A trip back in time for movie fans

Add comment November 11th, 2008

Dedicated (and I do not use the word lightly) pop culture historian Piet Schreuders recreated the Main Street of Culver City, where most of the classic Laurel and Hardy (and other Hal Roach short subjects) were filmed. Here’s a link to a PDF of an article describing the effort (it’s a big file, but worth a look) and here’s a video showing him doing the research (complete with some vintage theme music). Maybe you have to be a very specific sort of movie fan to get a kick out of this sort of thing, but personally, I found it fascinating.

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