Thursday, March 5, 2009

Laurel & Hardy's Culver City


Below is an incredible video of pop culture historian Piet Schreuders recreating the area of Los Angeles known as Culver City through the world of Laurel & Hardy during the 1920s. This video has been around for a while now but if you haven't checked it out yet it is certainly worth viewing. Schreuders creates a computer model of Culver City so we can see how the area looked in the 1920s. Mixed in the video are scenes from Laurel & Hardy films for comparison.

Note: If you saw my earlier post on the Culver Hotel you will recognize this building in the video.

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6 comments:

  1. Raquel StecherMarch 6, 2009 at 5:01 AM

    Excellent! Thanks for sharing. I forwarded it to my friend who is a L&H fan.

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  2. Robby CressMarch 6, 2009 at 9:09 AM

    Culver City is such a great neighborhood. It really is quite fascinating to see it through the world of Laurel & Hardy :) Thanks Raquelle.

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  3. Lolita of the ClassicsMarch 6, 2009 at 10:28 AM

    Fascinating!

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  4. Sarah MannMarch 7, 2009 at 8:08 AM

    Awesome! I loved the vid.
    I've given you the Premio Dardos award, so check out my blog for details!

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  5. Lolita of the ClassicsMarch 8, 2009 at 6:37 AM

    Dear Robby Cress!
    I've given you the Premio Dardo's Award. Read more about it, and the motivation for you to have it, on my blog:

    http://lolitasclassics.blogspot.com/2009/03/premio-dardos-award-again.html

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  6. BillMarch 9, 2009 at 8:39 AM

    Love Laurel & Hardy. Thanks for the post I don't think I would have seen this video otherwise.

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