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Hollywood Studio Club 102 images Created 3 Oct 2019

One of Hollywood’s first institutions to support the film industry, the Hollywood Studio Club was formed in 1916 in response to the needs of young women coming to Hollywood to find work but having no suitable place to congregate or live. The local YWCA, studios and businessmen donated money to rent a house on Carlos Avenue with space for 20 women. Mrs. Cecil B. DeMille and Mary Pickford were active in the club's operations. The only qualification needed for admittance to the Studio Club was that the applicant had to be seeking a career in the motion picture business. The facility offered classes in various aspects of the performing arts and held social events.

With the facility at capacity in 1923, a widely-publicized fundraising campaign was held to build a new one. By 1925, a final $5,000 donation from silent screen star Norma Talmadge allowed the group to begin construction. The organization hired noted architect Julia Morgan to design the substantial new building in a Mediterranean style, including several recurring signature elements: full-length arched windows, balconies with iron ballustrades, and decorative brackets.

Located on Lodi Place, the residence opened in 1926. Some of its illustrious alumni include Marilyn Monroe, Maureen O’Sullivan, Rita Moreno, Barbara Eden, and Kim Novak. By the mid 1960s, the idea of a chaperoned dormitory became dated and the club was losing money. It survived as a transient hotel for women for a decade, but closed its doors in 1975. Re-opened in 2018, the building serves as a shelter for homeless women. It is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

