THE NELSON STUDIOS IN LUCERNE VALLEY
Continuing along a road filled with forgotten memories, we came upon an old abandoned movie studio and had to stop!! With the exception of a few dilapidated structures in the distance, this water tower and the studio gates seemed to be the only surviving remnants. From what I could discover, if you were to travel back to the 1920’s you would have come upon an entirely different scene – a scene bustling with all of the activities one would associate with the making of a silent film!
Can you imagine the electricity as the actors passed through these gates to shoot their scenes? Imagine…
That’s what a scene such as this one causes me to do…imagine!
I thought it to be quite interesting to discover a rather new chain locking the entrance to the studio grounds – especially when you could easily walk around the deteriorating gates to enter.
As time goes by, history is oftentimes left in its wake.
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I love the composition of the first photo! (my grandfather used the desert as a subject for painting to all the time, hence my attraction to this theme) I think I would like to see it in B&W, or the color version without the Photoshop effects.
This is another place I never knew existed. How fun that you were able to go see it! ~ Lynda
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Nice photos !
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Thanks, Emad!
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Two nice shots you got here, Steve. And telling good stories 🙂
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i live in lucerne and remember when it was still active making plaster statues
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I worked there for 20 years and know all the history
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I worked there for 20 years and know all the history
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I used to live there back in 1976. This place wasn’t a “movie studio”. Bob Nelson made Roman plaster statues… The road that led to his place was filled with different Roman statues….
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