Hollywood Then and Now - October 2020

Back when Hollywood was brand spanking new in the Roaring Twenties and Thirties of the last century, the entire growing city was one big sound stage for the movie making world.   It was very easy to go and shoot whenever they found a great location.

A few years back, I visited one such memorable spot nestled into a quiet neighborhood in Silver Lake.

If you are fans of Laurel and Hardy, you might remember their Academy Award winning short "The Music Box."  Stan and Ollie lugging a piano up a large flight of stairs.

This might be one of the funniest Laurel and Hardy adventures ever.

Well, the internet allowed for me to search where these steps are and Hollywood has already turned the spot into a shrine.

With a street sign.

And a plaque.

But nothing is official until I visited the steps.   Notice I only went up one flight.  My knees, even then.

Yep, Hollywood's back lot just might have been your backyard.

Dinner last night:  Leftover chicken parm.