Sad to think how many of those beautiful and historic homes and buildings aren't there anymore.

That is fabulous footage!! A bygone era to be sure-- thank you for posting this! 💗

The movie Dirigible, premiering at the Chinese Theater, was released in 1931, as was Bad Sister (poster at left 4:12), so that pretty well pegs the date on this film.

Great video of old Hollywood, people should read Hollywood and Babylon.

$5 a ticket for Graumanns in the 1930’s??? That’s over $100 today. I imagine that was just the ticket for the premier.

I lived in Hollywood from February of 1986 until 1993 when I moved to Long Beach. I felt very privileged to have been living there. Found so much to do and explore. I meet some really wonderful people and a long term friend. I especially like Griffith Park, the Hollywood Bowl, Greek Theater, movie theater's on the boulevard and services at Hollywood Presbyterian and so much more. It was a great time in my life and many positive experiences. Hooray for Hollywood!

Everything well kept and all secrets nicely tucked away.

It was tranquil and lovely then. NOT NOW.

What a gorgeous place it was in the 'Golden Age'. Like a magical dream!

Like many, my parents moved to LA in the late 1940s. They said it was paradise for about 10 years, prettydecent for another 10. Then sometime in the 70s it had just become too overcrowded and overdeveloped. We all got out in the 80's.

Wow, how clean and beautiful the place was back then. Not anymore. Glamour is completely gone now and never to be again.

As a long time resident of LA and a 1974 graduate of Hollywood High, I say that was a wonderful time portal to the past. I love the perfunctory narrator and his old-fashioned colloquialisms, and the music too is a reflection of the period. Hollywood somewhat fell into a state of disrepair in the 1970s, but has since been redeveloped and become more in tourist demand than ever. The Dolby Theater brought the Academy Awards back to Hollywood where they belong. But one can't help feeling that the Covid plandemic and HD home viewing has forever damaged the long-running concept of theatrical distribution. What do I miss most? Cafe Figaro, CC Brown's, The Shack, Lou's Quickie Grill, Tiny Naylor's, A&M Studios, La Villa Taxco, Jacopo's (actually Beverly Hills), Tower Records Sunset, Group 4. Even World Book and News on Cahuenga has closed down. The internet conquers all.

Norma Desmond!

Own a home, and lived here on and off my whole life. It is a beautiful place to be. I have homes in other states too, but come back always. No place like it. For those that bad mouth and only dwell on the negative, I feel sorry for.

at ​​⁠4:11 the story of Carl Laemmle, then Universal Studios founder and owner, is that he paid $350,000 for the Hollywood and Vine empty Northwest corner lot in 1925, and was offered, but turned down, the $1,000,000 in 1928, it was reported at the time that the lot had been offered for sale in 1912 for only $15,000, Laemmle finally had a building built there in 1932, which was many things over the years, including a Howard Johnson’s restaurant, and was a nightclub called the Basque Club when it burned down in 2008, making that Northwest corner lot empty once again (still empty today in 2024)

Beautiful times😘!…not anymore !

Opening sequence filmed at Yamashiro restaurant, still very much part of Hollywood. An authentic Japanese temple reerected circa 1914, as a house and art gallery.

I recognize what was Bob Barker's future home-2 minutes into the video but no swimming pool yet. former residents in backyard. 2min to 2:10 mark. the home as of this entry is currently for sale.

The narrator sounds like Groucho Marx.

they all drove big SUV's back then. No compact sedans.

Edward G. Robinson and Gloria Swanson.

Thank you for posting this most enjoyable video. This was before I was born. But my dad lived in the area at that time and had very fond memories of it. Thank you again for this nice trip down Hollywood's Memory Lane

Doesn’t look like the depression hit Hollywood at that time

Well Done. Thank you! 🤠🧑‍🦰🌲🌲 🎼

"Trader Horn" M-G-M 1931. Wow, this is really back there.. They didn't have Cinecolor then. Must be a reissue print from two-strip Technicolor..

The large Mediterranean homes, at the beginning of the film, appear to be Outpost Drive, just north of Hollywood Blvd.,in 1931 then relatively new? Bob Barker's long-time home (1969) just came on the market there, a shade under $3 million.

I Noticed How nice The Palm Trees 🌴 Looked Then!! Now The Palm Trees 🌴 Look Kind Of Ratty!!😂

It would be interesting to have the film color restored and upscaled… Peter Jackson’s company did an amazing job with older black and white films….

Like 100s after the war, my family both sides moved to California. From north to south. The 50s were fabulous. Orange groves ,clean, and exciting. My husband worked for family ,largest roofing company in San Fernando Valley . He met many celebrities and supervised jobs on celebrities homes. In the early 1980s we were sitting at a red light on Reseda Blvd.I looked at my husband and asked " how many hours are we going to waste in our lives sitting at red lights". We decided rite then to move to the mid west. Now we are in Florida . Fortunately for us .. I am disheartened to see California so downtrodden.

I’m not even from there and recognize a lot of the landmarks. Been there enough times.

5$ a ticket 🎫 then to go to the premier 😂. love the footage❤

A time when nobody dressed like freak's at premier's

Unobstructed views to the ocean! There’s a video of a very early Oscars ceremony in which “a clear view to the ocean” is mentioned from somewhere along Wilshire.

