“ A TOUR OF THE THOMAS H. INCE STUDIO “ 1924 SILENT ERA HOLLYWOOD STUDIO TOUR CULVER CITY XD52554

Join this channel to get access to perks: Want to learn more about Periscope Film and get access to exclusive swag? Join us on Patreon. Visit Visit our website This silent film from 1924 (or 1922 -- sources vary), “A Tour of the Thomas H. Ince Studio“ gives an insight into an average day at the famed Culver City movie studio during Hollywood’s silent era. It shows all the essential elements in film production including artists, set designers, costume production, film editing, filming, and of course the different actors. Famous actors such as Lloyd Hughes, Louise Glaum, Douglas MacLean, Enid Bennett and Hobart Bosworth are shown (full cast list at :31). It also heavily features Ince himself as he inspects the set but also some private shots of him together with his family. The film was directed by Hunt Stromberg and features . This print was released by Blackhawk Films. The Thomas Ince Studio remains to this day in Culver City, but is now known as the Culver Studio. Over the years the property was owned by many different parties and had many different names, including De Mille Studios, Pathé Studios, RKO-Pathé Studios, Selznick International Pictures, Desilu-Culver Studios, Culver City Studios and Laird International Studios.) Visit the Culver City Historical Society for more information: 0:10 Main title, 0:40 text introduction on Ince, 3:33 overview of the large studio complex, 4:16 lots of technicians preparing a set for filming followed by artisans doing the set design, 5:11 Ince directing the camera team while they are filming a romantic scene, 5:52 musicians playing in the background while a scene is being filmed, 6:50 carpenter plant with many carpenters cutting out set pieces, 7:16 set designers drawing blueprints for a set and comparing it with a model of the sketch, 8:14 Ince doing his morning exercises, 8:56 Ince with his son and wife, 9:10 Ince in a pool at his home, 9:40 Ince and his wife and kids, 9:59 Ince & production staff, 11:20 Lloyd Hughes and his brother throw a baseball to each other, 12:14 Hughes’ parents get into a car, 12:36 Enid Bennet waking up in her massive house, 12:58 Louise Glaum riding on a horse with her producer, 13:31 Douglas MacLean has breakfast while reading a newspaper, realizes the time, and runs for his car, 14:31 MacLean is chased by a cop on a motorcycle and is pulled over, 15:49 shot of the vehicle used to film the car chase scene, 16:10 Hobart Bosworth setting up to pain in a forest, 16:44 MacLean picking up his mail and opening it to find Japanese men’s clothes, 17:50 camera views of a Western town set compared to the actual view, 18:10 wardrobe room with a woman trying on a dress, 18:48 women present the latest costumes for the next drama, 19:36 an artist making a mold from a person for a dummy, 20:09 an artist painting for a set, 20:31 a large portable generator so that sets can be lit, 21:02 fleet of cars takes actors and crew to a location, 21:15 a kissing scene being filmed, 21:32 scene being filmed in front of a hosue, 21:48 actors have lunch together, 22:33 the studio fire department rolling out, and putting out a fire on set, 23:37 a group of people swimming in the studio pool, 24:40 a woman getting into a pool, 25:08 Margaret Livingston drives home on a bike, 25:49 employees in the film laboratory developing, inspecting, coloring, and drying film, 27:00 women inspecting and rolling film onto reels, 27:46 Film Editor Ralph Dixon inspects film for coherence, 28:11 the art department working on different backgrounds for sets, 28:36 man developing set photographs in a dark room, 29:32 Ince walking down a hallway, 29:45 Ince speaking to one of the directors as he is inspecting one of the previously shot scenes, 30:33 title “The End” Studio head Thomas H. Ince was dubbed the “Father of the Western” and was responsible for making over 800 films. He pioneered filmmaking through the creation of the first dedicated Hollywood studio facility and introducing the “assembly line system“ of filmmaking. He eventually entered into a partnership with D. W. Griffith and Mack Sennett to form the Triangle Motion Picture Company, whose studios are the present-day site of Sony Pictures. Ince famously died aoard William Randolph Hearst’s yacht in 1924 at age 44, at the height of his success and right around the time this film was made. This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit