Charlie Chaplin Studios
An article in the Los Angeles Evening Citizen News on Dec. 7, 1917, titled “Chaplin Studio Progressing,” reported that permits had been issued to the Milwaukee Building Co. for a scene dock and property room, a steel and glass studio and laboratory building for an estimated total of $23,000 (about 25% of the total studio cost). In late January, 1918, Chaplin was giving tours of his new studio. The final Chaplin film, Limelight, was shot on the lot in 1952. In 1953, Chaplin sold the studio to the New York firm Webb & Knapp which leased it to a Chicago television production company. Subsequent owners included Red Skelton (1958-1962), CBS (1962-1966) and A&M Records (1966-1999). Jim Henson Studios bought the property from CBS and moved in after some remodeling in 2000. The studios were designated a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument in 1969.
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County
Photographer: John Bare