Either that’s Groucho or my watch has stopped.

I’d like to go see that and maybe meet Gloria Swanson and ride in one of those Dusenberg limos. It would be grand. I’m sure nothing has changed.

I wonder did the Sydney Opera House get their inspiration from this arena in Hollywood. 🤔☘️

That's crazy they got color film back then but yet color TVs didn't come out till the '60s nuts and the guy mentioned the architecture of the old world that was a trip there was some pretty cool stuff there Fancy buildings Hollywood in the '30s???

94 yrs ago. Wow

That voice almost certainly is Groucho. I would guess there is more than one house that looks like the one in Beverly Hills in which Ben Siegel was shot, but if it really was the same one, obviously a complete coincidence because that happened more than a decade later in 1947.

Geeee, that's swell !!!!!!! I'd love to visit that time and just ogle those autos !!!

Being an only child with abusive parents was difficult, especially not having a sibling to lean on and get/give support. It makes you socially inept.

the movie premiere was April 3, 1931, so this probably was filmed in March/April of that year

Missed by all.

If you had 1 million back then you were rich. You could live off the interest alone and be set.

This was the Great Depression for everyone else.

That's Groucho Marx narrating!!!!!

it was nice white and bright, get my drift?

Remarkable how everyone lies about car colors at this time. It's offensive to the real history and manufacturing, and makes the era seem dull and lifeless when it was the complete opposite. The city scene is a perfect example, and proves that black and white is a terrible representation compared to how vibrant color is in comparison (nothing wrong with B&W but making guesses as to the colors is the issue and why it often slips you up). This is a long comprehensive list but thorpughs my point on this fine, fine era: 3:28 coupé in dark green with maroon fenders (vague but obvious at the same time) 3:31 a corner roadster in milkweed brown for the fenders, and river stone gray for the body 3:32 a 1929 Buick with two tone lining and directly behind it a very interesting model with a California top, butter esk color. Next three vehicles are various unsaturated shafes of green, last being more gray, with a sweet little coupé in gray green centerstage. 3:33 directly behind the driving coupé is a Rauch and Lang model from 1930! Bright vanilla colored fender with a sort of stormy brown body color, beautiful two tone lining across the hardtop doors. 3:35 a 1926 Imperial in a lovely shade of green, brighter than it's fellows on the left of it and rich in color, light yellow wire spoke wheels. 1929 Pontiac (?) in eggshell at the corner with a black two tone for fender and hardtop, right of that is a turning 1928 Ajax (?) in a dark emerald color barely perceptible to the human eye, and a vehicle in silver screen light gray that I'm honestly not too sure on the make..though Diane comes to mind; Black two tone being a lovely accompaniment..! 3:38 inspires a new front running line of vehicles notably 3 models in similar shades of gray which is really fun to look at (blue green, olive green, and gray at close up), very notably a 1923 Chalmers in light blue (a guess unfortunately but I'm thinking it's that for a good reason) at 3:39 there is a 1927 Studebaker with a daring white wall on the back rear only! very dark mint green paintjob almost unnoticeable, especially if it were in B&W. 4:00 and take a gander at this tritone Willys knight roadster. Soft brown two tones, with striking frosted orange disteel wheels or perhaps spokes a almost maroon looking vehicle to the right of it! 4:03 at this time here, we have a wash of blue that enters, first with a elegant storm blue colored roadster, and then a striking phaeton top with a rich light aqua and white two tone!.. 4:09 appears a light gray vehicle, terribly interesting looking Rolls royce or perhaps a late Roamer open top, and a equally classy two tone brown enclosed sedan directly behind it..Packard I think. 4:18 offers a little wink of greenish-blue on a passing coupé model.

Back when LA. was the place to be!! NOT ANYMORE now it's a TOILET!!

I would love to see a comparison of the area but in the 50's or 60's, once modern appliances and technology started to go more mainstream. I bet in those few decades that TONS had changed in these areas, and that's probably when the over-building and crowding started to happen.

These old travelogues don't show any of the problems. Now the algo is far too eager to show you nothing but problems.

I came to Hollywood in 1994, it was great then and it is great now. Yes, there are problems, and they are shared all over the country.

Hollywood is a district NOT a suburb.

It's funny how cynical the narration sounds.

I don’t see any…

1:11 Scientology Celebrity Center.

Hollyweird 🥴

A far cry from the dump it has become

Nice footage. Those Hollywood stars played wholesome. Nowadays, they are pretty well all open and honest with their degeneracy and radical politics.

4:34 The American Legion building is still an icon of LA. It has a small bar inside and is a popular meeting spot for veterans and locals! You see in California we honor our veterans, not like trump who calls us suckers & losers.

Well, this must be a victory celebration film. We see the depravity of Beverly Hills in the early 20th century. Now, our streets are flush with diversity and inclusion !!!!!!!!

That awful corny "music" drowns out all the classic vocals here. Fix it!

Weird to think, if you were a millionaire back then, you were Big Time. Now you need to be a Billionaire or Trillionaire. 🤯 Now back to my dinner of Cereal.😢🥣