Secret Wizard of OZ Munchkin Tunnel - Inside The Historic Culver Hotel 4K
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ธ.ค. 2021
- Join us as we search for the rumored SECRET Wizard of OZ Munchkin Tunnel inside the historic Culver Hotel.
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This is the best thing going on you tube and most of entertainment in general!
Jesus! I got tears in my eyes. The building is stunning outside but the inside is 👀 …they don’t make places like this anymore, to think this was almost gone and left to time sickens me.
I totally agree,history like this needs to be saved !
At 12:46 you were looking down at Jessica and it was a really great shot with her looking up at you, such a cute couple and that comes from a guy. I would love to see this hotel myself ! it was absolutely beautiful inside, you just don't get to see these places every day. I love that old architecture you got some breathtaking shots of the place!! Thank You !!!!
Thank you for this! Not many people know that Billy Barty and Pat McCormick were best friends and under the rainbow was just a start but they could be seen together almost every night at Los Alamitos race track Billy was an owner of standardbreds right around the same time Annette Funicello married Glen Holt. What a beautiful hotel thank you for showcasing it!
I am surprised you never mentioned the John Wayne connection to this building. He supposidly won it in a poker game from Charlie Chaplin for 1 dollar and then later donated it to the YMCA. From what I have learned the "tunnel" under the hotel was really used for actors and actresses to cross the busy street to get to Culver Studios. The tunnel was filled in back in the 1970s. So not only did the munchkins use the tunnel but many other famous people would have.
Sad we see no tunnel. BUT you make up for it with passion. Thank you...
Love The Wizard of Oz and the hotel is gorgeous. Thank goodness it was saved. Have a good New Year's and 2022.
This is literally my best channel on TH-cam ...every place you visit touches my heart ❤️ and it reminds me of my childhood .. this is literally my dream what you do .... big big fan of your videos ... sending respect from Belfast ... Ireland 🇮🇪 🍀
The camera you use is honestly one of the best on TH-cam. It's amazing how clear your video's are.
I can imagine just hanging out in that lounge and watching the happenings. Very cool location.
Grimm for Life!
That building has such a classic look to it. Like exactly what you would expect/want it to be. Beautiful.
Great video! They say "if walls could talk...". Well, they most certainly did to you that day. I know a video in general wouldn't completely do it justice to walk through and explore, but you guys captured it and did a great job! Thanks for sharing!
I live 2 blocks away from this hotel and I encourage everyone to visit this property. Its beautiful.
Aw he called his wife Baby Goul. How sweet.
This is why I love this channel and what you guys do. Being a pretty big fan of The Wizard of Oz my whole life, I still didn't know anything about what you showed in this video. Keep up the great work both of you! Happy 5th, cheers to you both!
@@BP-rn3nl Know what else isn't difficult? Not being a dick. You should try it some time.
Totally agreed!
Such a gorgeous hotel, so awesome to walk the way the Munchkins did. And see what used to be his office, just wow.
That would be a awesome place to renew your vowels and enjoy your anniversary! Oh and congrats 🎉
This was and still is my favorite movie of all time:great cast,great music,great history
As a child I was obsessed with the living breathing soul of New York City, as an adult this has shifted somewhat to the history and mystique of Los Angeles/ Hollywood, its darker reality vs the glamorous veneer of these movie stars lives during the Golden age of Hollywood. The Hotels, the Clubs, Bars, House parties in the Hills scattered all throughout Los Angeles. Its a living history & truly fascinating.
Nothing like these old buildings, gorgeous absolutely gorgeous
All I can say is, "WoW!" I love historical places like this. You can feel the history. I got a great vibe from the hotel, but it also made me sad, or a feeling of longing to go back in time and be there with those who passed. I really appreciate the time and love you put into this little gem. Thank you so much.
I watched a vid interviewing some of the surviving Munchkin actors and two of them, an adult woman and a 16 year old girl were moved from the hotel to a separate location for the duration of the shoot due to an aggressive little person who entered their room with a knife in hand. I think he was the one that grabbed the woman in the commissary and pulled her by her hair across the floor.
I think you and baby ghoul are absolutely adorable together ❤️ that building was very beautiful. Thank you for sharing
Amazing camera work! Also the quality is superb.
As always this is an excellent channel. I've never wondered how they moved the cast from part of any film to another, but for this iconic movie, it makes sense. The work inside that place is amazing. New vs rustic inside the same bldg.
What a great video about Wizard of Oz and the munchkins. I heard and read that the munchkins were not trouble makers at all. Even Judy Garland said it was made up to amuse fans. Loved seeing the place they would go and that the hotel was redun for future generations to enjoy like you too. Happy Anniversary.
