International photographer (Jan-Dec 1935)

1-1)11) The INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER October. 1935 85 W In the VALLEY of HE Hollywood of Yesterday is no better exemplified than in these beautiful pictures of Paul DeLongpre, h i s home and his garden of flowers. "The great floral painter, after over a decade here, passed to his reward just as Hollywood was emerging from the pepper-shaded suburb to the bustling center of one of the world's greatest and most humanly interesting industries. "Paul DeLongpre's name is usually the first one mentioned when old residents live over the old days together again. His memory is still a community asset. "The Hollywood cf Today, her people, her homes, her trees and her hills still lure those of the DeLongpre mold. They come on in increasing numbers every year to stay, until now it may be said truly that Hollywood is the art capital of the Western World! Hollywood Rich in History "When the pioneers of the motion picture industry came to Hollywood in 1911 and rented the old Blondeau tavern and barn at Sunset and Gower for a studio, it was the lure of the hills and the sea and the sunshine rather than the history of the Cahuenga Valley that brought them into this vale. "It is doubtful even today that the history of the locality of the great studios is drawn upon as a part of the "raw material" going into the making of a finished film. Yet this region is as rich in story as it is in clear skies or entrancing scenery. Its chronology would make a hundred scenarios pregnant with romance, tragedy, color and action. "Over the very Pass where the first large local producers of pictures went to found their famed white city just over the hills, had gone afoot on his way from mission to mission the most romantic figure of all Western history. At the foot of the Pass, Father Junipero Serra had paused to rest one day under the shade of the friendly sycamores and oaks and there said the Mass of the Holy Wood of the Cross. After Father Serra's death, his former co-laborers built San Fernando Mission and at the top of the Pass they builded also Cahuenga Chapel, tributary to the Mission. Here worshipped Chief Cahuenga and his tribe when one of the fathers journeyed over from San Fernando end held service. THE STORY OF HOLLYWOOD (Back yonder in 1922. the late Laurance L. Hill. Director oi the Publicity Department oi the Security Trust & Savings Bank, conceived the brilliant idea oi writing a series oi historical booklets ior the purpose oi exploiting the great iinancial institution he represented. Nothing just like this had ever been done and its success was instant and enthusiastic — the iirst work oi Mr. Hill being a charming and instructive book oi 52 pages, beautifully illustrated and in every way in step with the community. The book was issued under the title, "In the Valley oi the Cahuengas." with a sub-title, "The Story oi Hollywood." It was published by the Hollywood Branch oi the Security Trust & Savings Bank. and. through the years, irom 1922 to the present time many thousands oi copies oi it were circulated, not only in Hollywood and the metropolitan district oi Los Angeles, but nationally. For the iirst time the romantic background oi Hollywood was spread beiore the world, and so well did Larry Hill do his work that over night he was acclaimed a true historian and "The Story oi Hollywood" proved to be the iirst oi an imposing line oi such books written by Mr. Hill and sponsored by the Security Trust & Savings Bank, among which were: "Five Friendly Valleys," the story oi Highland Park; "On Old Rancho San Pasqual," the story oi South Pasadena; "Daughter oi the Snows," the story oi Lankershim; "Ranchos oi the Sunset," the story oi Long Beach; "Crown oi the Valley," the story oi Pasadena; "Ranchos De Los Santos," the story oi Burbank; "First oi the Ranchos." the story oi Glendale. "In thy Pass where roared the great trucks carrying the lumber to build Universal City, had the faithful half-breed Indian, Salvador, hidden the gold of El Molino Viejo to save it from being captured by the bandits lurking in the side canyons. It was well that he did this, for his own mule train of -wool and hides was beset by Cahuenga Pass before the Autos came. "Casa Don Tomas Urquides" (Since famous as the "Outlook"! the outlaws and Salvador himself was mortally wounded and would have been carried off by the bandits had not Chief Cahuenga and his braves, hearing the battle, come to the rescue and scattered the marauders. And for all time, when searchers for the hidden gold have dug for it in the Pass, tradition has it, the ghost of Salvador has come and frightened them away. "On August 3, 1769, the Gaspar de Portola expedition found its way through Cahuenga Pass. Before going north, however, it spent six days in the Cahuenga and San Gabriel Valleys. Father Crespi writes that they feasted on antelope, found the Indians friendly and generous, but complains that a total of twenty earthquakes were felt during the week. The Treaty oi Cahuenga "After Mexico freed herself from the yoke of Spain, four times did her governors of California face revolt and four times did the contending armies march through the Pass in comic opera warfare. Governor Jose Maria Echeandia fought down the first rebellion. He went to Santa Barbara, where a bloodless battle established his right to place the capital at San Diego because he preferred its climate, rather than at Monterey. When Juan Bautista Alvarado and Carlos Antonio Carrillo marched their 284 men and Please mention The International Photographer when corresponding with advertisers.