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Surname 1 Name Tutor Course Date Early Development of Nestor Studio USA is considered the found of motion picture engineering and technology and leading prolific producer of films globally. In America, Hollywood is regarded as the hoariest film industry, where the first film studios and production firms emerged. It is also acknowledged as a place of birth of various cinema genres such as war epic, science fiction, horror, romance, the musical, drama, comedy, and action. Classical Hollywood cinema has become to be the prevailing style of American cinema. Today, American film studios collectively produce hundreds of film early, and prime film studios of Hollywood are leading most commercially efficacious and most ticket retailing films in the world. The paper examines some of the early movie studios to be established in the United States. Nestor Studio was known as Nestor Motion Picture Company, operating under Centaur Film Company of Bayonne, New Jersey, was one of the earliest movie studios in Hollywood. The studio was founded by David Horsley and William Horsley, his brother, in 1911 ( Zierer 12). The paper takes a close look at Nestor studio’s early development as the first film studio in Hollywood to gain a deeper understanding of its existence. Nestor studio was the first film studio in Hollywood founded by David Horsley and William Horsley, his brother, in 1911 ( Zierer 12). However, William Selig is often acknowledged for establishing the initial film studio in Los Angeles and shooting its first feature. ChristieNestor Studio is also known as the Nestor Motion Picture Company or Christie Film Company. The studio is situated in Bayonne, New Jersey, and Hollywood, California. David Horsley was a

Surname 2 New Jersey film producer who formerly owned the Centaur Film Company. The Nestor Film Company, having failed to obtain a permission to use filmmaking resources of Thomas Edison’s Company, moved to California in 1911 (Jacobson 52). The Nestor Company leased the Blondeau Tavern, previously owned by the writer-director AL Christie. Horsley and AI Christie had met on the train while Horsley was traveling to the west coast. The small roadhouse was situated at the northwest corner of Sunset and Gower. The store was not doing well following the Hollywood’s recent liquor ordinance. The Nestor Company rented the small roadhouse, the Blondeau Tavern, for thirty dollars a month. The Nestor Company leased an abandoned roadside diner at 6121 Sunset Boulevard at the corner of Gouner-street. After leasing the Blondeau Tavern, the Nestor Company then made the first permanent Hollywood film stage ever at the corner of Gouner-street. The newly built stage comprised of a wooden podium that measured twenty by forty feet. The stage also contained large curtains of muslin that hanged on the cross wires fifteen feet up. The purpose of muslin sheets was to diffuse the natural lights used for filming. The fascinating thing is that the carpenters who built the stage used their tools, and actors supplied their wardrobe when the production commenced (Jacobson 54). The company used a different background on each distinct side wall of the forty-foot square platform. Once the stage had been built, the Nestor Motion Picture Company changed its name to Nestor Studio, becoming the first permanent motion picture studio to be established in Hollywood, California; however, it was not the first movie studio in Los Angeles. Nestor Studio became to be a well renown film studio during 1910s. Production of firms began immediately after the stage had been completed. The studio started to create its first movies. “The Law of the Range (1911),” the western short movie, was

Surname 3 Nestor’s first film at this Hollywood studio. Other movies ever to be made by this first Hollywood’s film studio include “Her Indian Hero” and “The Best Man Wins” ( Alleman 19). Often, at a time, Nestor studio would film a couple of one-reelers from scripts written the previous night. Following delays from bad weather, Nestor Studio impressively and steadily churned out dozens and dozens of films. Nestor Studio later fused with Universal Studios to form Christie Studio (Alleman 19). Director Carl Laemmle, the founder of Universal Pictures, continued to produce movies at the merged studio under the banner “The Christie Comedies” until the early 30s. Following good weather in California enables Nestor Studio to film throughout the year, producing many movies. Nestor/ Christie Studios were shattered in 1936 to construct the Columbia Square facility. The newly built building was used to serve as the home of Los Angeles television station KNXT Channel 2 and radio station KNX 1070 AM. By 1920, several film studios had opened up in Hollywood, such as Warner Brothers, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Twentieth Century Fox, and Paramount Pictures. During this period, Hollywood became the center of American cinema and the home for many film studios. These film studios collectively produce hundreds of films early and become the most commercially prosperous and most ticket-retailing films in Hollywood. Christie Studios, led by director Carl Laemmle, the founder of Universal Pictures, continued to produce movies at the merged studio under the banner “The Christie Comedies” until the early 30s ( Palmer 42). Following delays from bad weather, Nestor Studios impressively and steadily churned out dozens and dozens of films. It was due to several studios in the region that enabled Hollywood to be acknowledged as a birthplace of movies of various genres such as war epic, science fiction, horror, romance, the musical, drama, comedy, and action. Classical Hollywood cinema has become to be the dominant style of American cinema.

Surname 4 The paper has evaluated the early development of Nestor Studio, the first studio in the Hollywood. The film studio was founded by David Horsley and William Horsley, his brother, in 1911. Nestor Studio was known as Nestor Motion Picture Company, operating under Centaur Film Firm of Bayonne, New Jersey. Having failed to obtain permission to use filmmaking resources of Thomas Edison’s Company, the Nestor Film Company decided to moved to California in 1911, leasing a small roadhouse, the Blondeau Tavern, previously owned by the writer-director AL Christie. After leasing the Blondeau Tavern, at 6121 Sunset Boulevard at the corner of Gouner-street, it then built the first permanent Hollywood film stage ever at the corner of Gouner-street. It began production of firms immediately after the stage had been completed in November 1911; however, Nestor Studio later merged with Universal Studios and other firms in 1912. Director Carl Laemmle, the founder of Universal Pictures, continued to produce films at the merged studios until the early 30s when the building was demolished in 1936 to construct the Columbia Square facility. Paper conclude noting that Nestor Studio play a vital role in early film production and larger popularity of Hollywood.

Surname 5 Reference Zierer, Clifford M. “Hollywood—World Center of Motion Picture Production.” The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 254.1 (1947): 12-17. Jacobson, Brian R. “Fantastic Functionality: Studio Architecture and the Visual Rhetoric of Early Hollywood.” Film History: An International Journal 26.2 (2014): 52-81. Alleman, Richard. “Hollywood: The Movie Lover’s Guide.” (2005). Palmer, Edwin Obadiah. History of Hollywood. Vol. 2. EO Palmer, 1938....