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Hollywood Sign
The Hollywood Sign Client Woodruff and Shoults (Hollywoodland)
Architect Thomas Fisk Goff
Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument
Designated: February 7, 1973
Reference #: 111
The Hollywood Sign as it appears today
The Hollywood Sign is a landmark and American cultural
icon in the Hollywood Hills area of Mount Lee, Santa
Monica Mountains, in Los Angeles, California. The sign
spells out the name of the area in 45-foot-tall (14 m)[1]
and 350-foot-long (110 m) white letters. It was created as
an advertisement in 1923, but garnered increasing recog-
nition after the sign was left up.[2] The sign was a fre-
quent target of pranks and vandalism but has since un-
dergone restoration, including a security system to deter
vandalism. The sign is protected and promoted by the
Hollywood Sign Trust, a nonprofit organization.
From the ground, the contours of the hills give the
sign its "wavy" appearance, as reflected in the Hollywood
Video logo, for example. When observed at a comparable
altitude, as in the photo shown here, the letters appear
Location within Los Angeles Metropolitan Area nearly level.
The sign makes frequent appearances in popular cul-
General information ture, particularly in establishing shots for films and tele-
vision programs set in or around Hollywood, furnished
Location Hollywood, Los Angeles
the title for the film The Hollywood Sign,[3] and appears in
Country United States the background of the current CGI fanfare logo of 20th
Coordinates 34°8′2.77″N 118°19′18.10″W / 34.1341028°N
Century Fox. Signs of similar style, but spelling different
118.321694°W / 34.1341028; -118.321694 words, are frequently seen as parodies.
Construction 1923
started History
Completed 1923 The sign was first erected in 1923 and originally read
"HOLLYWOODLAND". Its purpose was to advertise the
Renovated rebuilt October 1978
name of a new housing development in the hills above
Demolished August 1978 the Hollywood district of Los Angeles. H.J. Whitley had al-
Technical details ready used a sign to advertise his development Whitley
Heights, which was located between Highland Avenue
Structural Wood and sheet metal (1923–1978) and Vine Avenue. He suggested to his friend Harry Chan-
system Steel (1978–present)
dler, the owner of the Los Angeles Times newspaper, that
Size 45 ft (13.7 m) tall, 350 ft (106.7 m) long the land syndicate in which he was involved make a sim-
Original: 50 ft (15.2 m) tall ilar sign to advertise their land.[4] Real estate developers
Design and construction Woodruff and Shoults called their development "Holly-
woodland" and advertised it as a "superb environment
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without excessive cost on the Hollywood side of the 1949 effort gave it new life, but the sign’s unprotected
hills".[5] wood and sheet metal structure continued to deteriorate.
They contracted the Crescent Sign Company to erect Eventually the first O splintered and broke, resembling a
thirteen letters on the hillside, each facing south. The lowercase u, and the third O fell down completely, leav-
sign company owner, Thomas Fisk Goff (1890–1984) de- ing the severely dilapidated sign reading "HuLLYWO D".
signed the sign. Each letter of the sign was 30 feet (9.1 m)
wide and 50 feet (15 m) high, and the whole sign was
studded with some 4,000 light bulbs. The sign was offi-
Restoration
cially dedicated on July 13, 1923. It was not intended to be
permanent. Restoration company Bay Cal Painting says
on its website that the expected life was to be about a
year and a half, but after the rise of the American cinema
in Los Angeles it became an internationally recognized
symbol, and was left there.
In September 1932 the body of Broadway actress Peg
Entwistle was found in a ravine below the sign. She had
been living at her uncle’s house in Beachwood Canyon. A
suicide note was found in a purse anonymously dropped
off at the Hollywood police station. Police surmised En-
twistle jumped to her death from the letter H.[6]
The sign from the Hollywood Hills
Deterioration In 1978, in large part because of the public campaign
to restore the landmark by shock rocker Alice Cooper
(who donated the missing O), the Chamber set out to re-
place the intensely deteriorated sign with a more perma-
nent structure. Nine donors gave US$27,700 each (total-
ing US$249,300) to sponsor replacement letters made of
steel, guaranteed to last for many years (see Donors sec-
tion below).[citation needed]
The new letters were 45 feet (14 m) tall and ranged
from 31 to 39 feet (9.4 to 12 m) wide. The new version of
the sign was unveiled on Hollywood’s 75th anniversary,
November 14, 1978, before a live television audience of 60
million people.[citation needed]
Refurbishment, donated by Bay Cal Commercial
In the 1970s, the sign reached its most dilapidated state.
Painting,[9] began again in November 2005, as workers
stripped the letters back to their metal base and repaint-
Over the course of more than half a century, the sign, de-
ed them white. Also in 2005, the original 1923 sign was
signed to stand only 18 months, sustained a wide array of
put up for sale on eBay by producer/entrepreneur Dan
damage and deterioration.
