Review of Stopover in Hollywood

Narrated by the most monotone voice you've ever heard, this shortie will put you to sleep like nothing else. The color is badly in need of restoration, and The editing is atrocious . They have mounted a camera behind a blond bombshell, who could be the double for Marilyn Monroe, as she drives around LA in a Chevy convertible. She visits some fun spots, like Fairlawn Cemetery, Pantages Theater, Capitol Records, and checks out the hand imprints at Mann's Chinese Theater. We drive past a couple homes of the stars, then its off to the beaches and and LONG snooze at MarineLand. Of course, they work in some corporate signs for Hertz and the Roosevelt Hotel, which makes on wonder if this was sponsored by them. The copy read by the narrator Walter Kray is idiotic, and next time I'd just press MUTE! Watch it for the great old time photos of landmarks and how LA looked in the 1960s, but keep your expectations in check. Its a GREAT snapshot of how the city looked back when... Corriganville, up north in Simi Valley, was still a going filming location, or at least the standing buildings were still standing. Those buildings have all been knocked down as I write this in 2013. Be sure to research it on wikipedia, or the LA parks website. Corriganville really has an interesting story, and is still fun to visit, but that's about the only saving grace for this short we get to see now and then on Turner Classics.