FILM STUDIOS

Los Angeles’ first studio was established in 1908. Today, about 15 studios dating from 1913 still remain, including Universal and Warner Bros. in Burbank. Here are some of the buildings in which the industry grew and developed: 1. HAMPTON STUDIOS

1041 Formosa Ave.

Hollywood

In 1919, Charlie Chaplin, D.W. Griffith, Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks Sr. formed United Artists. Three years later, Pickford and Fairbanks took over the 20-acre site. In 1938 it became Samuel Goldwyn Studios, but United Artists was still headquartered there until 1975. Ira and George Gershwin scored many of the great Goldwyn musicals that were made on the sound stage. Warner Bros. bought it in 1980. The studios are home to the legendary Formosa Cafe watering hole, which served as an unofficial clubhouse for the likes of Humphrey Bogart, Marilyn Monroe and Clark Gable. 2. CHARLIE CHAPLIN

1416 N. La Brea Ave.,

Hollywood

Chaplin opened his own movie studio in 1918 on a peaceful street of citrus groves. The two-block compound--with its gray Colonial clapboard cottages surrounding manicured lawns and a Tudor English mansion--now houses Polygram’s A&M; Records. Chaplin’s footprints are in the concrete in front of Stage 3. 3. DeMILLE AND LASKY BARN

2100 N. Highland Ave.,

Hollywood

A horse barn at Selma Avenue and Vine Street was rented in 1913 by 32-year-old Cecil B. DeMille, Samuel Goldfish (Goldwyn) and Jesse Lasky for $35 a month when they made Hollywood’s first full-length motion picture, “The Squaw Man.” The film cost $15,000 to make but grossed more than $200,000. The company quickly took over the entire block and later moved to Van Ness Avenue and Marathon Street, where it eventually became Paramount Studios. Paramount housed the barn from 1926 to 1982, when it was deeded to the preservationist group Hollywood Heritage. The barn was moved across the street from the Hollywood Bowl, restored and opened to the public, where it is dedicated to the history of the silent film era. 4. FICTION PICTURES

650 N. Bronson Ave.,

Hollywood

In 1914, Adolph Zukor’s Famous Players purchased a horse barn. Mary Pickford filmed “A Girl From Yesterday” there. In 1915, theater owner William H. Clune bought the studio property. Douglas Fairbank Sr. leased the property in 1919 and built a bungalow (which is still there) and painted his name on a couple of buildings. “The Three Musketeers” and “Mark of Zorro” were filmed here in the 1920s, Walt Disney rented space in the 1930s, and the “Hopalong Cassidy” television series was filmed there in 1950s--as were “Superman” episodes.

In 1979, it became Raleigh Studio. 5. MACK SENNETT

1712 Glendale Blvd.,

Echo Park

The first permanent concrete-reinforced movie studio, in an area once called Edendale, gained prominence in the 1910s when Sennett, famous for his two-reel comedies, employed show-business legends Fatty Arbuckle, Gloria Swanson and Harry Langdon, the Keystone Kops and Charlie Chaplin. Here, actress Mabel Normand tossed the first custard pie in the face of actor Ben Turpin. The 35,000-square-foot building, declared a historical site in 1982, is now a storage facility owned by Public Storage Inc. 6. WARNER BROS.

5858 Sunset Blvd.,

Hollywood

The Colonial mansion, built by the Warner Brothers in 1919, was later used for years as a bowling alley. The first talking picture, “The Jazz Singer” with Al Jolson, was made here in 1927. Gene Autry owned it for 18 years, after purchasing it from Paramount Pictures in 1964. Today, it’s home to KTLA-TV Channel 5, and more than 50% of the original buildings remain. 7. PERALTA

5451 Marathon St.,

Hollywood

Originally located on the south side of Melrose Avenue, Peralta Studios moved across the street on Marathon in 1917, later becoming Brunton Studios, then United Studios before Paramount-Famous-Lasky took over in 1926. Paramount, the last major studio remaining in Hollywood, was home to such greats as Mary Pickford, Claudette Colbert, Mae West, Clara Bow, Bob Hope, Bing Crosby and Dorothy Lamour. A stage built in 1919 still remains, along with Paramount’s original walk-in gate and administration building. 8. TRIANGLE PICTURES

10202 Washington Blvd.,

Culver City

With land and financing supplied in part by Harry Culver, Tom Ince built this studio in 1915. Later it was purchased by Goldywn and in 1924 it became MGM. Many of the original structures are still there, including the historic gate marked by the classical columns, the Yellow Brick Road that made its way to Oz, the rehearsal studio of Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly, and the side entrance of the administration building, where Spencer Tracy supposedly first met Katharine Hepburn. In 1991, the studio was renamed Sony Pictures Entertainment.