Bliss.[10] Bliss sold the sign to artist Bill Mack.
During the early 1940s, Albert Kothe (the sign’s offi-
cial caretaker) caused an accident that destroyed the let-
ter H,[7] as seen in many historical pictures. Kothe, dri- Donors
ving while inebriated, was nearing the top of Mount Lee Following the 1978 public campaign to restore the sign,
when he lost control of his vehicle and drove off the cliff the following nine donors gave $27,777 each (which to-
behind the H. While Kothe was not injured, the 1928 Ford taled $250,000):
Model A was destroyed, as was the letter. • H – Terrence Donnelly – publisher of the Hollywood
In 1949 the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce began Independent Newspaper
a contract with the City of Los Angeles Parks Department • O – Giovanni Mazza – Italian movie producer
to repair and rebuild the sign. The contract stipulated • L – Les Kelley – originator of the Kelley Blue Book
that "LAND" be removed to spell "Hollywood" and reflect • L – Gene Autry – singer, actor and businessman
the district, not the "Hollywoodland" housing develop- • Y – Hugh Hefner – founder of Playboy magazine
ment.[8] The Parks Department dictated that all subse- • W – Andy Williams – singer
quent illumination would be at the cost of the Chamber, • O – Warner Bros. Records
so the Chamber opted not to replace the light bulbs. The
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sion at Cahuenga Peak for actress Ginger Rogers. Before
long Rogers broke up their engagement and the lot re-
mained empty. Hughes Estate sold the property which
lies to the left and above the sign for $1.7 million in 2002
to Fox River Financial Resources, a Chicago developer,
who were interested in building luxury mansions along
the ridgeline.[12] They put the property on the market in
2008 for $22 million. As a result, the City of Los Angeles
considered buying it, possibly by raising money from
celebrities as was done for the 1978 restoration.[13]
The letters on the sign today are 5 ft (1.52 m) shorter than the
original.
• O – Alice Cooper – singer, who donated in memory of
comedian Groucho Marx
• D – Thomas Pooley - donated in the name of Michael
Williams
The sign as it appeared circa February 2010.
Location Environmentalists and preservationists were con-
cerned about the possibility of real estate development
in the area. In April 2009 The Trust for Public Land (TPL)
signed an option to buy the 138 acres (0.56 km2) property
for a discounted price of $12.5 million. On February 11,
2010, as part of a campaign to help raise money the or-
ganization, with the full blessing of both the city and the
Hollywood Sign Trust, covered the sign with a large ban-
ner reading "SAVE THE PEAK".[12][14] By April 26, The
Trust for Public Land announced it had raised enough
money, with Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner
stepping forward to donate the final $900,000.[15][16]
Hefner later gave an additional $100,000 donation. After
the purchase the parcel became part of the nearby Grif-
fith Park as an extension.[17]
View from West Hollywood, near Santa Monica Boulevard, a
few blocks south of Hollywood Boulevard. The historic Holly-
wood Roosevelt Hotel is visible on the left. Alterations
It is illegal to make unauthorized physical alterations to
The sign is located on the southern side of Mount Lee in
the sign. Although the city has occasionally allowed it
Griffith Park, north of the Mulholland Highway.
in the past for commercial purposes, current policy does
The sign is located on rough, steep terrain, and is en-
not permit changes to be made. This is largely due to
compassed by barriers to prevent unauthorized access. In
neighborhood opposition and to past accidents. Howev-
2000, the Los Angeles Police Department installed a secu-
er, the sign has been unofficially altered a number of
rity system featuring motion detection and closed-circuit
times, often eliciting a great deal of attention. Among the
cameras. Any movement in the marked restricted areas
more famous modifications:
triggers an alarm that notifies the police.[11]
• HOLLYWeeD – January 1976, following the passage of
• 34°08′02.56″N 118°19′18.00″W / 34.1340444°N
a state law decriminalizing marijuana.[18]
118.32167°W / 34.1340444; -118.32167
• HOLYWOOD – April 1977, for Easter sunrise service,
• Elevation 1,578 feet (481 m)
viewable from the Hollywood Bowl.[18]
• HOL YWOOD – 1978 the second L was covered for
Surrounding land Pope John Paul II when he visited.[19]
• "GO NAVY" December 1983, when a group of
Land in the vicinity of the sign was purchased by Howard
Midshipmen, with permission, covered the sign for
Hughes in 1940, who had planned to build a hilltop man-
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the ARMY-NAVY football game’s first and only West
Coast appearance (D. Weiss, USNA’85/instigator &
PM) .[20]
• FOX – April 1987, for the promotion of the network.
