This video was commissioned by the Art Institute of California-Hollywood as part of its new North Hollywood headquarters' inaugural show, "Hollywood Sign." It accompanies Ted VanCleave's series of photographs and will run through the end of 2009. Taken from "Under the Hollywood Sign," (1 hr, 11 minutes) copyright 2009 Hope Anderson Productions, all rights reserved.
Video Rating: 4 / 5
Monday, June 28, 2010
Part 1: A History of the Hollywood Sign, 1923-2009
Part 1: A History of the Hollywood Sign, 1923-2009
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@ccipollini1984 I completely agree.
ReplyDeleteThis is very interesting. I once climbed to the hills of the Hollywood sign. i was about 100 ft from it. That area is absolutly one of the most serene,peaceful and pleasent places I have been to. I think that whole area has a power and a vibration to it most overlook. I imagianed when looking down from it, the spectors of all who had gone before me , from indians to pioneers to silent stars to the icons of the golden age to new guard. I love that place, and to have experienced it humbles me.
ReplyDeleteCarol is a Bishop :D
ReplyDeleteThank you for posting!!!!
ReplyDelete@underthesign1 Ok, thanks. Great documentary by the way. You wouldn't happen to know if the track has a name?
ReplyDelete@iceshark1 All the music you hear in my clips is original, and commissioned by me. The composer's name is Patrick Kirst.
ReplyDeleteDoes anybody know the name of the track at 3:40? It sounds like Philip Glass to me, but I can't seem to find it.
ReplyDelete@yotimbo His name was Albert Kothe and he lived in a cabin at the end of Beachwood Drive, not in a shack at the back of the Sign (there was one, but it was used to store lightbulbs). For more on Kothe, read the piece on my blog Under the Hollywood Sign.
ReplyDelete@underthesign1 You're both wrong. It was lit up at night from the beginning until WWII. There was a caretaker named Albert Goethe who lived in a shack behind the sign - his job was to replace the lights. I filmed an interview with him in the early 70's.
ReplyDelete@underthesign1 dosnt seem like it,it cant be known for its lights after one night
ReplyDelete@underthesign1 But wouldn't that be just because it was a big one-night event? If i was a nightly thing, it'd become normal and there wouldn't be such a crowd. However, the more realistic reason it wouldn't ever happen is how much it would cost to light it every night.
ReplyDeletedidnt like, the illuminati make this sign.
ReplyDelete@underthesign1 Hey thanks for putting me right. I love to lean new things.
ReplyDelete@RareAspie Not true--the only time the Hollywood Sign was lit was on New Year's Eve, 1999, for the Milennium. It caused gridlock all through the Canyon; for more on this, see my blog underthehollywoodsign at Wordpress.
ReplyDeleteI hear the sign use to be lighten up but the lights were removed after 9/11.
ReplyDeleteHello Hope, i've heard there was footage of the original sign being built and for the longest time i've been trying to find somewhere online. I finally found it as part of your documentary. Thanks for posting this, i finally got to see it. I hope you've had a lot of success with your film.
ReplyDeletebest,
Brian - owner of the Sidney Woodruff residence in Hollywoodland
I love Hollywood.
ReplyDeleteThe sign is a treasure.
George Vreeland Hill
i really hope to move out of ny soon
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ReplyDeletewehn ii get older ihma live in hollywood yaya
ReplyDeleteAren't there rattlers up there? You'd have to be nuts to make the hike at night.
ReplyDeletesad that that Actress Went through that. I know what its like to be coned by super low budget directors, Man Why the hell did I do that terrible excuse for a movie I tell myself. but never suicide. If I ever get A Chance I will place a rose on the H for her.
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