"40 Acres"
The Lost Studio Backlot of Movie & Television Fame
a RetroWeb Studio Backlots website


Acknowledgements and Links

Acknowledgements

John Bertram (Culver Studios)
Julie Lugo Cerra (City of Culver City)
Jake Easton (Radok)
Randy Garrett
Jerry Krumm
Curt McAloney (Star Trek History)
Javier Mulero
Joe Musso
Allan Newsome (The Andy Griffith Show Rerun Watchers Club)
Jim Nolt (The Adventure Continues)
Joel Rasmussen
Tom Redlaw ("birdofthegalaxy's" Flickr Photostream)
Jerry Schneider
Jacob Shepherd

and

special appreciation to:
Marc Wanamaker

Bison Archives


Additional Thanks for Film & TV Appearance Assistance to:
Bill Bernico
Mark J. Cuccia
Barry Hamill
Steven Hicks
Paul Mulik
Jack Thompson

The 40 Acres web site debuted on May 27, 2006.
The Virtual Tour section debuted on February 16, 2008.

Much about the 40 Acres backlot remains to be discovered. If you have production information, photographs, or reminiscences to share, or if you have spotted a 40 Acres set in an old film or television show, please contact me at or via this site's feedback form.


If you are interested in viewing the 3D Google Sketchup models created by Kipp Teague in conjunction with this web site, and from which the numerous 3D views seen in the "Virtual Tour" were rendered, please visit the collection
RKO Forty Acres Studio Backlot
in Google's 3D Warehouse.

"StudioBacklots" Yahoo Group
(web forum and photo repository)
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Also visit the new RetroWeb sites:
The RKO Encino Ranch - RKO Radio Pictures' Famous Movie Lot

AND
"The Andy Griffith Show" - A Behind-the-Scenes Gallery



40 Acres Web Links
(all links verified October 24, 2009)



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