Raleigh Studios Explained

Raleigh Studios
Address:	5300 Melrose Avenue
Location Town:	Los Angeles, California
Location Country:	United States
Owner:	Raleigh Enterprises

Raleigh Studios is a studio facility located in Hollywood, Los Angeles and has been under the ownership of Raleigh Enterprises since 1979. The location has been active since 1915.^[1] Before Raleigh, the studio was run by Famous Players Film Company, Producers Studios, Clune Studios, California Studios, and others.^[2] Raleigh "has no identifiable brand or logo", serving as a rental space for numerous films both before Raleigh Enterprises ownership and afterward.^[3] Author Tom Ogden describes Raleigh Studios as "an independent studio, unaffiliated with any of the majors" which in 2009 had nine soundstages available.^[4] As of 2022, the location has 13 soundstages.^[5]

There are offshoots of Raleigh Studios such as Raleigh Studios Michigan in Pontiac, Michigan.^[6]

Notes and References

1. Book: Roman, James . 2015 . Chronicles of Old Los Angeles: Exploring the Devilish History of the City of the Angels . Museyon . 978-1-940842-00-4 . 250 .
2. Web site: History - Raleigh Studios . raleighstudios.com . Raleigh Studios . October 4, 2022 .
3. Book: Lawson . Kristan . Anneli . Anneli . 2013 . California Babylon: A Guide to Site of Scandal, Mayhem and Celluloid in the Golden State . St. Martin's Publishing Group . 978-1-4668-5414-7 . 48 .
4. Book: Ogden, Tom . 2009 . Haunted Hollywood: Tinseltown Terrors, Filmdom Phantoms, and Movieland Mayhem . Globe Pequot . 978-0-7627-5620-9 . 157 .
5. Web site: Sound Stages . raleighstudios.com . Raleigh Studios . April 28, 2022 .
6. Book: Dixon . Wheeler Winston . Foster . Gwendolyn Audrey . 2011 . 21st-Century Hollywood: Movies in the Era of Transformation . Rutgers University Press . 978-0-8135-5198-2 . 126 .