Hollywood Tour -Hollywood Walk of Fame

On arrival as Los Angeles and having stay for two three days on the last part of our USA tour it was obvious for us to visit Hollywood, a craze in the the minds of millions to visit and see.  As such we planned Hollywood trip.

We went there by our own car and had self driven tour of the hollywood hill station the most famous point to take photographs of hollywood hills and the big hilly residential areas where many stars of film industy live peacefully. We had a great memorable photo shots and we enjoyed the hilly pictorious surrounding around us, the lush green hills around with a very big white color mark of Hollywood on the top of one of the top hills in the area. 

Hollywood is a neighborhood in Central Los Angeles, California, and the historic heart of the American film industry.Its name has become synonymous with the American film industry and the people associated with it. Many notable film studios such as Universal Pictures, Skydance Motion Picture Group, Walt Disney Studios and Sony Pictures are located in or near Hollywood.

On the way to hollywood we could see number of studios and various arts, drama and dacning schools, thus preparing for the staff for the hollywood.

In the early 1900s, most motion picture cameras and equipment patents were held by Thomas Edison's Motion Picture Patents Company in New Jersey, which often sued filmmakers to stop their productions. To escape this, filmmakers began moving to Los Angeles, where attempts to enforce Edison's patents were easier to evade. Also, the weather was ideal for filmmaking and there was quick access to various settings. Los Angeles became the capital of the film industry in the United States. The mountains, plains and low land prices made Hollywood a good place to establish film studios

Being  the evening time we had a grand picture of sunset from hollywood. After roaming around the spot for photo shoot,we moved forward to the residential area of Hollywood.  We had been travelling around in the narrow lanes with great, beautiful, bungalows owned by film industry people on the both sides.  Every plot or residence was full green with number of big trees, ,and specially made cover in front of the estate or bungalow by a big green bushes or spirally winding going upward shrubs , like a big gate or canvass or screen of green leaves, which does not allow any glimpses inside that property from outside. 

The Hollywood Walk of Fame is a historic public sidewalk landmark in Los Angeles, California  , featuring more than 2,800 embedded terrazzo and brass stars that honor achievements in the entertainment industry. It is open for public visit twenty four hours seven days a week. It is also free. The idea was conceived in 1953 and it is managed by Hollywood Chamber of Commerce.  Stars from various categories of us film industry like - music and dance, motion picture, television,radio, live performers of great reputation are on the street here. Cost & Selection: Roughly 30 honorees are selected each year from hundreds of applicants. Selected recipients (or their sponsors) pay a fee of $50,000 for star creation, installation, and maintenance.

Then we had a big walk on the hollyhwood walk of fame street. It is very famous areas for visitors to walk on the footpath of the roads, where you would find hundreds of notable personalities from film industry of USA on the name plate ficed to the tile on the road in pink color.  We could locate of President of USA too there, but few people have damaged it now with some anger in mind for him.

 I could see Louis Joudan- a french film and  television actor who came to usa in 1946.Louis Jourdan was a French film and television actor. He was known for his suave roles in several Hollywood films, including Alfred Hitchcock's The Paradine Case, Letter from an Unknown Woman, Gigi, The Best of Everything, The V.I.P.s and Octopussy.  Along with him hundreds of others were on the street. 

Then we had a round of beautiful market located on the both sides of the walk of the fame street.  There are numerous big shops selling variety of items  like  goggles, hats, dresses, ladies fashion jewellary, toys, books, and many more. The special attraction was golden beautiful tropies of Hollywood on sale. I could locate it for different persons like for best father, mother, brother, sister, son, etc.  It was a grant idea to have one .  As my sons birthday was nearing, i bought a very beautiful hollywood trophy named My Best Son as a special gift to him as parent.  I kept it a secret till the time of actual celebration on that one particular night in Los Angeles. 

Then we has a short stop at Beverly Hills,in the city of Los Angeles county,California.In American pupular culture,Beverly Hills has been known as an affluent suburb within Greater Los Angeles, which corresponds to higher property values and taxes in the area.. The city is well known for its Rodeo drive  shopping district that includes many desugber  brands. Throughout its history, the city has been home to many celebrities. It is noted for numerous hotels and resorts, including the Beverly Hilton

and the Beverly Hills Hotels  . The city has been featured in many movies,television series, music and media  in the United States and internationally.