10 facts about Hollywood

1. Hollywood Sign was established in 1923, but not as a symbol of world's factory of dreams. It was just an advertisement of new residential neighborhoods of Los Angeles, and the inscription was longer: HOLLYWOODLAND. It was assumed that the sign will stand for one and a half years, however, thanks to the rapid development of the film industry in Hollywood, he decided to leave.

2. British actress Peg Entwistle, not having achieved recognition in Hollywood, committed suicide by jumping from the letter «H» Hollywood Sign.

3. During World War II, Oscar statuettes were made of plaster.

4. In time, the letters on the sign Hollywood began to fall away. To restore it, in 1978, the founder of the magazine "Playboy" Hugh Hefner organized the auction of letters. The auction was held for three months. American rock musician Alice Cooper sponsored the restoration of the letter «O», Gene Autry and Paul Williams sponsored the restoration of the letter «L» and «W».

5. The first star, laid on the "Walk of Fame" on Feb. 9, 1960, belongs to Joanne Woodward.

6. «Star" awarded for his contribution to the film industry (the emblem of cameras), sound recordings (the emblem of the phonograph), the development of the theater (theater masks emblem), television (the emblem of the TV) and radio (radio microphone emblem). A total of "Walk of Fame" star around 2600, and for all time of its existence has been stolen only 4 stars (Kirk Douglas, James Stewart, Gene Autry and Gregory Peck). These stars are awarded not only to people, but also cartoon characters such as Mickey Mouse, and buildings, and companies, and heroes, and many others. There are also empty stars.

7. Gene Autry is the only artists who have all five emblems on the star.

8. In November 2001, in the heart of Hollywood Theatre opened "Kodak» (Kodak Theatre), can accommodate more than 3,000 spectators. This theater was the first permanent place of delivery of "Oscar" - Award of the American Film Academy.

9. In Hollywood movies shown everywhere: on the stands and on posters, and on the big screen and even in cemeteries. There is a "star" cemetery Hollywood Forever Cemetery, which have found their last resting place of such famous figures as the film Mel Blanc, Cecil B. DeMille, Bugsy Siegel, and others. Since 2002, the Summer Film Forum «Cinespia» where new movies are shown. They are projected onto the walls of the mausoleum Hollywood legend - Rudolph Valentino.

10. The term "Hollywood smile" was coined by a French dentist Charles Pincus during the thirties of the last century. To Hollywood actors could boast flat screen string white teeth, Pincus invented the technology, dubbed Hollywood Laminates - ceramic plates fixed on the actor's teeth with a special adhesive powder used for fixing dentures. Due to its clientele, Pincus got the nickname "star dentist" - among his patients were Judy Garland, Shirley Temple, Elizabeth Taylor, Barbara Stanwyck, Fred Astaire and many others.

A selection was Artem Weinstein

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