Over 100 photographs in this gallery show both locations between 1916 and 1954.
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  • 1917 Women at the Hollywood Studio Club  on Carlos Ave.
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  • 1917 Hollywood Studio Club on Carlos Ave.
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  • 1919 Hollywood Studio Club girls
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  • 1918 Hollywood Studio Club committee
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  • 1920 Sunday tea at the Hollywood Studio Club on Carlos Ave.
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  • 1920 Marjorie Williams (center), director of the Hollywood Studio Club, stands with girls at Carlos Ave. clubhouse
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  • Hollywood Studio Club girls
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  • 1922 Supporters standing in front of the Hollywood Studio Club
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  • 1922 Supporters standing in front of the Hollywood Studio Club
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  • 1922 Lois Lee holds the Hollywood Studio Club's banner
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  • 1922 Marion Hunter says good-bye to Patsy Ann Epperson at the Hollywood Studio Club on Carlos Ave.
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  • 1923 Christmas day at the Hollywood Studio Club on Carlos Ave.
    HSC-035.tif
  • 1923 Hollywood Studio Club Girls
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  • 1924 Ladies at the Hollywood Studio Club
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  • 1924 Hollywood Studio Club on Carlos Ave.
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  • 1924 Hollywood Studio Club Girls. Charlotte Merriam is in the cowgirl outfit.
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  • 1924 Girls at the Hollywood Studio Club
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  • 1924 Charlotte Merriam chats with Harvey E. Gausman about movie roles at the Hollywood Studio Club.
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  • 1923 Sunday tea on the porch of the Hollywood Studio Club on Carlos Ave.
    HSC-045.tif
  • 1925 Groundbreaking for the Hollywood Studio Club's new clubhouse on Lodi Pl.
    HSC-048.tif
  • 1926 The new Hollywood Studio Club on Lodi Pl.
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  • 1926 Ladies in the backyard of the Hollywood Studio Clubs on Lodi Pl.
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  • 1926 Library at the Hollywood Studio Club on Lodi Pl.
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  • 1926 Dining room at the Hollywood Studio Club on Lodi Pl.
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  • 1926 Corner of the Directors Room at the Hollywood Studio Club on Lodi Pl.
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  • 1926 East corner of the dining room at the Hollywood Studio Club on Lodi Pl.
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  • 1926 A bedroom at the Hollywood Studio Club on Lodi Pl.
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  • 1926 Entrance lobby and corridor at the Hollywood Studio Club on Lodi Pl.
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  • 1926 Loggia at the Hollywood Studio Club on Lodi Pl.
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  • 1926 Library at the Hollywood Studio Club on Lodi Pl.
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  • 1926 Main lounge of the Hollywood Studio Club on Lodi PL.
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  • 1926 2nd floor utility room at the Hollywood Studio Club on Lodi Pl.
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  • 1926 Sleeping porch at the Hollywood Studio Club on Lodi Pl.
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  • 1926 Hollywood Studio Club at 1215 Lodi Pl.
    HSC-078-1.tif
  • 1926 Marjorie Williams was the club's revered director
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  • 1926 NW corner of kitchen at the Hollywood Studio Club on Lodi Pl.
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  • 1926 Make up room at the Hollywood Studio Club on Lodi Pl.
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  • 1926 Interior courtyard at the Hollywood Studio Club at 1215 Lodi Pl.
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  • 1926 Interior courtyard at the Hollywood Studio Club at 1215 Lodi Pl.
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  • 1927 Margaret Chute & Eveleth Atkinson (behind desk) at the Hollywood Studio Club's reception desk
    HSC-083-1.tif
  • 1927 A Hollywood Studio Club girl tries a weight shaking machine
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  • 1927 Ladies of the Hollywood Studio Club on Lodi Pl.
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  • 1927 Ladies at the Hollywood Studio Club
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  • 1928 Covered patio at the Hollywood Studio Club on Lodi Pl.
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  • 1930 Exercise class at the Hollywood Studio Club
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  • 1930 Exercise class at the Hollywood Studio Club
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  • 1930 Exercise class at the Hollywood Studio Club
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  • 1930 Marjorie Williams, director of the Hollywood Studio Club
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  • 1930 Hollywood Studio Club on Lodi Pl.
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  • 1930 Front entrance to the Hollywood Studio Club at 1215 Lodi Pl.
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  • 1930 Studio room at the Hollywood Studio Club at 1215 Lodi Pl.
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  • 1930 Hollywood Studio Club
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  • 1931 Ladies relax on the porch at the Hollywood Studio Club
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  • 1931 Ladies pose at the Hollywood Studio Club on Lodi Pl.
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  • 1931 Ladies relax in the backyard of the Hollywood Studio Club on Lodi Pl.
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  • 1933 Hollywood Studio Club at 1215 Lodi Place
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  • 1932 Hollywood Studio Club at 1215 Lodi Place
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  • 1931 Ladies with vintage car in front of the Hollywood Studio Club at 1215 Lodi Pl
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  • 1935 Hollywood Studio Club at 1215 Lodi Place
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  • 1935 Hollywood Studio Club
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  • 1935 Gail Patrick (left) and Wendy Barrie chat in the living room of the Hollywood Studio Club on Lodi Pl.
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  • 1935 Living room at the Hollywood Studio Club at 1215 Lodi Place
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  • 1935 Gail Patrick (left) and Wendy Barrie chat in the living room at the Hollywood Studio Club on Lodi Pl.
    HSC-117.tif
  • 1935 Ladies gather in the living room, for coffee, at the Hollywood Studio Club on Lodi Pl.
    HSC-121.tif
  • 1935 Hollywood Studio Club on Lodi Pl.
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  • 1935 Sara Langman serves coffee to Mrs. C.B. DeMille at the Hollywood Studio Club on Lodi Pl.
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  • 1937 Ladies in one of the bedrooms at the Hollywood Studio Club on Lodi Pl.
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  • 1938 New arrival at the Hollywood Studio Club
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  • 1938 Ladies gather to chat in one of the bedrooms at the Hollywood Studio Club on Lodi Pl.
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  • 1940 Ladies in the backyard of the Hollywood Studio Club at 1215 Lodi
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  • 1935 Marjorie Williams (right) greets Gail Patrick at the Hollywood Studio Club on Lodi Pl.
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  • 1940 Ladies gather at the Hollywood Studio Club
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  • 1940 Ladies gather to sing at the Hollywood Studio Club on Lodi Pl.
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  • 1940 Linda Darnell (center) at the Hollywood Studio Club at 1215 Lodi Pl
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  • 1940 Linda Darnell (with white hat) at the Hollywood Studio Club at 1215 Lodi Pl.
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  • 1940 Receptionist on the phone at the Hollywood Studio Club on Lodi Pl.
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  • 1943 Ladies lounge in the backyard of the Hollywood Studio Club
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  • 1945 Breakfast at the Hollywood Studio Club
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  • 1946 Ladies lounge in the living room at the Hollywood Studio Club at 1215 Lodi Place
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  • 1946 Ladies gather in living room at the Hollywood Studio Club on Lodi
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  • 1946 Joyce MacKenzie (seated), Barbara Bettinger, Betty Caldwell & Narda Stokes at the Hollywood Studio Club.
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  • 1946 Ladies enter the Hollywood Studio Club at 1215 Lodi Pl.
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  • 1946 (L to R) Joyce MacKenzie, Narda Stokes, Barbara Fuller & Barbara Bettinger rehearse a play at the Hollywood Studio Club.
    HSC-170.tif
  • 1947 Dance practice at the Hollywood Studio Club
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  • 1950 Ladies sunbathing at the Hollywood Studio Club at 1215 Lodi Place
    HSC-176.tif
  • 1950 Ladies sunbathe at the Hollywood Studio Club on Lodi Pl.
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  • 1950 Ladies sunbathe at the Hollywood Studio Club on Lodi Pl.
    HSC-181.tif
  • 1950 Ladies sunbathe at the Hollywood Studio Club on Lodi Pl.
    HSC-186.tif
  • 1950s Dorothy Malone joins other ladies singing at the Hollywood Studio Club
    HSC-188.tif
  • 1950s Ironing and doing laundry at the Hollywood Studio Club
    HSC-190.tif
  • 1954 Rita Morino at the Hollywood Studio Club
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  • 1954 Rita Morino eats at the Hollywood Studio Club
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  • 1954 Rita Marino sings at the Hollywood Studio Club.
    HSC-198.tif
  • 1954 Rita Morino practices dancing at the Hollywood Studio Club
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  • 1954 Rita Morino sings at the Hollywood Studio Club
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  • 1954 Rita Morino sings at the Hollywood Studio Club
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  • 1954 Rita Morino at the Hollywood Studio Club
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