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The Culver Studios is a film studio in Culver City, California. Originally created by silent movie pioneer Thomas H. Ince , classics from Hollywood's Golden Age were filmed there. It was purchased, in 2014, by Hackman Capital Partners, which completely modernized the lot over the next four years, while preserving the site's historic structures ...
The Sony Pictures Studios is an American television and film studio complex located in Culver City, California at 10202 West Washington Boulevard and bounded by Culver Boulevard (south), Washington Boulevard (north), Overland Avenue (west) and Madison Avenue (east).
RKO Forty Acres was a film studio backlot in the United States, owned by RKO Pictures (and later Desilu Productions), located in Culver City, California.Best known as Forty Acres and "the back forty," [1] it was also called "Desilu Culver," [2] the "RKO backlot," and "Pathé 40 Acre Ranch," depending on which studio owned the property at the time.
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Culver City was founded on the lands of the former Rancho La Ballona and Rancho Rincon de los Bueyes. [12] When Culver City was founded, native, Hispanic or Latino people were not allowed to buy property. [13] During the American Civil War, a U.S. Army post called Camp Latham was established from 1861 to 1862 on the south bank of Ballona Creek.
The studio is one of the largest employers in Culver City with roughly 2,700 staffing their headquarters and production facilities. [25] In January 2023, Critical Role Productions signed a multi-year overall television and first-look film deal with Amazon Studios. [26]
Selznick International Pictures was founded in 1935 by producer David O. Selznick and investor Jock Whitney after Selznick left Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and leased a section of the RKO Pictures lot in Culver City, California. The studio itself had been built in 1918–19 by film pioneer Thomas Ince.
In late 1957, the company bought the RKO Pictures production facilities for $6 million from General Tire and Rubber, including RKO's main facilities on Gower Street in Hollywood and the RKO-Pathé lot (now Culver Studios) in Culver City. [11] [12] This purchase included Forty Acres, the backlot where exteriors for Mayberry were filmed. [13]