tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3605268079782107889.post7892341128844383315..comments2023-11-05T04:47:22.058-08:00Comments on The LA Rambler: Touring MGM now Sony StudiosElise Crane Derbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01894346208719714549noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3605268079782107889.post-33755635682673434402012-06-14T06:58:24.084-07:002012-06-14T06:58:24.084-07:00Visited the old MGM lot...well looked on in thru t...Visited the old MGM lot...well looked on in thru the gates in 1988 - shocked to find out that MGM had moved out to across Madison Ave & Lorimar was now the land lord, but the good ol' studio was still intact if faded glory. In many ways I think Sony has degraded the lot, things like converting stages 3,4 & 5,6 (famous theater stage config) to offices. bulldozing stages 18, 19, 20 &Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3605268079782107889.post-36917201999473693382012-04-09T13:51:23.159-07:002012-04-09T13:51:23.159-07:00I spent a lot of time on that lot growing up. My ...I spent a lot of time on that lot growing up. My Aunt (and various other family memebrs) work for Lorimar Television which was housed there MGM.Adriennehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17632457245324216299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3605268079782107889.post-64425509272097272042012-04-09T10:12:51.388-07:002012-04-09T10:12:51.388-07:00It really is a special place. I feel the same way ...It really is a special place. I feel the same way about all the old studios.Elise Crane Derbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01894346208719714549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3605268079782107889.post-26370053006596104482012-04-09T09:12:35.555-07:002012-04-09T09:12:35.555-07:00I worked on the lot for a while (when Imageworks w...I worked on the lot for a while (when Imageworks was still small) and when my mom came to visit she had tears in her eyes when we went to the stage where they shot all the Esther Williams movies. Esther is my mom's favorite movie star. It made me so happy to be able to take her there.Juliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01807464305827876188noreply@blogger.com