Sunset Boulevard

Directory

References

Discover

airplane in flight (plane, aircraft, flying)

7 Puzzling Plane Disappearances

Alexander the Great on his deathbed

How Did Alexander the Great Really Die?

Cathedrale St.Jean in Lyon, France has a 14th-century astronomical clock that shows religious feast days till the year 2019; Perpetual Calendar

Ten Days That Vanished: The Switch to the Gregorian Calendar

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Mozart rehearsing his 12th Mass with singer and musician. (Austrian composer. (Johann Chrysostom Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)

7 Famous Child Prodigies

Prayer beads on Quran or Koran written in Arabic Islam's sacred and liturgical language. text, words, Ramadan

Celebrating Ramadan

Close up of a hand placing a ballot in a ballot box. Election vote voter voting

Have Any U.S. Presidents Decided Not to Run For a Second Term?

Statue of Nostradamus

Nostradamus and His Prophecies

Sunset Boulevard

boulevard, Los Angeles, California, United States

Learn about this topic in these articles:

Hollywood

In Hollywood
In 1911 a site on Sunset Boulevard was turned into Hollywood’s first studio, and soon about 20 companies were producing films in the area. In 1913 Cecil B. DeMille, Jesse Lasky, Arthur Freed, and Samuel Goldwyn formed Jesse Lasky Feature Play Company (later Paramount Pictures). DeMille produced The Squaw Man…
Read More

Sunset Strip

In Los Angeles 1960s overview
…Strip (a mile-long portion of Sunset Boulevard). Bands such as Buffalo Springfield, the Byrds, and the Doors honed their chops at clubs like Ciro’s, the Troubadour, the Whisky-a-Go-Go, and Gazzarri’s. The Strip became a magnet for Los Angeles teenagers, and some merchants and civic leaders lobbied for stricter licensing of…
Read More