California: A History  by: Kevin Starr Ch. 11: An Imagined Place

2.  Film, television and
radio all developed fast
and furiously in
Southern California in
the early 1900’s.
 Wine, women and song
along with wealth,
glamour and fame
drew dreamers to
these California
promises.
 Hollywood movers and
shakers of the movies
created the modern
movie industry.

3.  California produced art
and culture that stood
apart
 Cecil B. DeMille:
(filmmaker)
 John Steinbeck (writer)
 Ansel Adams
(photographer)
 Frank Lloyd Wright
(architect)
 All painted California
as a cultural epicenter
in the world