In the hills above Los Angeles, which is in the west of America, you can see an image that is familiar to millions:‘HOLLYWOOD’. It is a famous symbol of the world’s movie. However, Hollywood wasn’t always so well known. In 1853, it was a mud field. 20 years later, the area was a farm. Until 1900s, the film industry(产业)arrived and changed Hollywood forever. In early days, most movies were made in New Jersey on the US east coast. However, bad weather and limited sunlight made making movies there difficult. In 1910, director(导演)D.W. Griffith arrived in Los Angeles to make the short movie In Old California. He loved filming there. Cecil B. DeMille, one of the greatest directors, filmed The Squaw Man in Hollywood in 1914. It was a huge success, and that’s why the film industry never left California again. Hollywood has since grown a lot, adding famous movie studios and becoming the center of the world movie. A film editing company called Hollywood Digital Laboratory also set up at that time. When it first opened in 1911, it was called Hollywood Film Laboratory. As Hollywood’s oldest film company, the small building is landmark of Hollywood showing how the town began years ago and how far it has come since then.
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