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The Kaufman Astoria Studios is a historic movie studio located in the Astoria section of the New York City borough of Queens. It is home to New York City's only backlot, which opened in December 2013.〔http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20131203/REAL_ESTATE/131209982〕 ==History== The studio was originally built by Famous Players-Lasky in 1920 to provide the company with a facility close to the Broadway theater district. Many features and short subjects were filmed here between 1920 and 1933. The first two Marx Brothers films were shot here, ''The Cocoanuts'' (1929) and ''Animal Crackers'' (1930), before the team moved to Los Angeles. The first Sherlock Holmes sound film, ''The Return of Sherlock Holmes'' (also 1929), was made at the studio by the British producer Basil Dean. It was also known as Astoria Studio and Paramount Studio. After Paramount Pictures moved all studio operations to California in 1932, the Astoria location was turned over to independent producers whose films were released through Paramount〔 ''See also:'' 〕 or other Hollywood film companies. All the films starring Tango icon Carlos Gardel made in the United States were shot at the Kaufman Astoria. In 1942, the United States Army Signal Corps Army Pictorial Service took over the studio for the making of Army training and indoctrination films until 1971, including ''The Big Picture'' that was shown on American television as a network television series. The property was designated a national historic district and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. The district encompasses six contributing buildings.〔 In 1982, the property was taken over by real estate developer George S. Kaufman and renamed Kaufman Astoria Studios.〔(ASTORIA STUDIO REVIVES FILM ERA IN NEW YORK )〕 Motion pictures filmed there include the musicals ''Hair'' and ''The Wiz'', and the films ''Goodfellas'' and ''Carlito's Way''. In 1984, The Jacksons' music video "Torture" was filmed there as well. Many sequences, especially the 'visitation' sequence in 2002 TV mini series, ''Angels in America'' were also shot here. A 2009 remake, ''The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3'', also used the studios. In 2011, the remake of ''Arthur'' filmed a few scenes there. Television shows filmed at the studio include ''Sesame Street'', ''Onion News Network'', ''Johnny and the Sprites'', ''Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego'', and its successor ''Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego?'', Some episodes of ''Judge Judy'', ''Power of 10'', ''The Cosby Show'', ''Swans Crossing'', ''Law & Order'', ''Million Dollar Password'', ''Video Power'', ''Spin City'', and Mariah Carey's ''MTV Unplugged''. WFAN, a local sports radio station owned by CBS, was formerly based at the studio before moving to lower Manhattan in the fall of 2009. The walls of the studio are lined with signed images of the performers who have worked in the studios, including Milton Berle, Frank Sinatra, Ginger Rogers, George Burns, Lena Horne, Ethel Merman, Bill Cosby, Paul Robeson, Lillian Gish, Claudette Colbert, Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald, Diana Ross, and Jerry Orbach. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kaufman Astoria Studios」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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