Have a happy yet Grimm new year everyone!
Fantastic place, you two! Congrats on coming up on 5 years!
Nice to see someone else who puts a lot of interest in sentimental value.
I absolutely LOVE how she looks at you in the end of the video.
Love this little Culver City jaunt.... and the history of the place is great!... I really like the Wizard of Oz window display with the dolls-- so Fine... Thanks, for taking us along, Grimms.... and YES, renew your vows at this place.... :^)""""
That movie has a real dark meaning behind it.
I grew up in Point Loma in San Diego. In the mid-1970's, when I was still in high school, some friends showed me a small neighborhood on the Northwest side of Mt. Soledad in La Jolla. All of the houses in the neighborhood were normal-sized, but the doors and gates on maybe a dozen houses were of a size that only a child or a midget could pass through them without having to stoop over. The urban legend had it that a number of the actors and actresses who played roles in the Wizard of Oz had built houses in this neighborhood. I don't know if it's true, but I can say I saw the houses with my own eyes. They were all older houses that appeared to date from the same time period.
there are rumored "munchkin villages" all over the US, none of which have been proven to be true. The munchkins lived all over the US. I was personal friends with many of them.
This hotel is awesome. Me and my girlfriend use to pretend the hotel was haunted. There's a good theater next to it that closed during covid. I think they're remodeling the theater. The lion at the water is because MGM studios use to be down the street. Now its Sony studio.
To me it's like its own version of the Overlook Hotel inside.
I love the old Victorian era.
Beautiful place. I was a little bummed that you couldn't walk the tunnel the munchkins took every day.
I love this movie.
For me the Wizard of Oz is a amazing classic movies.
🥰🥰🥰🥇🥇🥇
Gorgeous building thanks for sharing. The way Jessica looks at Micheal too, their love shines ❤❤
Culver City is where people went to film movies in the golden era? I always thought it was Burbank because in most old 60s and 70s tv show, the anouncer always said "Filmed in beautiful downtown Burbank".
Just discovered your channel. The algorithm presented me with this video. I was VERY impressed. Your photography is art. Very high production value and excellent editing. The music was perfectly selected. Your commentary was bright and to the point. Wow! Thanks for being there! PS The lounge you went into shortly before the 11:30 point on the video is where Mr. Culver haunts.thanks for passing along the "feel" of every place you film.
The actors must have loved it there! They probably all reunite there in their afterlife.
The Wizard of Oz was my favorite movie as a child yet it scared me at the same time. I was Dorothy in a play when I was in the fifth grade. Good scary times!
I grew up in Kansas, so the tornado terrified me! Then I read how they did the twister FX: One guy held a hairdryer with a nylon stocking rubberbanded to the nozzle while another guy twisted the bottom of the stocking. Whoa, it sure worked! And Glinda's globe was a float from a toilet tank.
Such great history on the building. And having the cast be there in the 30's filming the great movie of all time. The munchkins were a big part of the movie. Thanks for making this video. It was a treasure. 🎃❤️
6:30 that Lion in the water fountain is actually a statue of the old MGM logo Leo the Lion
Stunning place!...very romantic to renew your vows there!!...and celebrate in the spirit of 'The Munchkins', just toned down a little bit!!.. 😂
Great video on Wizard of Oz I was lucky enough to meet one of the “munchkins” Jerry Maren years back and hung out with him for a afternoon on a video I made. He was so nice
Wow Cinestalker I wasn’t aware you were a fan of the grimm life.
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I absolutely see a black and deep blue ball gown for a ceremony ♥️
What an incredibly beautiful and "wonderful " building!!! Heaven forbid there is
ever a HUGE quake there......
Richard
Thanks for the video. Read and heard interviews many years ago about all the partying the munchkins did, the tunnel was open and working to keep the cast secret from the public. Many of the classic films were shot in Culver City on backlots, especially Hal Roach 1 and 2 reelers.
So bummed we didn't actually get to see the tunnel, but what a building! Especially the room you said reminded you of The Crow, and the chandeliers and woodwork. I do hope you get to do your vow renewal there.
So lucky to have found your channel. I love this. The respect and history in all your videos is commendable.
I watched some of your other videos- from Cementarys to Architecture. you are fortunate to go to some places like these. Thank you for bringing the whole TH-cam community (goblins and Ghouls)with us. I too am very lucky of course. gives me a good outlook on life. I took many art classes in college about structures take Dracula for example. we would study those pillars and stained glass windows. It amazes me when people go to churches and they have seen stained glass windows. The Scream house is another good example stand alone in beauty in it. Even in the brutal ones like the Serial Killers happened to have gorgeous churches in those videos.
