RKO Forty Acres was a film studio backlot in the United States, owned by RKO Pictures (and later Desilu Productions), located in Culver City, California. Best known as Forty Acres and "the back forty,"[1] it was also called "Desilu Culver,"[2] the "RKO backlot," and "Pathé 40 Acre Ranch," depending on which studio owned the property at the time. For nearly 50 years it was known for its outdoor full-scale sets, such as Western Street, Atlanta Street, and Main Street and was used in many films (including King Kong (1933) and Gone with the Wind (1939)) and television series (such as Bonanza and Star Trek).[3]
The property was a triangular parcel of 28.5 acres (11.5 ha),[4] a few blocks from RKO-Pathe (later Selznick, Desilu-Culver, now "The Culver Studios")[5] which was situated to the west. It was bounded by Higuera Street to the north, West Jefferson Boulevard, Ballona Creek and Culver City Park to the south, and Lucerne Avenue to the west. In 1976 it was razed for redevelopment. Today it is known as the southern expansion of the Hayden Industrial Tract.[6] A number of the buildings in the industrial park have been converted to television studios. One of the shows produced at the park is Hell's Kitchen.
^"Back 40" is a term used colloquially in America to describe a parcel of land, specifically, forty acres (16.2 ha) or one sixteenth of a section, constituting the smallest unit of agricultural land commonly surveyed ("back 40", "front 40"); "back 40" also refers to an undeveloped plot of land (as on a farm, ranch, etc.) of unspecified size. Further reading: Public Land Survey System
^Asherman, Alan (1989). The Star Trek Compendium. Pocket. ISBN 067168440X. Amazon.com
California. Best known as FortyAcres and "the back forty," it was also called "Desilu Culver," the "RKO backlot," and "Pathé 40 Acre Ranch," depending on...
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and on a segment of street constructed in the corner of the former RKOFortyAcres back lot where the "Stalag 13" sets for TV's Hogan's Heroes were located...
Janet Leigh, Gloria DeHaven and Ann Miller. It was filmed on the RKOFortyAcres backlot. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Sound Recording...
while actually occupying only a few acres of the backlot. At their peak, some backlots covered hundreds of acres around existing studios, and filmmakers...
site was also commonly called "40 Acres" by entertainment industry insiders, although it was never actually 40 acres (16 hectares) in size. Many classics...
are left without any description. Colonial Street Courthouse Square RKOFortyAcres Another map, showing the street during the same era, but with higher...
and the Iverson Movie Ranch. But most of the filming was done on the RKOFortyAcres backlot. (On January 7, 1950, Lesser announced that the next Tarzan...
Night" in early 1984. Daredevils of the Clouds was likely filmed at the RKOFortyAcres backlot, but is not listed in the "known productions". Carlson 2012...
Gower Street in Hollywood and the RKO-Pathé lot (now Culver Studios) in Culver City. This purchase included FortyAcres, the backlot where exteriors for...
with RKO. Directing contracts with John Ford and George Cukor were transferred. Selznick International, which also used the RKO studio and FortyAcres backlot...
Award for Best Animated Short Film List of Academy Award–nominated films RKO Radio was announced as a nominee for Stout Hearts and Willing Hands in Best...
he "offered to donate five acres of land for the park if the County of Los Angeles would purchase two more adjoining acres to complete the initial parcel...
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