• CALTECH – May 1987, on Hollywood’s centennial (of
its incorporation as a municipality), also one of
Caltech’s many senior pranks[21]
• OLLYWOOD – July 1987, during the Iran-Contra
hearings.[18]
• April 1991 in celebration of the end of the Gulf War a
Yellow Ribbon was tied around the sign. This act was
also a supporting player to the Hollywood Salutes
Gulf Veterans Celebrations (D. Weiss, USNA’85/
instigator & PM)
• As part of a promotion for the 1992 film Cool World, a
Mosgiel, New Zealand
75-foot (23 m)-tall cutout of Holli Would was
installed, appearing to sit on the sign. The alteration
angered local residents,[22][23] who picketed the
unveiling of the altered sign.[24]
• OIL WAR – 1991, for the Gulf War.[18]
• PerotWood-1992, to support Ross Perot and his
presidential campaign.
• GO UCLA – 1993, for the annual UCLA-USC football
game. Twenty members of UCLA’s Theta Chi
fraternity achieved the prank, and were
subsequently charged with trespassing. This incident
prompted the 1994 installation of a $100,000 security
system featuring video surveillance and motion
detection.
• SAVE THE PEAK – February 11, 2010, the original
letters were covered with a large banner reading
"SAVE THE PEAK", part of a campaign by The Trust
for Public Land to protect the land around the
Hollywood Sign from real estate development (see
above). As setup progressed, other variations such as
"SALLYWOOD" and "SAVETHEPOOD" gained some
notoriety.[14]
• JOLLYGOOD for an airline and RAFFEYSOD for an
obscure rock band – 1990 and 2000.[20]
Imitations Braşov, Romania
Other areas
• In May 2008, the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce
licensed exclusive rights to Plymouth Rock Studios
of Massachusetts to merge “Hollywood” with “East”,
creating Hollywood East, a new industry trademark
that represents the growing film industry in New
England. The studio plans to find a site in Plymouth,
Massachusetts for the permanent installation of the
sign.[26]
Other cities have imitated the sign in some way.
• Macduff, in the North east of Scotland has a sign and
Mutanj,[25] a village in Serbia (population: 104)
a Facebook page
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Herwood -sign on the hills of Hervanta.
Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
The sign in Hammarstrand, Sweden.
• In March 2010, it was announced that the Wellington
Airport in New Zealand would erect a WELLYWOOD
sign on the hillside of the Miramar Peninsula. This
Think Blue sign in the mountains north of Dodger Stadium was to reflect the film-making community in
Wellington, notably Weta Digital which produced
effects for Lord of the Rings, King Kong and Avatar.
Wellington mayor Kerry Prendergast felt confident
in proceeding with the production of the sign,
having been given the blessing of Weta’s Sir Peter
Jackson and Richard Taylor,[citation needed] but the
proposed sign’s widespread unpopularity with local
residents has persuaded the airport staff to consider
alternative ideas.[28]
• Basildon, in Essex, England, erected its own
’Hollywood’ style sign in March 2010. It is on a hill
near the turnoff for Basildon on the A127. It stands at
5 ft (1.5 m) high and is part of a £400,000 project to
spruce up the town. The Festival Leisure Park in
Basildon is also sometimes referred to as Bas Vegas
South San Francisco The Industrial City due to its nightclubs, hotels and restaurants,
although there are no casinos.
• In 2010 Paddy Power, a large Irish betting company,
• A "Hollinwood" sign was erected in Hollinwood,
erected a 270 ft (82 m) wide and 50 ft (15 m) high
which is near Manchester in the United Kingdom, to
’Hollywood’ style sign reading "Paddy Power" on
celebrate the city’s twinning with Los Angeles. The
Cleeve Hill, in the regency town of Cheltenham, as
sign was erected during the night and then taken
part of a publicity campaign for Cheltenham Festival.
down by the Highways Agency, as the sign was
It became the world’s largest free-standing sign of its
considered a distraction.[27]
kind.[29]
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• The town of Bowen in Queensland, Australia, erected • On the 20th Century Fox 1994 ident, the Hollywood
a Bowenwood sign on a hill near the centre of the sign can be seen in the background.
town. This was to celebrate the town’s being a major • In advertisements for Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-
filming location for the film Australia (2008), directed List and the Season 1 DVD cover, Griffin is shown
by Baz Luhrmann. hanging off the D of the sign.
• The neighborhood of Caurimare, in southeast • In Earthquake, a landslide causes the sign to topple
Caracas, has a Caurimare sign.[30] down letter-by-letter during a megathrust
• In September 2010 The Faraya village in Lebanon earthquake.
known for its Ski slopes and ecological summer • In The Day After Tomorrow film, a tornado is seen
activities attracts tourists year round erected a sign destroying the sign
spelling FARAYA on a mountain. The sign took its • In 10.5: Apocalypse, the sign is seen collapsing in the
inspiration from the Hollywood sign and was made 10.5 earthquake.[33]
by the actual Faraya villagers as a tribute to their • In 1941, a Japanese submarine attempting to attack
village. Los Angeles after Pearl Harbor spots the sign, to the
• Students of the Tampere University of Technology delight of the crew, who then use it as a navigation
(Tampere, Finland) temporarily erected a large aid to target the city.
