Mack Sennet Studios and Republic Picture Studios (Los Angeles, California)

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Historic site of Mack Sennet Studios and Republic Picture Studios

Originally built as Mack Sennett's second studio, Sennett built two sound stages in 1927-28. Unfortunately, due to bad investments (primarily the Hollywoodland Real Estate development) and the 1929 stock market collapse, Sennett filed for bankruptcy and closed the studio.

Nat Levine's Mascot Studios picked up a lease at a bargain rate.

In 1936 Herbert Yates Consolidated Film Industries absorbed several companies including Mascot, Trem Carr's Monogram Pictures, and, and several other small production companies to form Republic Pictures. Republic became a major studio specializing in low budget "B" movies until the mid 1950s.

Mascot and Republic were the studios that made stars out of John Wayne, Gene Autrey, and Roy Rogers.

In the mid 50s Republic went out of business and the lot was sold to CBS, It was leased for a while by MTM (Mary Tyler Moore) and Fox, eventually becoming CBS Studio Center rental studio. KCBS and KCAL television Stations move from Hollywood to a new media building on the lot.