanta scene was done before they built the sets for Gone With the Wind. They burned the old sets then built the sets for Atlanta where the old sets stood. Then they shot the rest of the movie. They tell about this in the documentary "The Man Who Made Gone With the Wind". The reason the Tara set was so blackened is because it had been allowed to deteriorate over the years. By the time they dismantled it, the set was falling down, and big pieces of the walls were missing.

Thx Jordan for all these great videos. Fav youtuber well tied with obsolete oddities. Thx again. Keep on keeping on!

Well, you did as good a job as you can given everything is gone. It is a shame there was no way or no foresight to save any of the stuff. What about all the props from the movie? Did all of that just find its way into private hands or shops?

I salute you,iuse too be a 🌟 Hunter back in the days,I sho love Clark Gable,will you go by his home,I thank you for keeping Hollywood alive!

Jordan, You are living your dream life, working at what you love doing in a place that's unbelievable! Stay with it and it will eventually come together one day. I enjoy and appreciate you and all you do. Blessings.

I really appreciate the thought and care you put into researching information for your videos, as well as taking the time to do the legwork to show us these different sites and history. Thanks for all you do, Jordan!! :D

They paved Hollywood paradise and put up a parking lot. Sad. Universal at least has kept the sets minus the sad fire. I remember Desperate housewives filmed on set of Munsters and Doris Day house in send me no flowers. Gone with the wind had to have been an elaborate set. .

Aunt Pittypat's house was right next to Andy's house in Mayberry.

I really enjoy watching your videos. You do a good job filming and explaining so well. I love your little dog and how good u r to him.

Fascinating!! Love every bit of this!! Thank you Jordan!!!!

Love this, it's exciting to see where everything was filmed. Excellent video

You said your an actor? What work can we see you in?

Shazam this is good! Thanks Jordan

Wish I lived in L.A as would LOVE to be able to visit all these Sets...

Tell me we can still see all those places you have shown us on this video!!!!!!!

Jordan your knowledge of a 40 acre lot is outstanding.i very much enjoyed the inserted pictures, and all of the history that you so phenaminally remember. Never apologize for what you think is not up to par in your videos. Your there showing us. You've got millions of viewer's. Keep up the great work Your A Star To Me ⭐

It was so dumb to get rid of this studio and lot.. It was all about selling out for the dollar bill.

Would My Three Sons been in this location as well?

I admit -- you semi beat me to the punch, so I applaud you :) GWTW is also one of my favorite movies and I've been planning an extensive video about 40 Acres.

I don't know what the average age group is here but. i am 58 and I enjoy your videos, always some good information. Keep it comong!

Bravo jordan culver city studio👍