The Studios at Paramount

For the film production and distribution company, see Paramount Pictures.

The Studios at Paramount
The Melrose Gate entrance to Paramount Pictures Studio Lot
General information
Type	Film and television complex
Address	5555 Melrose Avenue Hollywood, Los Angeles, California 90038
Coordinates	34°05′01″N 118°19′07″W Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed.
Current tenants	Paramount Pictures Paramount Television Studios Paramount Animation Nickelodeon Animation Studio
Inaugurated	1926 (1926)
Owner	Skydance Corporation
Website
paramountstudios.com

The Studios at Paramount (also known as the Paramount Studios or Paramount Pictures Studio Lot) is a historic film and television production facility owned and run by Skydance Corporation located at 5555 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States. Spanning approximately 65 acres, it is the oldest continuously operating movie studio in Hollywood and the only major film studio still physically located within the traditional boundaries of Hollywood.

While the studio lot serves as the headquarters and primary production facility for Paramount Pictures, it has historically hosted numerous third-party film and television productions, including independent features, broadcast network series and streaming productions.

History

The land on Melrose Avenue originally belonged to Paralta Plays, which built the first film production stages on the site in 1917. The property was soon taken over by Robert Brunton Studios, which added more stages and open-air sets to accommodate independent production companies.

By the early 1920s, Famous Players-Lasky (founded by Adolph Zukor, Jesse L. Lasky, and Cecil B. DeMille), purchased the property. The company moved all of its West Coast operations to the site in 1926, opening a revamped, large-scale studio complex. As the company reorganized over the following years, the property became the main studio lot for Paramount Pictures.

Paramount expanded in the 1930s and 1940s, by buying up surrounding residential and commercial parcels. During this period, the studio built dedicated technical workshops, sound scoring facilities and large outdoor sets.

In 1967, Paramount bought the adjacent Desilu Studios lot on Gower Street. The property had previously been the main lot for RKO Pictures, where films like Citizen Kane (1941) and King Kong (1933) were shot. The acquisition merged the former RKO soundstages directly into the Paramount lot.

Over the late 20th and early 21st centuries, the facility went through series of upgrades. Older soundstages were converted for multi-camera television production, digital editing suites were added and new office buildings replaced aging structures.

Studio tours

Paramount Studios offers tours of their studios. The 2-hour Studio Tour offers, as the name implies, a regular tour of the studio. The stages where Samson and Delilah, Sunset Blvd., White Christmas, Rear Window, Sabrina, Breakfast at Tiffany's, and many other classic films were shot are still in use today. The studio's backlot features numerous blocks of façades that depict a number of New York City locales, such as "Washington Square", "Brooklyn", and "Financial District". The After Dark Tour involves a tour of the Hollywood Forever Cemetery.

Studio stages

Numerous classic and contemporary films and television series have been shot on the studio lot:

