This is an old revision of the document!
Table of Contents
Hollywood
Hollywood - a district of the city of Los Angeles in the United States and the most important center of American cinematography. The word Hollywood is used as an abbreviation for the American film and television industry regardless of where it is shot.
Hollywood was a small community in 1870 and was renamed a community in 1903. In 1910, Hollywood was officially incorporated into Los Angeles and the film industry started to develop there soon after.1)
Hollywood's previous name
The place was Cahuenga Valley before being called Hollywood.2)
Hollywood's creator
H. The 'Father of Hollywood' is known as J. Whitley. Born in Canada, he became a naturalized citizen of the United States in the 1870s.3)
Filmakers move from New Jersey
Filmmakers started moving to Hollywood because Thomas Edison, who was living in New Jersey, owned filmmaking equipment patents and decided to escape legal problems. 4)