"Herwood" sign atop a cliff in the suburb of Hervanta • In Austin Powers: Goldmember, Dr. Evil’s lair is behind
(nicknamed Herwood among locals, albeit after the the Hollywood Sign.
Sherwood Forest in England and not Hollywood) as a • In The Rocketeer, the villain crashes the rocket pack
part of their annual May Day pranks in 1996. into the "LAND" part of the sign, changing it to
• In the locality of Hammarstrand in northern Sweden "HOLLYWOOD".
there is a Hammarstrand sign, erected in 2007 as part • In Beyond the Valley of the Dolls there is a quick
of a television show. showing of a dirty Hollywood sign during a
• The Paris Métro’s Bonne Nouvelle station features Hollywood montage.[34]
signage fashioned similar to the Hollywood Sign, in • In Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief,
tribute to the neighborhood’s contribution to the the entrance to the underworld is behind the
cinematic and theatrical arts. Hollywood sign.
• Entertainer Dolly Parton has many times cited the • In Chaplin, Charlie Chaplin and Douglas Fairbanks
Hollywood Sign as the impetus behind her own talk behind the Hollywoodland sign.
Dollywood theme park, telling Spin Magazine in 1986, • In Demolition Man, an aerial shot during the opening
"When I first saw the Hollywood sign, I thought, how sequence shows the Hollywood Sign in flames.
wonderful would it be if I could change the ’H’ to a • In The Couch Trip, Walter Matthau, playing a suicidal
’D’ for the day."[31] panhandler, climbs to the top of the Hollywood sign.
• Montego Bay, Jamaica has a large Red Stripe sign in • In Career Opportunities, at the end of the film, Jim
the hills, similar to the Hollywood sign. Dodge (played by Frank Whaley) sees the sign as
JIMWOOD in his fantasies.
Use in popular culture • In Tony Hawk’s American Wasteland, the Hollywood
sign reads Wasteland.
The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce claims trademark • In Mel Brooks’ Robin Hood: Men in Tights, a parody of
rights over the sign’s image and demands license fees for the sign exists that says ENGLAND.
commercial use.[32] In several films and television shows, • In The Hollywood Sign; three men find the corpse of
the Hollywood Sign is seen getting damaged or destroyed another man who was murdered and hidden in the
from the events of a particular scene. It is an example of grass, right next to the Hollywood sign.
national landmarks being destroyed, a common feature • In The Simpsons, a parody version of the sign exists in
seen in many disaster movies to increase the drama and Springfield.
excitement. Examples include: • In Life After People: The Series, in the episode "The
• In System of a Down’s 2001 album Toxicity, the album Capitol Threat" the sign is seen being damaged by
art shows the band name imitating the sign. forest fire and later collapsing due to lack of
• In Heroes, Claire Bennett jumps off the famous sign maintenance.
in an attempt to showcase her power to boyfriend • In several episodes of the television series Ellen, the
West. character of Ellen Mogan (played by Ellen
• In Shrek 2, Shrek the Third, and Shrek Forever After a DeGeneres) can be seen sitting in a letter of the
parody version of the Hollywood sign is used in Hollywood Sign.
scenes showing the sign saying Far Far Away due to • In Beverly Hills, 90210, in the episode
the fact the story takes place in a kingdom namesake "Commencement" new graduates cover the sign to
after the sign, Far Far Away. say W BEV HI 93, as a lasting legacy of their time.
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• In Starstruck, Christopher Wilde and Jessica Olson • In 2010, pop singer Kesha released a hoax video
take photos of themselves in front of the sign. apparently showing her and her friends vandalising
• In The Runaways, Joan and Cherie are seen drinking the sign to read "KE$HAWOOD".
around the derelict Hollywood sign as it appeared in • In Wizards of Waverly Place, the exclusive angel club
the mid-1970s.[35] is hidden inside the ’H’ of the Hollywood sign.
• In Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, there is a VINEWOOD
sign prominently featured on the Vinewood Hills,
closely mirroring the Hollywood sign. Similarly, in
See also
Grand Theft Auto V, there is also a VINEWOOD sign • Hill Figure
present in the fictional city of Los Santos, based on • Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments in
modern-day Los Angeles. Hollywood
• In 90210, Jasper attempts suicide by jumping off the
Hollywood sign in "Sweaty Palms and Weak Knees"
• In British TV series Hustle, the team of con artists sell
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Associated Press. San Jose Mercury News. July 7,
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documentary on the history and present-day life of Restoration (With Short History of the Hollywood
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