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Round Hollywood 379
On arriving at the Southern Pacific or Santa Fe stations in Los Angeles the visitor miglit expect to see the studios in Los Angeles itself, but Hollywood is a good eight miles' drive from Los Angeles proper. For Los Angeles is useful to the film colony only for large and smart shops, theatres and cinemas, and the famous Biltmore and Ambassador Hotels where the stars sometimes dance. At the Ambassador, for instance, the " Stars' Night "is on Tuesday, The Cocoanut Ball Room, in the world renowned Cocoanut Grove, is a large dance-room in the hotel where the famous film people sup or dance without fuss or bother. There you might meet Constance Bennett, Joan Marsh, Ginger Rogers, Gary Grant, or Ricardo Cortez, and many others. On Wednesdays the Grove is filled with a highspirited crowd of Collegians from the near-by University of Southern California, the " pet " Varsity of the movie moguls.
Hollywood Bovtlevard.
The famous Hollywood Boulevard consists of shops of all kinds and sizes, including many " Five and Tens," i.e., sixpenny, or five and ten cent stores ! The nearest studio from the Boulevard is the Warner Studio on Sunset Boulevard — some distance away. The Columbia Studio and Radio Studio are on Gower Street. Next door to Radio there is the famous Paramount Studio. The old Fox Studios are quite a walk away.
In the other direction, on the way to the sea, there are the Metropolitan and United Artists and Educational Studios, while farther out, en route to the ocean, there are the new Fox Studios at Fox Hills. Their old studio on Western Avenue houses executives and " carries " the extra pictures when there is too much work at the newest studios.
Five miles from Hollywood is Culver City, in which will be found the Pathe, the Hal Roach Studios, and the mighty Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios.
Returning to the Hollywood Boulevard, which is the best place for headquarters, you can go north to the First National Studios tucked away at the hill-side, a lovely valley that can be uncomfortably warm in the summer when the California sun is at its best ! About three miles farther on, that is, say, six miles from Hollywood, Universal City is reached — it is the home of the Laemmle Universal Pictures. Here there is real countryside, and there are wide, open spaces taking the place of the small town atmosphere of Culver City. Pasadena is about fifteen miles away, and is one of the loveliest little towns imaginable. In Pasadena Rose Bowl important football matches are played. All the filmfolk motor over to see the game on New Year's Day.
Most of the important film people live in the beautiful district of Beverly Hills, where many beautiful homes have been built. Jeanette MacDonald, Frances Dee, Paul Cavanagh, Maurice Chevalier, Rowland V. Lee, and many others live in this picturesque district. Beverly Hills Hotel is a centre of relaxation and pleasure.
The beaches at Santa Monica, Venice, and Malibu (pronounced ^lalyboo) are favourite haunts of film people, especially in the summer. Some even live by the sea all the year round, and motor to their work every day. Others have week-end residences, and among the most famous is Marion Davies's " week-end cottage " at Santa ]\Ionica — a cottage with forty