2. Table of contents:
• The facts
• The beginning
• Landscape
• Sightseeing
• Academy Award/ Awards
• Movie Productions Companies
• Celebrities
3. The facts:
• Hollywood is a district of Los Angeles in the
US state of California
• Hollywood is located in the north of Los
Angeles
• Hollywood was founded in 1903 by Harvey
Henderson Wilcox
• Hollywood has 153.627 inhabitants
4. Why is Hollywood actually
called Hollywood?
• In 1887, the wife of Harvey
Henderson Wilcox liked the name of
a property in the known area so
much, that she wanted her husband
to call his property Hollywood
5. The beginning:
• It starts in New York
• They brought together almost all the
film industries
• Then they dominated the film market
• Carl Laemmle, Adolph Zukor, Marcus
Loew and William Fox went
independent
• In 1910, they went to Hollywood and
made films
6. Landscape:
• Hollywood lies below the mountain
range that surrounds Los Angeles
• The landscape is very hilly there
• The mountain range is called Hollywood
Hills
• You have a fantastic view from up there
• The beaches Santa Monica and Malibu
are not far away
8. Hollywood sign:
• It is the landmark of
Hollywood
• It was built in 1923
• In 1949 the last four letters
were lost
• In 1978 they were restored
by Playboy Chef Hugh
Hefner
9. The Hollywood Walk of Fame:
• The Hollywood Walk of Fame is a
sidewalk along the Hollywood Boulevard
and the Vine Street
• The Hollywood Walk of Fame was built in
1958 as a tribute
10. The stars on the
Hollywood Walk of Fame:
• You can be awarded in different
catigories
17. My Sources:
• Dierecke Weltatlas (P.190-191) Westermann
• Wikipedia https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood ( updated 25.02.24) (recalled on
15.02.24)
• Planet wissen https://www.planet-
wissen.de/kultur/metropolen/los_angeles_stadt_der_engel/pwiehollywoodmythosundreal
taet100.html (recalled on 15.02.24) Eva Mommsen
• Filmboard Karlsruhe https://www.filminkarlsruhe.de/2022/09/29/wie-entstand-
eigentlich-hollywood/ ( updated 29. 09.2022) , ( recalled on 15.02.24) Dr. Oliver Langewitz
• Wikipedia https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood_Sign (updated 25.02.24), (recalled on
• Wikipedia https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood_Walk_of_Fame (updated 25.02.24),
16.02.24)
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18. • Hollywood Walk of Fame https://walkoffame.com/history/ (updated 25.02.24) (recalled on
18.02.24)
• Wikipedia https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood_Boulevard (updated 25.02.24), (recalled on 16.02.24)
• Wikipedia https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar (updated 25.02.24), (recalled on 18.02.24)
• Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Siences https://www.oscars.org/oscars (recalled on 19.02.24)
• Tony Awards https://www.tonyawards.com/history/our-history/ (recalled on 19.02.24)
• Television Academy https://www.emmys.com/academy/about/history (updated 11.17.20), (recalled on
19.02.24)
• Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_film_studios (updated 25.02.24), (recalled on 19.02.24)
• My pictures are from: https://unsplash.com/de?utm_source=unsplash&utm_campaign=unsplash-
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