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Overview

This 10-acre complex, a lot bounded by Bronson Avenue on the west, Sunset Boulevard (north), Van Ness Avenue (east) and Fernwood Avenue (south), opened in 1919 as a center for Warner Brothers film production. Warner Brothers owned the parcel from 1919 until its sale to Paramount Pictures in 1954. During its long history, it has accommodated various functions for multiple owners including Warner Brothers, Paramount Television Productions, Gene Autry and KTLA, Kohlberg, Kravis and Roberts (KKR), and others; begininng in 1955, it has had many of its original buildings demolished. An early radio station owned by Warner Brothers, KFWB, operated on two sites on this property from 1925 until about 1950. Studio 9 on this lot was the first building erected, dating from 1920, and was the site of production for the Jazz Singer, the first sound film or "talkie." From 1937 until 1954, Studio 9, operated as the Sunset Bowling Center, an extensive bowling alley operating at the height of the sport's popularlity during the mid-20th century.