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1920s – Nightclubs Arrive

Films produced and/or distributed from studios operating in Culver City:
1924: He Who Gets Slapped; 1926: Ben Hur; 1927: The King of Kings; 1928: The Cameraman; 1929: The Kiss

Nightclubs:
Frank Sebastian’s Cotton Club, "Fatty" Arbuckle’s Plantation Café, and King’s Tropical Inn were the rage featuring the likes of Louis Armstrong and Lionel Hampton


1921 - Chamber of Commerce is founded
1922 - Beginning of manufacturing industry in Culver City
1924 -
• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (M-G-M) is founded
• Will Rogers opens the Meralta Movie Theatre
• Thomas Ince dies
• Culver constructs a six story "skyscraper" hotel on site of Culver City movie theatre

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