[gumby]

This is how the film industry moved to California from New York. Back then it was far enough away not to worry about Edison patent lawsuits. By the time the rail improved and the patents expired, Hollywood (they tried Fremond and Tanforan first) was entrenched.

There's really nothing like working in the Valley but not everyone likes it and if there's a solid alternative I suspect that Vancouver and Toronto will continue to prosper no matter what the US policies end up being.

[lotsofpulp]

> This is how the film industry moved to California from New York.

I would think the great weather for filming and access to many kinds of terrain would is benefit New York can’t offer.

[gumby]

I believe weather is why the industry moved south to the then minor city of Los Angeles, but many early films were filmed on stage sets anyway. Plus NYC had financing, actors, culture, etc unlike the boondocks of California

There’s a lot of historical analysis of this.

[omarhaneef]

I wonder if the subject matter changes to match the weather. It goes from Film Noir, dark rainy detective scenes to Westerns with expansive outdoor scenes.

[tssva]

Film Noir's heyday was the 1940s and 50s. Almost all film production had moved to Hollywood by the early 1930s with most having moved well before then. Some of the classics of American Film Noir are actually set in LA.

Even before the move to Hollywood the center of the US film industry wasn't New York, but just across the river in Fort Lee, NJ.

[xsmasher]

I just learned about the Niles Film Museum a few weeks ago; I think it was on the bay area podcast?

http://nilesfilmmuseum.org

Edit: "Bay Curious" podcast https://www.npr.org/podcasts/500557090/bay-curious