Filmmakers take note: This 1927 map shows how the California landscape can stand in for anywhere from the Sahara Desert to the South Sea Islands. Cinema Blend found a copy of the map printed in “The American film industry: a reader,” which takes the unromantic view that the movie industry is a big, expensive manufacturer. (Read it here).
Filming the world in CA: 1927 Paramount Map
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