Cool that they recreated part of the Babylon set in the mall. FUN FACT....There is supposedly an entire huge movie set buried in the dunes of northern Santa Barbara from Cecil B. Demille's movie Ten Commandments from 1923. They have excavated part of it.
TheDailyWoo Yes please do a vlog on that, that would be amazing!! I love Film History, study it as a hobby, and I especially love your Film History Location vlogs Adam. :)
Yeah those are at the Oceano Dunes between Vandenberg and Pismo beach. When I lived in Santa Maria I used to visit that area often, quite remote and beautiful. Huell even did a show from there focusing mainly on the old TC film. Great movie history.
One thing I definitely love about old movies is they always kept you guessing how they did it. It was like a magic trick. And sometimes they actually had no choice but to build a HUGE set like that! Now it's all just CGI, so a lot of the magic is gone.
I have been to L.A. Once, and I took a picture of that area. I was actually looking for a good picture of the Hollywood sign while riding around. I saw that area thought it was cool so I took a picture. Later on after getting back home I was downloading the pictures on my computer when I realized that I did get the Hollywood sign in with it. Now I know a little about the history on that now. Thanks Adam
Hi Adam, Thanks for sharing your adventures in America, I learn something new every day. keep on keeping on, All the best from the misty mountains of Wales.
So cool. I heard that they found some of the original architectural elements buried in the desert some years ago. Love the Hollywood history. Keep em coming. Thanks Adam
Mind Blown! :-O I stayed at an Old Hollywood themed hotel around the corner from that shopping center a couple years ago doing a "Old Hollywood" Girls weekend and had no idea when we walked through that shopping center how much it actually fit with what we planned! The great thing about following on with your adventures, learning such cool things!!! Thank you for sharing this bit of Hollywood history!
I stayed in the Loews hotel that connects to that Babylon Court around 7 years ago. I had no idea why there was cool architecture and statues around...that is so cool!!
Hi from Weymouth, UK. Great vid! I walked through there on my last visit to the US and i thought it reminded me of something! In one of your scenes you showed a movie house showing 'Dunkirk'.... Many of the locations for the movie were shot right here in Weymouth, Dorset, UK!! I am a loyal subscriber and have been for a long time... Great adventures and keep on keeping on... You are doing a great job recording vanishing history...Cheers...
The weird thing is, I think my parents and I got parking in this same shopping area when we were going to see the Chinese Theatre and Hollywood walk of fame. I remember marvelling at how beautiful it looked. Nice to now know the history behind it.
I use to live just 10 minutes walking distance away from the Vista Theater. it's the place I got to see all the big 90s Blockbusters with my dad haha There is so much Hollywood movie history in just that small neighborhood on Virgil and Vermont. Lots of those homes were built during the golden era of Hollywood and my dad being such a movie buff told me about the sets built in that location. I was quite disappointed when Disney removed the D.W Griffith elephants from the entrance of the Hollywood Backlot in Dca. Great vlog my friend, it brings back a lot of memories. 😊
everytime you walk in that theater/mall area i get flashbacks from when we worked as caterers for things like the academy awards years ago back when it was Kodak Theater. It was both interesting and interesting at times but it paid the bills. Later on I worked on some projects like setting up the light cycle for display at the Tron Legacy premiere at the El Capitan Theater. I remember that night very well because I had to run back and forth from the Disney Theater across the red carpet up to the top floor of that mall area with the elephants are where the Tron after party was being held to check on some Nokia phone displays make any adjustments then run back down to the theater to wipe off any greasy fingerprints on the light cycle and displays down there, well this went on all night. The guests looked like they enjoyed the night but I couldn't wait to go home and crash for the rest of the week. Another sweet video =)
I'm not sure the exact filming locations.. but, I would like if you could do a vlog on the movie locations of "THEY LiVE": starring, Rowdy Roddy Piper..!
Adam you just blew my mind with this video!! I've lived in la my whole life, I've gone to Hollywood in that plaza so many times and never knew why they built it like that! Thank you Adam!!👏🏻👍🏻
Hey, Adam, thanks for highlighting this film, and its lasting impact. This vlog motivated me to seach out relating material online. I just watched a short review of Intolerance by Orson Welles. Great stuff! Perhaps you can do a vlog highlighting Orson's impact on Hollywood. He was a creative genius and pretty colorful guy.