Current studio stages

Studio	Production	Notes
Stage 1	The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956), Teacher's Pet (1958), The Nutty Professor (1963), Love with the Proper Stranger (1963), The President's Analyst (1967), Paint Your Wagon (1969), The Sterile Cuckoo (1969), Darling Lili (1970), MacGyver (1985–1987, 1991–1992), Moesha (1996–2001), Nip/Tuck (2003–10)
Stage 2	The Heiress (1949), A Place in the Sun (1951), The Joker Is Wild (1957), Rock-A-Bye Baby (1958), One-Eyed Jacks (1961), 'Breakfast at Tiffany's' (1961), The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962), Come Blow Your Horn (1963), Seven Days in May (1964), The Patsy (1964), The Disorderly Orderly (1964), MacGyver (1985–1987, 1991–1992), Moesha (1996–2001), Nip/Tuck (2003–10)
Stage 3	Living It Up (1954)
Stage 4	Son of Paleface (1952), Road to Bali (1952), The Five Pennies (1959), The Errand Boy (1961), Coming to America (1988)
Stage 5	Road to Rio (1947), Shane (1953), Vertigo (1958), The Graduate (1967), Yours, Mine and Ours (1968), Rosemary's Baby (1968), The Brady Bunch (1969–74), Heaven Can Wait (1978), Mommie Dearest (1981), Angel (1999–2004), Monk (2002–09)
Stage 6	The Seven Little Foys (1955), Teacher's Pet (1958), Vertigo (1958), Houseboat (1958), The Brady Bunch (1969–74), The Molly Maguires (1970), Marathon Man (1976), The Next Generation (1987–94), The Hunt for Red October (1990), Brooklyn Bridge (1991), JAG (1995–2005), Angel (1999–2004), Monk (2002–09)
Stage 7	Beau James (1957), The Joker Is Wild (1957), Vertigo (1958), Houseboat (1958), Darling Lili (1970), Brooklyn Bridge (1991), JAG (1995–2005), Angel (1999–2004), Monk (2002–09)
Stage 8	Going My Way (1944), Detective Story (1951), Road to Bali (1952), The Matchmaker (1958), Houseboat (1958), But Not for Me (1959), 'Breakfast at Tiffany's' (1961), Seven Days in May (1964), The Original Series (1966–69), Rosemary's Baby (1968 film), Darling Lili (1970), Lady Sings the Blues (1972), 'The Next Generation' (1987-94), Voyager (1995–2001), Enterprise (2001–05)
Stage 9	A Place in the Sun (1951), Tropic Zone (1953), Teacher's Pet (1958), The Matchmaker (1958), Houseboat (1958), The Bellboy (1960), 'Breakfast at Tiffany's' (1961), Seven Days in May (1964), The Disorderly Orderly (1964), 'The Original Series' (1966–69), The High Chaparral (1967–1971), 'The Next Generation' (1987–94), 'Enterprise' (2001–05)
Stage 11	Teacher's Pet (1958), Vertigo (1958), Houseboat (1958), Who's Minding the Store? (1963)
Stage 12	Shane (1953), The Trouble with Harry (1955), The Pleasure of His Company (1961), Hatari! (1962), Who's Minding the Store? (1963), Yours, Mine and Ours (1968), Rosemary's Baby (1968), On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (1970)
Stage 14	The Heiress (1949), Road to Bali (1952), Lucy Gallant (1955), The Court Jester (1955), Houseboat (1958), The Five Pennies (1959), The Nutty Professor (1963), Seven Days in May (1964), 'The Original Series' (1966–69), Rosemary's Baby (1968), Paint Your Wagon (1969), On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (1970), The Day of the Locust (1975), Top Gun (1986), Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1997–2003), Original series (2004–2006)
Stage 15	A Place in the Sun (1951), Son of Paleface (1952), The Caddy (1953), The Errand Boy (1961), Papa's Delicate Condition (1963), The President's Analyst (1967), True Grit (1969), The Molly Maguires (1970), Darling Lili (1970)
Stage 16	That Certain Feeling (1956), Desire Under the Elms (1958), Vertigo (1958), Houseboat (1958), Bonanza (1959–1970), 'Voyager' (1995–2001)
Stage 17	Road to Rio (1947), Bonanza (1959-1970), One-Eyed Jacks (1961), MacGyver (1985-1987, 1991-1992), Ghost (1990), Wayne's World (1992), Deep Space Nine (1993–1999), Angel (1999–2004), Everybody Hates Chris (2005–2009)
Stage 18	Road to Rio (1947), Sunset Boulevard (1950), Shane (1953), Rear Window (1954), The Joker Is Wild (1957), Rock-A-Bye Baby (1958), The Geisha Boy (1958), Li'l Abner (1959), One-Eyed Jacks (1961), One-Eyed Jacks (1961), The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962), Come Blow Your Horn (1963), Seven Days in May (1964), The Patsy (1964), The Graduate (1967), Darling Lili (1970), Coming to America (1988)
Stage 19	Citizen Kane (1941), My Three Sons (1960–1972), That Girl (1966–1971), The Odd Couple (1970–1975), Happy Days (1974–1984), Wings (1990–97), Ghost (1990)
Stage 20	That Girl (1966–1971), Laverne & Shirley (1976–1983), Webster (1983–1989), Dear John (American TV series) (1988–1992), Star Trek: Voyager (1995–2001), Primal Fear (1996)
Stage 21	The Lucy Show (1968)
Stage 23	The Mod Squad (1968–1973), Taxi (1978–1983), Girlfriends (2000–2008), My Boys (2006–08)
Stage 24	Family Ties (1982–89), Sister, Sister (1994–99), My Boys (2006–2010)
Stage 25	The Lucy Show (1962-68), Bosom Buddies (1980–82), Cheers (1982–1993), Frasier (1993–2004), True Jackson, VP (2008–2011)
Stage 26	The Godfather (1972), Mork & Mindy (1978–1982), True Jackson, VP (2008–2011)
Stage 27	Mission: Impossible (1966 TV series) (1966–1973), Mork & Mindy (1978–1982), Dear John (1988–1992), Leeza (1993–2000), The Insider (2004–2012)
Stage 28	Mannix (1967-1975), The Great Gatsby (1974), The Godfather Part II (1974), Entertainment Tonight (1981–2008)
Stage 29	'Mission: Impossible (1966 TV series) (1966–1973), Mannix (1967-1975), The Godfather Part II (1974), Solid Gold (1980-88), Scrooged (1988), The Arsenio Hall Show (1989–1994), Generations (1994), First Contact (1996), Dr. Phil (2002–2023)
Stage 30	Flying Down to Rio (1933), The Gay Divorcee (1934), Top Hat (1935), Mannix (1967–1975), Soul Train (1971-2006), The Godfather (1972), Little House on the Prairie (1974-1983), Addams Family Values (1993)
Stage 31	'The Original Series' (1966-69), Chinatown (1974), Little House on the Prairie (1974-1983), Amen (1986–1991), Indecent Proposal (1993), Addams Family Values (1993), Wayne's World 2 (1993), Forrest Gump (1994), Becker (1998–2004)
Stage 32	Citizen Kane (1941), 'The Original Series' (1966–69), Chinatown (1974), King Kong (1976), History of the World, Part I (1981), Dear John (1988–1992)

See also

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Paramount Studios Water Tower

• Warner Bros. Studios Burbank
• Universal Studios Lot
• Walt Disney Studios (Burbank)
• Sony Pictures Studios

External links

• Official website

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