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The world map according to Hollywood (peteratwoodprojects.wordpress.com)
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A pair of maps that showed the locations in California where early Hollywood movies could simulate different parts of the world.

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[–] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 weeks ago

It’s important to remember that these would have been for black and white movies. No, the LA coast isn’t nearly dreary enough to stand in for Wales, but an underexposed monochrome shot could easily look sufficiently gloomy.

Wales out here catching strays