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Why is Hollywood called the movie city?

Hollywood in Los Angeles, California, USA is the center of film art. At the beginning, it was a picturesque village in the northwest of Los Angeles, with its back on a grassy hillside and facing Pingchuan and Bi Ye. It was evergreen all year round, humid and sunny, which made it possible to shoot exterior scenes. About 1905, Mrs. Henderson, the rich wife of a millionaire in Chicago, came here. She was intoxicated by the beautiful scenery here and associated with a country villa called "Hollywood", so she pointed to the mountain village in front of her and happily called it "Hollywood", hence the name Hollywood.

1909, Al Christie, one of the pioneers of American movies, came to Hollywood to set up his first studio. 19 10 years, he filmed the first silent short film "In Old California" here. Subsequently, the American film great Wang Dewa Griffith went to Hollywood and filmed the birth of a country and the withered flowers. From 65438 to 0920, American film producer Metlow godwin Meyer established a huge production company in Hollywood, and all kinds of stars gathered, so American films were imported into the world film market in large quantities. Since 1930s, Hollywood has become the center of world film production.