1. HollywoodBy: Hamim Wasim TakWhat is Hollywood?Hollywood was a small community in 1870 andwas incorporated as a municipality in 1903. Itofficially merged with the city of Los Angeles in1910, and soon thereafter a prominent filmindustry began to emerge, eventually becomingthe most dominant and recognized in theworld.Hollywood's top rated work:

2. Hollywood's best directors:1. Alfred Hitchcock 3. 2. Charlie Chaplin 4. 3. Orson Welles 5. 4. Stanley Kubrick 6. More about Hollywood:In 1853, one adobe hut stood in Nopalera(Nopal field), named for the Mexican Nopalcactus indigenous to the area. By 1870, anagricultural community flourished. The areawas known as the Cahuenga Valley, after thepass in the Santa Monica Mountainsimmediately to the north.The name "Hollywood" was coined by H. J.Whitley, the "Father of Hollywood".[5] Whitley 7. arranged to buy the 500-acre (2.0 km2) E.C.Hurd ranch and disclosed to him his plans forthe land. They agreed on a price and Hurdagreed to sell at a later date. Before Whitleygot off the ground with Hollywood, plans forthe new town had spread to General HarrisonGray Otis, Hurd's wife, eastern adjacent ranchco-owner Daeida Wilcox, and others.Daeida Wilcox may have learned of the nameHollywood from Ivar Weid, her neighbor inHolly Canyon (now Lake Hollywood) and aprominent investor and friend of Whitley's.Sherecommended the same name to her husband,Harvey. H. Wilcox. On February 1, 1887, Wilcoxfiled a deed and map of property he sold withthe Los Angeles County Recorder's office,named "Hollywood, California." Wilcox wantedto be the first to record it on a deed. The earlyreal-estate boom busted that same year, yet 8. Hollywood began its slow growth.By 1900, the region had a post office,newspaper, hotel, and two markets. LosAngeles, with a population of 102,479 lay 10miles (16 km) east through the vineyards,barley fields, and citrus groves. A single-trackstreetcar line ran down the middle of ProspectAvenue from it, but service was infrequent andthe trip took two hours. The old citrus fruit-packinghouse was converted into a liverystable, improving transportation for theinhabitants of Hollywood.Daeida Wilcox Beveridge, the "Mother ofHollywood," gave three lots to the painter Paulde Longpr at Cahuenga Boulevard andProspect Avenue (Hollywood Boulevard), forcultural enhancement of the town. His 9. extensive flower gardens and mansion withpublic art gallery became an early touristattraction in Los Angeles.The Hollywood Hotel was opened in 1902 by H.J. Whitley, president of the Los PacificBoulevard and Development Company. Havingfinally acquired the Hurd ranch and subdividedit, Whitley built the hotel to attract land buyers.Flanking the west side of Highland Avenue, thestructure fronted on Prospect Avenue, which,still a dusty, unpaved road, was regularlygraded and graveled. The hotel was to becomeinternationally known and was the center ofthe civic and social life and home of the starsfor many years.Whitley's company developed and sold one ofthe early residential areas, the Ocean View 10. Tract. Whitley did much to promote the area.He paid thousands of dollars for electriclighting, including bringing electricity andbuilding a bank, as well as a road into theCahuenga Pass. The lighting ran for severalblocks down Prospect Avenue. Whitley's landwas centered on Highland Avenue.HollywoodBYHamim Wasim Tak AS-F MediaStudiesInformation Sources:1. Google.com.pk2. Wikipedia.org