Then and Now
My Visits to Laurel and Hardy Movie Locations

Hal Roach Studio  1920's                                                                          March, 2006 Hal Roach Studio Here I am where the Hal Roach Studio produced some of the best short subjects of the 1920’s and 30’s, including the Laurel and Hardy,  Harold Lloyd and Our Gang comedies. The studio was located at 8822 Washington Blvd in Culver City, near railroad tracks at National Blvd. It was demolished in 1963. I found this marker on the southwest corner of National and Washington Boulevards. The Hal Roach studio was called the “Laugh Factory to the World”. In the 1940’s it was called “Fort Roach” because armed  service people such as Ronald Reagan were stationed there making training films.

County Hospital 1932                                                                            March, 2006 County Hospital 1932-2006 The exterior front of the building remains somwwhat like it looked in the 1932 short "County Hospital". It is located at 9770 Culver Blvd in Culver City.