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Sam/mid-twenties/female. One Part Old Hollywood / One Part New(er) Hollywood. 80% male actor appreciation blog.
Cary Grant, Jack Nicholson, Clint Eastwood, Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Joaquin Phoenix, Johnny Depp, Michael C. Hall are my bitches.
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Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
THE HOLLYWOOD SIGN
The famous landmark Hollywood sign was erected high up in the Hollywood Hills in 1923 at a cost of $21,000. When originally built, the sign spelled out ‘Hollywoodland’ in letters thirty feet wide and fifty feet high, and was studded with thousands of light bulbs. A man living in a small hut behind the sign was employed full-time to change the light bulbs when necessary. The last four letters of the sign fell away in a mudslide during World War II and were never replaced.
The Hollywood sign has been the site of frequent suicide attempts; the first to jump to her death from the sign was failed startlet Peg Entwhistle, who took her last leap in 1932.
The dilapidated sign was declared a historic landmark in 1973 and was completely replaced in 1978 at a cost of $27,000 per letter.
I really like the sound of ‘Hollywoodland’. I don’t think I knew that ‘land’ fell away in a mud-slide, though (or I may...