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Old Posted Mar 16, 2014, 7:20 PM
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The stills from "Liberty" are said to have been shot at the Western Costume Co. 935 S Broadway. I was remiss in not mentioning previous discussion here: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=13189 where it was said that there was a set built atop of the building. Since the Western Costume Building was said to be complete by '20, this makes sense, although I must say the girders look quite realistic.
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This caused me to happen upon one of the numerous shots from the Chamber of Commerce Building. This one features mostly-silent screen actress, Dorothy Dwan. She had some 40 films to her credit, including a few brushes with Messrs Laurel and Hardy.


LA Chamber of Commerce Building. 1151 S. Broadway - built in '24, unbuilt in '68.
http://jpg1.lapl.org/00078/00078705.jpg

1930 - Unidentified woman with cardboard butterflies
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Seems apropos to include Saving Sam.
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Pep Boys and Felix Chevrolet had their cartoon representatives. Western Auto Supply had its own: "Saving Sam." Wonder if the character was based upon a real person. Could it have been based on Western Auto's long-time founder and President, George Pepperdine? Doubtful, . . . different hairline (?)


1100 Grand Ave - Pre '26.
http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/si...id/22360/rec/6

http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/si...id/22360/rec/6

http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/si...23466/rec/2225

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