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The first studio in Hollywood opened in 1911

A small company rented a tavern on Sunset Boulevard and started filming The Nestor Film Company moved west in 1911 and set up in a former tavern on Sunset Boulevard, making it the first film studio in Hollywood. Good weather, varied landscapes and distance from Edison's patent lawyers drew other companies. Within a few years the district was the centre of American production. It sits in Mondo's movies & tv collection, one of 200 facts that each trace back to the reference below.

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: A small company rented a tavern on Sunset Boulevard and started filming. The figure is taken from Library of Congress, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a movies & tv fact?: Yes. It sits on the Movies & TV shelf, one of 2,600 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.