Red Studios Hollywood, formerlyDesilu-Cahuenga Studios andRen-Mar Studios, is a rental studio located at 846 N. Cahuenga Blvd. inHollywood, Los Angeles on premises that were formerly the home ofDesilu Productions. Originally it was the site ofMetro Pictures Back Lot #3 in 1920. In 1947 it was rebuilt as a nine-stage studio called Equity Pictures and became Motion Picture Center Studios a year later. It has been used for a wide variety of film and television production, and the studio has been known by many different names.
In 1953, after filming the first two seasons of theI Love Lucy TV series atGeneral Service Studios,Lucille Ball andDesi Arnaz were looking for a larger studio. They looked at the lot (known at the time asMotion Picture Center) and signed a ten-year lease on the property.[1] In 1955 Desilu bought the studio, and in 1959, after Desilu bought other studios in Hollywood andCulver City, the name was changed to Desilu-Cahuenga Studios[2] to avoid confusion with the other Desilu Studios.[3] Beginning in 1974, the studio was independently owned and operated for use by producers and became Ren-Mar Studios in 1984.
The Abbott and Costello Show (season 2, 1953-54),I Love Lucy (seasons 3–6, 1953–1957),The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour (1957–1960),The Lucy Show (1962-1968),The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961–1966),[4]My World and Welcome to It,Make Room for Daddy,Hogan's Heroes,The Andy Griffith Show,Barney & Friends (2002-09),The Jack Benny Program,That Girl,Seinfeld,The Golden Girls,The Golden Palace,Empty Nest,NewsRadio,Ally McBeal,Beauty and the Beast,It’s a Living,MADtv, andLizzie McGuire are among the television series that have been filmed entirely or partially at Ren-Mar. In addition, music videos are often filmed at the studio, including those ofMadonna,INXS,Michael Jackson,Ozzy Osbourne,Hilary Duff, andBritney Spears. The front (Cahuenga Boulevard) gate of Ren-Mar was used to represent the "Maroon Cartoon Studio" for the filmWho Framed Roger Rabbit (1988). In 1991, the Richard Simmons exercise tape "Sweatin' to the Oldies 3" was taped at Ren-Mar.
Shows produced at Ren-Mar wereFNMTV,Monk, andWeeds.
In January 2010, Ren-Mar Studios was bought byRed Digital Cinema Camera Company. The complex was renamedRed Studios Hollywood.[5]
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