D.W. Griffith, the Gish Sisters and the origin of "Hollywood Babylon" (Fake News: Fact Checking Hollywood Babylon Episode 1)
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Some reports claim that intolerance was such a flop that there was no money to tear the set down, which doesn't really make sense. Reports very as to how long the babylon set actually stood at the corner of sunset and hollywood boulevard,. Some suggest it was torn down in 19 19, others 19 20. I can't find any documentation for anger's claim that the set was torn down after being declared a fire hazard though many reports published after hollywood babylon repeat that rumor. All i know for sure is that by 19 22, the sigt was clear, and a year later, an egyptian styled movie theatre opened on the land that theatre, the vista
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