I didn't realize it was shot so close to Hollywood. I always thought it was shot farther away towards Palm Springs. I can say I learned something today.
i was in Hollywood back in March and had no clue that area was designed after a movie set. Mind blown. Side note there is a great poke spot in that area called Pokenometry. I highly recommend it.
GREAT JOB ADAM!! Very enjoyable!! How about doing some history of Harold Loyd. I saw the silent film Speedy here on RU-vid. Hilarious!! Plus he did some amazing stunts on another film in and around Hollywood I think. Anyway- would love to see some history on him and his films.
Wow very interesting. I was just there on vacation and had no idea. I did think it was kind of an odd setting for a shopping center but hey that’s Hollywood. Thanks for enlightening me.
I always thought the Citadel structure off the 5 fwy was a movie set but apparently it was not. It's a historic landmark though but oddly was a tire factory and now an outlet mall.
What's the story Morning glory? Cloudy with a chance of Meatballs! Maybe it will rain boiled peanuts and Mountain Dew! Very interesting vlog today, Enjoyed it!
You know what would be fun in your videos Adam? If you stopped someone on the street and let em know the history. Just to see them wowed by it would be fascinating and satisfying.
I have been telling everyone to watch this. This is where you shine taking us on your 'splores to show us the marvels we would miss! I look forward to my Spring So Cal trip to touch on this stuff with my own eyes. I love your gifts to us. Thanks.
On a Saturday night street evangelizing in Hollywood on Hollywood Blvd., I and one of the girls of the team, teamed together and went window shopping. We ended up in that very same mall you were at! We went into a video store and "Willy Winks and the Chocolate Factory" video was playing. The girl told me that was one of her favorite movies. So I bought two VHS tapes of WWATCF for the both of us"
Very cool, Adam. Was in that mall before and recognized it as being different than most but didnt know the reason. My favorite short story is by Ray Bradbury. Its about people that pay to hunt geneticly modified animals that can fight back, like squirrels that carry little grenades and dogs that carry and bury land mines. Vlog on!
I have enjoyed your videos and adventures, Adam. I have been following your daily vlogs since November 2014. Actually I bumped into you 3 times in one day but was embarrassed to say hi. Keep on trekking Mister!
The sculpture in the beginning is a Garuda, a celestial bird, from Indian mythology, but it is also in the mythology of Southeast Asia, Cambodia, Thailand, et .
Hey Adam, what sources do you use to research old or abandoned theme parks? I have a couple local parks that have turned into six flags over the years and I am interested in finding the history of what was.
Hey, Adam, is the movie set you're talking about the one they found on the the beach north of Sant Maria Ca.? HEUL HOWSER DID a show about them looking for it, many years ago.
I'm curious who has the most stars? For instance Michael Jackson has one of his own and then one for the Jackson 5. Surely there are some that may have 3 right?
Wow another Hollywood legend that I've always wanted to visit! These videos really are a treat man. I hope you're enjoying making them as much as we're enjoying watching them! I miss LA. I will hopefully be back in October!
Count us in on those that wish the original set still existed! We would absolutely LOVE to see the original. Maybe if we get those time machines running?
Intolerance was made as a sort of mea culpable after Griffith ' s film The Birth of a Nation received a lot of negative feedback due to its depiction of slaves and slavery. Griffith ' s Intolerance illustrated in four separate stories, each tinted a different color, man's treatment of man over the centuries. An interesting concept but, as you said, it failed to find an audience.
Kathy Fraley D.W. was very innovative for his time and talented, but Birth of a Nation is controversial and yet is one of the most successful pictures of all time. Of course he lost all of his money in this next picture and was never able to recover.
At 9:23 !!😂😂😂😮 I saw a cloud shaped elephant today and shared it on my ringo_star_the_guinea_pig Instagram page! I also put it on my 'Eagle_Puppet_Sam' Instagram that I do for fun😂 The elephant in your video with its trunk up towards the sky!! Holy cow, I filmed it in the little bubble story icons that are new to Instagram, so cool and ironic!
