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This item includes a signed "Images of America Movie Studios of Culver City" historical book by Julie Lugo Cerra and Marc Wanamaker. Book is signed by co-author Julie Lugo Cerra.

Another one of Julie Lugo Cerra's great reads for those of you who are either seasoned Culver City residents, or new to the "Heart of Screenland" ...really.

"After watching pioneer filmmaker Thomas Ince film one of his famous Westerns on Ballona Creek, city founder Harry Culver saw the economic base for his city. Culver announced plans for the city in 1913 and attracted three major movie studios to Culver City, along with smaller production companies. "The Heart of Screenland" is fittingly etched across the Culver City seal. These vintage images are a tour through the storied past of this company town on the legendary movie lots bearing the names of Thomas Ince, Hal Roach, Goldwyn, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Lorimar, MGM-UA, Columbia, Sony Pictures, DeMille, RKO-Pathe, Selznick, Desilu, Culver City Studios, Laird International, the Culver Studios, and such nearly forgotten mini-factories as the Willat Studios. On these premises, Gone With the Wind, The Wizard of Oz, Citizen Kane, E.T: The Extra-Terrestrial, and other classics were filmed, along with tens of thousands of television shows and commercials featuring Elvis Presley, the Beatles, Michael Jackson, and many others."

Co-author Julie Lugo Cerra is a sixth-generation Californian with family ties dating back to the founding of the pueblo of Los Angeles. Co-author Marc Wanamaker is a film historian, and owner of Bison Archives, one of Southern California's largest historical image collections.

Items in this basket include: Culver City Historical Society Vintage Photo-Umbrella, "Heart of Screenland" license plate cover, Historical Culver City Note Card Set, Two Historical Postcards, and Walking Tour Brochure.

Also included in this basket is a gift Certificate good for a guided group walking tour of Sony Pictures Entertainment's Studio lot for 2 people. It is a 2 hour tour, giving you a rare glimpse of Old Hollywood's glory days... a sneak peek at current movie and television making in action... and a first hand preview of the high-tech movie innovations on the horizon. This is the studio where movie history was made, in Culver City... the original "Heart of Screenland."

The gift certificate expires: 4/30/13. Children over 12 years of age are welcome. Every adult must bring a valid government-issued picture I.D., ie., driver's license or passport. Guests under the age of 18 must be accompanied by an adult on the tour. Reservations are necessary: see certificate.