Julie Lugo Cerra, official Culver City historian, and Marc Wanamaker, noted film industry author and consultant, will present images and commentary based on their recently published book, Movie Studios of Culver City.
The event will take place at the Culver City Historical Society’s general meeting Wednesday, April 20, at 7 p.m. in the multi-purpose room at the Veterans Memorial Building and will feature many of the book’s hundreds of photos and descriptions of the motion picture and television studios that made Culver City The Heart of Screenland. Cerra and Wanamaker will provide a vintage tour through the legendary movie lots of Thomas Ince, Hal Roach, Goldwyn, Lorimar, MGM-UA, Columbia, Sony Pictures, DeMille, RKO-Pathe, Selznick, Desilu, Culver City Studios, Laird International, The Culver Studio and mini-factories such as the Willat Studios.
The book, published by Arcadia Publishing, is part of the Images of America Series, and will be available for purchase and signing by the authors after the meeting. It will be sold at local Barnes & Noble stores, Costco, Larry Edmunds Bookshop (in Hollywood), Vromans (Pasadena) Walgreens in Marina Del Rey, and online at ArcadiaPublishing.comand Amazon.com.
Cerra, a sixth-generation Californian, was born and raised in Culver City, and is the author of more than 300 magazine and newspaper articles about Culver City, as well as four books on local history, including Culver City, the Heart of Screenland and Images of America, Culver City CA.
Wanamaker was born in Los Angeles and grew up Hollywood. In 1971, he formed Bison Archives, a research and information archive on the history of the motion picture industry, which supplied the images for the book. Bison Productions, his adjunct
production company, has assisted in the production of more than 100 documentaries and feature films.
The public is invited to enjoy the free program and students are encouraged to attend.
The CCHS Archives & Resource Center (ARC) will be open following the meeting. Entrance to the meeting is through the back parking lot of the Veterans Memorial Building, located at 4117 Overland Ave., Culver City.
For more information, call the Society at (310) 253-6941 or inquire by email at info@CulverCityHistoricalSociety.org.Also, visit the CCHS Web site at culvercityhistoricalsociety.org or search Facebook at Culver City Historical Society for updates.
