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The Nestor Motion Picture Company or Nestor Film Company was a motion picture studio/production company located in Bayonne, New Jersey, and Hollywood, California, which was owned and operated by David Horsley and his brother, William Horsley. On October 27, 1911,〔"Bronze Memorial Will Mark First Hollywood Studio Site." ''Los Angeles Times''. Sep. 25, 1940. p. A 1.〕 Nestor opened the first movie studio actually located in the Hollywood area of Los Angeles. It was at the Blondeau Tavern building on the northwest corner of Sunset Boulevard and Gower Street. The first motion picture stage in Hollywood was built behind the tavern. Other East Coast studios had moved production to Los Angeles, prior to Nestor's move west. The California weather allowed for year-round filming and the ambitious studio operated three principal divisions under its Canadian-born general manager, Al Christie. The Horsley brothers remained in New Jersey, where their laboratory and offices handled the Hollywood studio's film processing and distribution. Al Christie moved permanently from the East, where he had been working with the Horsleys creating the extremely popular silent-era ''Mutt and Jeff'' comedy shorts, to Southern California. One division at the Hollywood location, under director Milton H. Fahrney, made a one-reel western picture every week while the second division, under director Tom Ricketts, turned out a one-reel drama every week. In addition to running the operation, Christie oversaw a weekly production of a one-reel ''Mutt and Jeff'' episode. Other filmmakers began opening studios in the Hollywood area. The Horsleys operated the Nestor Studios at the Sunset and Gower location until May 20, 1912, when the Universal Film Company was formed,〔 headed by Carl Laemmle. Nestor, along with several other motion picture companies, including Laemmle's Independent Moving Pictures (IMP), was merged with Universal. Various motion picture interests owned and operated studios on the site from 1912 until 1935, when the property was purchased by the Columbia Broadcasting System,〔 which immediately demolished the Nestor stages and buildings and began construction of its new West Coast radio and pioneering television〔"Telecasting To Start In Hollywood Within Year." ''Los Angeles Times''. Aug 23, 1937. p. A 13.〕 headquarters on the corner. The new building, completed at a cost of $2,000,000, was opened with major fanfare on April 30, 1938, with motion picture people from the silent and sound eras on hand for the dedication ceremonies.〔"Columbia Broadcasting System Opens New Hollywood Headquarters Today." ''Los Angeles Times''. Apr. 30, 1938. p. 8.〕 == San Fernando Valley Movie Making 1912 to 1915 == * San Fernando Valley * History of the San Fernando Valley to 1915 * Rancho Providencia First Movie Town 1912 * Providencia Ranch Pine Crest - Universal/Bison 101 Movies * Nestor Studios valley ranch * Universal City the two valley ranch locations 〔Daily Advocate, October 2, 1914 Page 6〕 * Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills) Movie location # "San Fernando Valley" By Marc Wanamaker (2011) Page 97, 103, and 106 # "Oak Crest, a film city by itself" The New York Dramatic Mirror - January 15, 1913 page 49. # "Universal City Visit" Rotarian February 1914 # "Early Universal City"; by Robert S. Birchard # "A Motion Picture City... " Daily Advocate, October 2, 1914 Page 6 #"Scrap it" the Old Universal - 1915 Universal Tour Brochure # The Cowboys, Indians and zoo 1914 first assets to be moved to the new Universal City. (Picture World ) #"The Theatre of Science; a volume of progress and achievement in the motion picture industry" by Robert Grau : Page 287 - 1914 Broadway Pub. Co. New York # ''The Life & Adventures of Karl Laemmle''; by John Drinkwater (Karl Laemmle views Nestor ranch and names the area Universal City)) Universal History 1912 to 1915 - "Frickr Universal Image collection" by Dennis Dickens 〔http://www.flickr.com/photos/universalstonecutter/collections/72157627237874198/〕 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「Nestor Studios」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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