That place is beautiful!
Beautiful hotel! Always great seeing you guys.
You and Baby Ghoul do an excellent job of story telling and documenting things!
Absolutely love your videos! Old Hollywood, the history, can't get enough! Keep the videos coming! Have you ever considered doing a video on the 1932 movie "Freaks?" A history lesson from your perspective on that movie would be fascinating. Keep up the great work you two, you're awesome!
As soon as you mentioned Culver City I immediately thought of Laurel and Hardy the geniuses of comedy. They filmed many films in and around that area, many of the buildings still exist. Why not do a couple of videos on these masters of comedy and maybe visit their graves too 👍🏼
I'm with you a 1000% They were the best. Love those guys.
Now i want see the move just to get some Carrie Fisher time! 🤩🌟🤩
It's a shame Jerry went before he could shed light on what was actually going on at the Culver Hotel. I'm positive there were still plenty of stories about Oz to learn that sadly seem to be lost to time now because of the actors passing.
My wife and I knew Jerry and his wife Elizabeth. He told us that there was a lot of craziness with some of the munchkins like drinking and partying. He mentioned that many had never seen other small people like themselves until they filmed the movie so many of them bonded over that course of time. I'm sure not all of them were drinking and etc though. During our first putting with them he shared a few stories: th-cam.com/video/S_nCsxTOd4k/w-d-xo.html
Beautiful hotel. Thank you for these Wizard of Oz vlogs. Congrats on your 5 year anniversary…wishing you many more years of dreaded bliss 🖤
I had no idea of the tunnels where all the "munchkins" traveled to and fro the studio to make the "Wizard of Oz"...surprising. That hotel is breathtaking inside! WOW! Thanx for the very cool history on my favorite childhood movie! Hi Jessica!! Hope you are both doing well. Stay safe! Happy Halloween! Peace.
The tunnel is a myth that the Culver Hotel loves to perpetuate. Trust me, there's no tunnel.
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Would like to see your proof evidence and proof it doesn’t exist! Could there be possibility that at one time the tunnels actually existed but studio and hotel sealed it up for safety and liability reasons also issues for everybody and maybe they removed parts of tunnel to prevent in case someone decide to break it open again to explore?
@@buddyr3 You want proof of something that never existed? It doesn't work that way. The claimant is the one who has to show proof of their claim. In any case, the tunnel myth has been around for decades with not one person having been able to verify its existence. Not one. MGM/Sony is blocks away from the hotel. The only tunnel that ever existed is a pedestrian tunnel that ran under Washington Bl. from Van Buren Pl. to the sidewalk NEXT to the Culver Hotel. Trust me, I've lived here for over 55 years. There is no Culver Hotel tunnel connected to anything. I think the author of this video knows that.
The tunnel would have been just under .5 mile long to reach from the hotel to the soundstage. My guess is that if there is (was) a tunnel, it was probably used during prohibition for various purposes. Still, it's a cool legend.
Kudos on going behind the scenes and presenting a unique video regarding this Timeless Movie 🎥
wow!... good job!... im pretty local and have never been there... ive heard all about the munchkin wild partys, etc. it looks so well kept, and preserved/restored. ill have to check it out myself someday... thank you
This was great. Really interesting. I literally just got gifted a wizard of oz colouring book for Christmas so this was right up my street. Sending u both love from the UK. x
This was fantastic thanks for taking us there
Never a boring video. Always interesting, and learn something new.
Have you guys visited the Munchkin town" in Palm Springs? Great Vlog always Love your guys stuff 🕶🎃
Wow!! This was so cool 😎 I completely agree, that hotel was bewitching! I thought I knew all the Oz trivia but somehow this little gem escaped me (or I’m old and I forgot 🤣). Thanks for another interesting video. Hope you had a lovely anniversary!💚
I’ve never heard of Under The Rainbow… I can’t wait to watch it!!
I really loved the emerald wallpaper leading up the stairs to the Velvet Lounge. I was somewhat surprised you didn't mention it.
That's where it got spooky for me. I'm glad he was quiet. I think that Velvet Lounge place is where Mr. Culver haunts.
When I moved to CA years ago I lived in Palms which is right near this hotel.
Can we all agree that it was a exotic bird that was in the background and not a munchkin hanging
They should turn that bar into a Speakeasy!
