
Source: flickr.com
From 1927: a map detailing all the places that could geographically pass for more exotic places in a movie.
What is there that looks like the Nile in Southern Monterey County?
The whole thing seems like a penny-pinching execs response to a director who wanted to shoot on location.
George Melford: “I need to go to the Sahara to film the new Valentino pic.”
Adolph Zukor: “Balderdash! You can shoot it in Oxnard. No one will ever know the difference!”
Apparently Orange County used to look like Holland and Italy? Interesting.
I like how the California labels are very specific, but the entire state of Nevada is just “Sudan”.
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