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**Jive-Bomber** · 12-07-2011, 07:14 AM

Maybe it was watching James Elroy's 'LA Confidential' for the first time, or 'China Town' with Jack Nicholson, but there is some romantic and alluring about late 40s Hollywood- The physical city, not the movie version of it, but the actual postwar to...

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Elmo Rodge · 12-07-2011, 07:34 AM

The place wasn't exactly crawling with Fords, was it? I'm talking about on the drive. Wayno

**SUHRsc** · 12-07-2011, 07:50 AM

It doesn't seem real when you come across color photos of footage such as this....

Thank you for posting!

Rikster · 12-07-2011, 08:30 AM

That was really great.
Thanks for posting!

monkeyspunk79 · 12-07-2011, 09:20 AM

Great footage, and thanks for posting this! Wish I had a time machine...but this video clip is pretty close.

Big T · 12-07-2011, 09:46 AM

Very cool... I was hoping the drive would take us by Rita Hayworth's place.

42hotrod · 12-07-2011, 10:06 AM

I cant believe the quality of that footage! It looks like it could have been filmed yesterday, except for the cars and clothing.

I also loved the old stop lights!

3rd Gen Hot Rodder · 12-07-2011, 10:34 AM

Thanks for posting.
Just a FYI...Per Wikipedia, June Bride (which appears on the billboard at the 1:08 mark) was released October 29th, 1948, so your timeframe of 1948 is correct. On a side note, it marked the screen debut of (then 16 year old) Debbie Reynolds.

**olscrounger** · 12-07-2011, 10:42 AM

Cool video--my grandparents lived there from late 30's until 1958 and I used to go visit them alot--they took me to swimming lessons at the Ambassador Hotel in 1947 and I still have many pieces of Monterey furniture they bought at Barker Bros in early 1941-always loved to go visit there as a kid and look at the old photos from time to time.

silverdome · 12-07-2011, 10:42 AM

Nice!

pilelish · 12-07-2011, 10:48 AM

Great color and visual, I used to go to LA for vacations in the early sixties with my family. Disney , Knotts, Bev Hills and Wilshire; where we stayed at the Royal something. Cool different than moraka...Huh J ?

Tommy's Cycle · 12-07-2011, 10:53 AM

Very cool. The Hollywood Blvd/Highland area really hasn't changed that much. I also watched the Farmer's Market video by the same guy. I was there, last week, and snapped this photo of their Gilmore gas station set up, they have in their parking lot.

Tommy's Cycle · 12-07-2011, 11:10 AM

Another shot inside the office

AJofHollywood · 12-07-2011, 11:55 AM

So cool!

All those places are still there with exception of the Hollywood Hotel on the corner of Hollywood and Orange drive, and the first building seen with the billboard atop it.

That building use to be just where my head is in this picture below --at the corner of Hollywood & Vine. It burnt down two years ago.

I guess not everything old in LA gets torn down.

HarryRanchero · 12-07-2011, 01:21 PM

I grew up in Los Angeles as a kid. We lived off of Irolo (819 So. Irolo) near 9th St. My grandmother was a switchboard operator at the Ambassador Hotel. My father worked for the studios then. We moved to Burbank in 1962. So much of what I saw in the video I do remember as a kid driving all over with my parents. And... riding the electric bus and street cars, too! Thanks for the memories!

LB+1 · 12-07-2011, 02:02 PM

One day somebody my take enough of film put together a 1940's Google
Earth trip of Hollywood in color. Old film is back in time travel that I enjoy!
Thanks for the ride!

OLLIN · 12-07-2011, 02:39 PM

Awesome. Yeah it does look pretty much the same without all the old cars.. Hollywood and highland is way different now. There's a metro station and that whole huge complex.

deto · 12-07-2011, 04:15 PM

seeing it in color and knowing its authentic makes it bitter sweet. It seems even more tangible, making it that much harder to deal with the fact that those times are never coming back...

Pscott · 12-07-2011, 06:14 PM

Always enjoy the old travel movies, even better in color! I am puzzled by the almost total absence of red cars, what's up with that?

**Lobucrod** · 12-07-2011, 06:47 PM

The traffic signals with the semafores are cool.

12-07-2011, 07:14 AM	#1
Jive-Bomber Alliance Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Moraga, Ca Posts: 2,428	Hollywood in color, circa 1948 Maybe it was watching James Elroy's 'LA Confidential' for the first time, or 'China Town' with Jack Nicholson, but there is some romantic and alluring about late 40s Hollywood- The physical city, not the movie version of it, but the actual postwar to... To read the rest of this blog entry from The Jalopy Journal, click here.

12-07-2011, 07:34 AM	#2
Elmo Rodge Senior Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Salina, Utah Posts: 1,096	Re: Hollywood in color, circa 1948 The place wasn't exactly crawling with Fords, was it? I'm talking about on the drive. Wayno

12-07-2011, 07:50 AM	#3
SUHRsc Alliance Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Grantville, PA Posts: 4,925	Re: Hollywood in color, circa 1948 It doesn't seem real when you come across color photos of footage such as this.... Thank you for posting! __________________ www.zachsuhr.com

12-07-2011, 08:30 AM	#4
Rikster Old School HAMBer Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 5,577	Re: Hollywood in color, circa 1948 That was really great. Thanks for posting! __________________ Rik Hoving Follow us on Facebook http://public.fotki.com/Rikster/

12-07-2011, 09:20 AM	#5
monkeyspunk79 Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Pee-oh-ree-uh Posts: 449	Re: Hollywood in color, circa 1948 Great footage, and thanks for posting this! Wish I had a time machine...but this video clip is pretty close. __________________ -Daryl *1947 Chevy Fleetline Sportmaster Sedan Visit my stupid car blog Throwin' Wrenches

12-07-2011, 09:46 AM	#6
Big T Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Florida Posts: 632	Re: Hollywood in color, circa 1948 Very cool... I was hoping the drive would take us by Rita Hayworth's place. __________________ Sometimes the best things in life come along when you least expect it.

