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post referencing rail stations rekindled thoughts of another NLA discussion concerning the Palms Depot. This video includes glimpses of Palms Depot at 10223 National Blvd. circa 1928. " The Ol' Gray Hoss" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJtH9znL9LU
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Can we have a little less of "The Ol' Gray Hoss" please - "The Middle-Aged Graying Hoss" is more accurate.
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Speaking of Culver City, is anyone familiar with " Hotel Lone Wolf?" This video purports to depict the back of that structure at or near 8874 Washington Blvd., circa 1924 from the Our Gang short " Fast Company." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5HIxn3Sx4w Perhaps the structure had different names, but in any event, it looks substantial enough to have warranted some NLA attention. No obvious CD listing.
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I couldn't find any trace of the Hotel Lone Wolf. The video shows it to the southwest of Landmark Street...
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...which didn't really exist in the 1920s. Here's a 1928 view with the current location of Landmark Street shown. The building by the black '
+' is the front of the Hal Roach studios.
mil.library.ucsb.edu
Here is our mystery building, which the video identifies as "Back of the Hotel Lone Wolf". With its Tudor style, I did consider the Cotton Club as a possible location, but the front didn't match and the rear was very plain. It was located just off the top-right corner of the aerial above.
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The Cotton Club is circled in blue in the view below which I've cropped from an image I found on John Bengtson's silentlocations.com. I think the mystery building may be the one I've arrowed in green. Although it falls outside the red Hal Roach Studios boundary, I think it was part of the studio.
A 1920 image at hollywoodphotographs.com appears to show a barn-like structure there, while
a 1921 image at hollywoodphotographs.com shows construction in progress. "Fast Company" came out in 1924.
silentlocations.com/Bison Archives
As the first aerial above shows, the area was empty by 1928, so I'm guessing that it was just a set/façade. I'll have to see if it appeared in any other Hal Roach movies.