Intriguing reference to Sunset Blvd landmark (AtD)

[Michael Bailey]

Lew’s visit to Merle and Roswell, looking at a time-advanced photo:

“What they saw was Jardine, snappily turned out in something shiny and
tight, climbing into a Model T and driving east along a recognizable Sunset
Boulevard, beneath massive fluted columns with elephants rampant on top and
various other gigantic and indeed hallucinatory sets from the movie
Intolerance….”

- apparently DW Griffith left part of the set standing after finishing the
movie —
- there are pics


https://martinturnbull.com/2018/01/19/the-gates-of-babylon-set-from-d-w-griffiths-intolerance-at-sunset-and-hollywood-boulevards-los-feliz-1916-2/


“My thanks to the good folks at Esotouric for uncovering this little gem: a
rare 1916 view of the Gates of Babylon set from D.W. Griffith’s
“Intolerance” – one of the great epics of silent-era cinema. The enormous
set was built where Sunset Boulevard and Hollywood Boulevard meet in Los
Feliz. Once filming was done, they just left the set standing where they
built it until it was finally torn down in 1919. In 1923, the Vista Theatre
was built on that spot where it remains to this day. (Check out Esotouric’s
weird and wonderful historic tours of LA at https://esotouric.com/) “