Raleigh Studios
Raleigh Studios | |
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General information | |
Address | 5300 Melrose Avenue |
Town or city | Los Angeles, California |
Country | United States |
Opened | 1979 |
Owner | Raleigh Enterprises |
Raleigh Studios is a studio facility located in Hollywood, Los Angeles and has been under the ownership of Raleigh Enterprises since 1979.
Overview
The location, active since 1915 (originally known as Famous Players Fiction Studios), is "the oldest continually running studio in the world".[1] Raleigh "has no identifiable brand or logo", serving as a rental space for numerous films both before Raleigh Enterprises ownership and afterward.[2] Author Tom Ogden describes Raleigh Studios as "an independent studio, unaffiliated with any of the majors" which in 2009 had nine soundstages available.[3] As of 2022, the location has 13 soundstages.[4]
There are offshoots of Raleigh Studios such as Raleigh Studios Michigan in Pontiac, Michigan.[5]
References
- ^ Roman, James (2015). Chronicles of Old Los Angeles: Exploring the Devilish History of the City of the Angels. Museyon. p. 250. ISBN 978-1-940842-00-4.
- ^ Lawson, Kristan; Anneli, Anneli (2013). California Babylon: A Guide to Site of Scandal, Mayhem and Celluloid in the Golden State. St. Martin's Publishing Group. p. 48. ISBN 978-1-4668-5414-7.
- ^ Ogden, Tom (2009). Haunted Hollywood: Tinseltown Terrors, Filmdom Phantoms, and Movieland Mayhem. Globe Pequot. p. 157. ISBN 978-0-7627-5620-9.
- ^ "Sound Stages". raleighstudios.com. Raleigh Studios. Retrieved April 28, 2022.
- ^ Dixon, Wheeler Winston; Foster, Gwendolyn Audrey (2011). 21st-Century Hollywood: Movies in the Era of Transformation. Rutgers University Press. p. 126. ISBN 978-0-8135-5198-2.