12-07-2011, 10:06 AM	#7
42hotrod Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: S.E. Idaho Posts: 809	Re: Hollywood in color, circa 1948 I cant believe the quality of that footage! It looks like it could have been filmed yesterday, except for the cars and clothing. I also loved the old stop lights! __________________ Video of my old 46 pickup: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyPLHOjL6TY

12-07-2011, 10:34 AM	#8
3rd Gen Hot Rodder Grenade Inspector Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Indiana Posts: 385	Re: Hollywood in color, circa 1948 Thanks for posting. Just a FYI...Per Wikipedia, June Bride (which appears on the billboard at the 1:08 mark) was released October 29th, 1948, so your timeframe of 1948 is correct. On a side note, it marked the screen debut of (then 16 year old) Debbie Reynolds. __________________ My old cars are great. But my real treasure is in Heaven http://www.cacklefest.com/Bronson.shtml

12-07-2011, 10:42 AM	#9
olscrounger Alliance Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Roseville Ca Posts: 1,137	Re: Hollywood in color, circa 1948 Cool video--my grandparents lived there from late 30's until 1958 and I used to go visit them alot--they took me to swimming lessons at the Ambassador Hotel in 1947 and I still have many pieces of Monterey furniture they bought at Barker Bros in early 1941-always loved to go visit there as a kid and look at the old photos from time to time.

12-07-2011, 10:42 AM	#10
silverdome Grenade Inspector Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: McCune, Ks. Posts: 283	Re: Hollywood in color, circa 1948 Nice! __________________ 1 man, 2 doors, 3 gears, 4 tires, 5 windows, 6 cylinders, GO, GO, GO.

12-07-2011, 10:48 AM	#11
pilelish Grenade Inspector Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: E Ville (way west of Oaktown ) Posts: 140	Re: Hollywood in color, circa 1948 Great color and visual, I used to go to LA for vacations in the early sixties with my family. Disney , Knotts, Bev Hills and Wilshire; where we stayed at the Royal something. Cool different than moraka...Huh J ?

12-07-2011, 10:53 AM	#12
Tommy's Cycle Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: So Cal Posts: 748	Re: Hollywood in color, circa 1948 Very cool. The Hollywood Blvd/Highland area really hasn't changed that much. I also watched the Farmer's Market video by the same guy. I was there, last week, and snapped this photo of their Gilmore gas station set up, they have in their parking lot. Attached Thumbnails __________________ http://www.hubgarage.com/mygarage/GEARHEDZ http://gearhedz.blogspot.com/

12-07-2011, 11:10 AM	#13
Tommy's Cycle Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: So Cal Posts: 748	Re: Hollywood in color, circa 1948 Another shot inside the office Attached Thumbnails __________________ http://www.hubgarage.com/mygarage/GEARHEDZ http://gearhedz.blogspot.com/

12-07-2011, 11:55 AM	#14
AJofHollywood Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 633	Re: Hollywood in color, circa 1948 So cool! All those places are still there with exception of the Hollywood Hotel on the corner of Hollywood and Orange drive, and the first building seen with the billboard atop it. That building use to be just where my head is in this picture below --at the corner of Hollywood & Vine. It burnt down two years ago. I guess not everything old in LA gets torn down. __________________ AJ Elias http://www.HotRodDisorder.com/

12-07-2011, 01:21 PM	#15
HarryRanchero Grenade Inspector Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Greater Sacramento, CA Area Posts: 122	Re: Hollywood in color, circa 1948 I grew up in Los Angeles as a kid. We lived off of Irolo (819 So. Irolo) near 9th St. My grandmother was a switchboard operator at the Ambassador Hotel. My father worked for the studios then. We moved to Burbank in 1962. So much of what I saw in the video I do remember as a kid driving all over with my parents. And... riding the electric bus and street cars, too! Thanks for the memories!

12-07-2011, 02:02 PM	#16
LB+1 Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: 71292 Posts: 539	Re: Hollywood in color, circa 1948 One day somebody my take enough of film put together a 1940's Google Earth trip of Hollywood in color. Old film is back in time travel that I enjoy! Thanks for the ride! __________________ LB+1

12-07-2011, 02:39 PM	#17
OLLIN Old School HAMBer Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 2,954	Re: Hollywood in color, circa 1948 Awesome. Yeah it does look pretty much the same without all the old cars.. Hollywood and highland is way different now. There's a metro station and that whole huge complex. __________________ Need: 28-29 Model A roadster door sill plates!

12-07-2011, 04:15 PM	#18
deto Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Ventura County CA Posts: 1,730	Re: Hollywood in color, circa 1948 seeing it in color and knowing its authentic makes it bitter sweet. It seems even more tangible, making it that much harder to deal with the fact that those times are never coming back... __________________ check out 4F Fabrication! 4ffab.com and find us on Instagram and Facebook

12-07-2011, 06:14 PM	#19
Pscott Grenade Inspector Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Howe-Nattu Engineering, Ky. Posts: 209	Re: Hollywood in color, circa 1948 Always enjoy the old travel movies, even better in color! I am puzzled by the almost total absence of red cars, what's up with that? __________________ a one-man stimulus package

12-07-2011, 06:47 PM	#20
Lobucrod Alliance Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Springtown, Tx Posts: 3,743	Re: Hollywood in color, circa 1948 The traffic signals with the semafores are cool. __________________ Just what I need......Another Nailhead! Makin it Git with Old Shit

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