Welcome to Hollywood

Hollywood is a district in Los Angelis, California, the United States of America. Hollywood is known as a center in the cinema industry. The history of Hollywood begins for a long time - the first Spanish conquerors have appeared in this area where then radical Americans lived.

In 1870th on place of Hollywood was a territory for agriculture. Soon the ranch had got streets and the apartment houses were sold by owners - all of them have turned today to parkways and the main streets of Hollywood.

What is the Hollywood now? A great number of movie studios are situated here as well as many movie stars have their houses in Hollywood. This centre of the world film industry - here acts in film the majority of films, to this studio today imitate. Its huge letters placed on a hill are known to everyone, and world stars of Hollywood are shown on each television channel of the world .

The main sightseeing of Hollywood is Hollywood Walk of Fame. It consists of more than 2400 five-pointed stars on the sidewalks along 15 blocks of Hollywood Boulevard. The stars are permanent public monuments for achievements in the entertainment industry. The stars have the names of actors, musicians, directors, producers, musical groups and even fictional characters. Hollywood is a very popular tourist destination.

The main sights of Hollywood

• Building Capitol Records - a 13-storeyed building of musical label Capitol Records

• Hollywood Walk of Fame - are sidewalks in Hollywood, suburb of Los Angeles, lasting along the Hollywood parkway and Vain-street.

• Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel - it is constructed in 1927. It ranks as number of historical sights of a city

The largest film studios

Adolf Cukor (Hungary) beginning the career as a journeyman at the furrier, has based «Paramount». «Paramount» Pictures Corporation is an American film production and distribution company/

Carl Leml (Germany) - traded in clothes, has based «Universal». «Universal» - the American movie company which is a part NBC Universal.

Brothers Warner (Poland) - advertised bicycles, has based «Warner Brothers».

The company is named in honour of four brothers Warner: Harry Warner, Albert Warner, Sam Warner and Jack Warner .

Luis B. Mayer (Russia, Minsk) - traded in scrap metal resale, has based «Metro-Goldwin-Mayer». «Metro-Goldwin-Mayer» - it has been based in April, 1924. It specialises on manufacture and film-and video production hire.

First time of any system of stars in the American cinema was not - names of actors and the actresses appearing on the screen, were not mentioned anywhere. Even the most popular executors disappeared under type pseudonyms «Small Mary», «Girl of Vitagraf» etc. So proceeded up to March, 1910 while already mentioned Carle Leml has broken this fashion on incognito, having concluded the contract with actress Florence Lawrence known under a pseudonym «Girl of Biograph».

The first film, with which the history of Hollywood cinema has begun, was a western «The Squaw Man».

10 best actresses of "Golden Age" of Hollywood

Katharine Hepburn, Bette Davis, Audrey Hepburn, Ingrid Bergman, Greta Garbo, Marilyn Monroe, Elizabeth Taylor, Judy Garland, Marlene Dietrich, Dzhoan Crawford.

10 best actors of "Golden Age" of Hollywood

Humphrey Bogart, Cary Gran, James Stewart,  Marlon Brando, Fred Astaire, Henry Fonda, Clark Gable, James Kegni, Spencer Tracy, Charles Chaplin. .

Among actors of the end XX - the beginnings XXI should be mentioned such persons, as Denzel Washington, Robert De Niro, Klint Eastwood, Daren Keaton, Paul Newman, Julia Roberts, Barbara Streisand, Harrison Ford, Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Johnny Depp, Penelopa Cruise and others.

Films which were included

into fund of world culture

• Tootsie»
• «Nashkill» 1975
• «One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest»
• «Airport»
• «Poseidon»
• «Odysseus»
• «Jaws»
• «Gone with the wind»
• «The Domino Principle»
• «Forrest Gump»
• «Star wars»
• «Casino»

• «Deep Throat»
• «Frankenstein»
• «New Times»
• «The Jazz Singer» 1927
• «Singin‘ in the Rain» 1952
• «Dr. Strangelove» 1964
• «Easy Rider» 1969
• «Godfather»
• «Rain Man»
• «The Birth Of a Nation» 1915
• «Titanic»