Whirlwind is over!

On Thursday, we toured Paramount Studios. They didn’t have all the bells and whistles that Warner Brothers had, but we enjoyed the tour more. They have a water tower, too, as seen here from the New York City backlot.
















This is the tank where Cecil B DeMille parted the Red Sea in the Ten Commandments. They were setting it up with fake snow for a winter scene.













This is the original gate to Paramount. It used to face a city street, but the studio grounds expanded around it. Lots of movie stars passed through these gates back in the day. They touched the gate for luck (and the guide allowed us to). The fountain was designed to spew water in the shape of the mountain peak in the Paramount logo.















This is where they filmed the scene in Seinfeld when he stole a loaf of bread and threw it up to George in a window.













Here we have a 2fer. On the left is where they filmed the scene in Ghost where Patrick Swayze died. On the right, is the soda shop where Indy and his son started the fight to get away from bad guys in the new Indiana Jones movie.














Here is Paramount’s working theater. This is where James Cameron and Leo watched the dailies of Titanic.














Last but not least, we went to Hollywood’s first studio, now a museum.














This photo of the Hollywood Hills before development was in it. Sorry about the glare.














Then we left town to rush to Coronado for the beginning of the wedding events.
That night we went to a local pub for some pre-wedding celebrating. This is Bryan, Doug, Megan, and John (the happy couple).