6050 Sunset Blvd. (Los Angeles, California)

USA / California / West Hollywood / Los Angeles, California / Sunset Boulevard, 6050
 place with historical importance, interesting place, film/video production studio/facility, historical layer / disappeared object

This small "Poverty Row" lot was the home of many small studios. Built by William Horsley, Hollywood pioneer, as his first business not partnered with brother David. Built in 1919 along with the film lab next door, the studio in Horsley's name didn't last a year, while the lab continued operation for many years..

Other owners included:
C.W. Patton (1924-26)
Burston Pictures, Inc. (1920-21)
Chester (1920-40)
Supreme
Schlenk (1920)
Wondergraph Productions (1920-21)
Cinema Art Co
Amalgamated Studios
Jerry Fairbanks (1945-filmed shorts for Paramount) was a long tenant and multiple Academy Award winner.
Al St. John Comedies (comedian Al St. John, with Jack Warner of Warner Bros as president of company).

Was absorbed into Columbia Pictures and eventually taken over by Pick-Vanoff Studios and acquired by Sunset-Gower.
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Coordinates:   34°5'51"N   118°19'17"W
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