I was born in Culver City and have never seen that hotel inside but have walked by it many times and seeing your video makes my heart just beam with love for the historical value and the absolute beauty of it all. I am a singer and a huge Judy Garland fan. Thank you so much for your incredible video of this beautiful hotel and I will be coming to stay there soon because of your video. Thanks again♥️🎶♥️
Hi Michael & Jessie, just subscribed to your channel. I loved the showing of the Culver Hotel. It's absolutely gorgeous and it would be perfect place for your vow renewal. You're such a cute couple. Have a healthy and happy New Year 2022.
Excellent vlog, you did a great job. That is the same hotel in 1945 that John Wayne won in a poker game or as some have said, bought for $1.00 from Charlie Chaplin.
When you and Jessica renew your vows i want to be there. I almost feel like I know you both 🖤
This is hilarious! Nothing like a bunch of partying dwarfs, bet that was a hoot! 🤣
This building made me emotional and I am not sure why!. It is mind blowingly beautiful!. Thanks guys!.
wow that's amazing, wizard of oz is one of my all tme favorite movies as a kid
I went to University very close to that hotel I had no idea it was that cool! Glad they saved the structure
Hey guys, I love your channel and you guys so much as well. And I hate to contradict . . . but my father lived just a couple of blocks from MGM Studios during the filming of the Wizard of OZ and he told me that he would watch the Munchkins walk from the Culver City Hotel to MGM Studios every day. ( not via tunnel ) There is even video footage on one of the collector editions of The Wizard of OZ . . . that shows them walking along the route, single file, to the studio from the Culver City Hotel. Wizard of OZ is my all time favorite movie! Keep up the great work that you two are doing!
My favourite channel on TH-cam.
Fantastic tour and history lesson. Your camera work is always slow and smooth which I appreciate so you can take in the sights without getting motion sick. I highly recommend you look into getting a circular polarizer for your DSLR lens -- it will help eliminate reflections when filming items behind glass/windows and it makes the clouds and sky pop even more as an everyday filter.
This place is SOOOO you guys. I totally picture you guys there renewing your vows. It's gorgeous and with so much personality with it.
A beautiful charming hotel! Endearing !! A Blessed Anniversary! L💙ve you!💙💙💙
I like how you guys dug into the history of this place
WHAT A GORGEOUS LAYOUT. YES, THE WINDOWS GIVE "THE CROW" VIBE,LOL. I JUST LOVE THE HISTORY HERE. YES, YES, YES, RENEW YOUR VOWS HERE
The bar upstairs is dope. Been there before. I felt waaaaay underdressed (because of coarse I was) but super cool.
"Putting Pants on Phillip" that you mention (and you never heard of) is an early pairing of Laurel and Hardy (Stan plays Phillip, newly arrived from Scotland and wearing a kilt). It's a very funny movie that you can find online I'm sure, and see the hotel "back in the day."
Some how the feeling of "the shining".. is somewhat in my mind!
Gorgeous !! Hotel can't believe it just left LOVE old Hollywood glam . Happy Anniversary and Happy New Year
The lion is there for many reason (TWOO), but also Culver is known as the “Heart of Screenland” and MGM was there (where they filmed TWOO). My dad’s family is from Culver and my Grandpa went and watched the burning of Atlanta along with the whole town when they filmed Gone With The Wild. My dad remembers as a child going to see the MGM lion.
The Yellow Brick road was in the same sound studio as Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy are filmed now at Sony. That’s one of the reasons the Rainbow is at Sony now. Also you may notice hundreds of black birds at Sony in the evenings. It is said they are the souls of old Hollywood coming to rest there each night.
Another cool thing about Culver is (the former) Desilu studios where they filmed “I Love Lucy” is right next to this hotel. It’s now Amazon studios.
What a beautiful place. Thanks for sharing what you do. Would’ve been way cool to get to see the actual passageway behind the boards Perhaps if you two renew your vows we’ll get to see more of this gorgeous hotel.
OK, that’s it. The next time I have family visit from the East Cost, and ask for a tour, I’m calling you guys. I love the “out of the box” places you go to with the interesting facts you give. 👍🏻.
People usually say that Under The Rainbow is terrible. But when I was 11 and saw it in the theater, I thought that it was great. Wouldn't mind seeing it again.
Wow what a beautiful place. I'll have to plan a staycation myself
Good stuff👍😎 Those munchkins were a handful lol!!!
Absolutely breathtaking!! Thank you for sharing!!!
Thank you for being one of the best channels on TH-cam. I literally binge watch your videos especially the ones about famous people who are legendary like Paul walker and the house on cielo drive and the Adams family. Thank you for giving me hours of enjoyment.