{"id":3516,"date":"2025-08-25T21:35:13","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T04:35:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/?p=3516"},"modified":"2025-08-25T21:35:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T04:35:13","slug":"walk-of-fame-adventures-gordon-hollingshead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/2025\/08\/25\/walk-of-fame-adventures-gordon-hollingshead\/","title":{"rendered":"Walk of Fame Adventures: Gordon Hollingshead"},"content":{"rendered":"<script type='application\/json' class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links'>[{\"id\":10,\"href\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kanopy.com\\\/en\\\/lapl\\\/video\\\/5458681\",\"archived_href\":\"http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20251102064737\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.kanopy.com\\\/en\\\/lapl\\\/video\\\/5458681\",\"redirect_href\":\"\",\"checks\":[{\"date\":\"2025-11-06 18:11:34\",\"http_code\":200},{\"date\":\"2025-11-21 05:09:41\",\"http_code\":200},{\"date\":\"2025-11-28 10:53:33\",\"http_code\":200},{\"date\":\"2025-12-07 04:34:36\",\"http_code\":200},{\"date\":\"2025-12-12 14:37:25\",\"http_code\":200},{\"date\":\"2025-12-25 13:51:28\",\"http_code\":200},{\"date\":\"2026-01-07 08:28:43\",\"http_code\":200},{\"date\":\"2026-01-29 04:08:14\",\"http_code\":200},{\"date\":\"2026-02-04 22:34:28\",\"http_code\":200},{\"date\":\"2026-02-14 02:26:58\",\"http_code\":200},{\"date\":\"2026-03-01 02:06:49\",\"http_code\":200},{\"date\":\"2026-03-05 08:40:00\",\"http_code\":200},{\"date\":\"2026-03-09 06:49:54\",\"http_code\":200},{\"date\":\"2026-03-19 03:30:57\",\"http_code\":200},{\"date\":\"2026-03-26 14:03:43\",\"http_code\":503},{\"date\":\"2026-04-03 11:27:19\",\"http_code\":200},{\"date\":\"2026-04-08 19:05:29\",\"http_code\":200},{\"date\":\"2026-04-16 00:54:43\",\"http_code\":200},{\"date\":\"2026-04-20 21:30:34\",\"http_code\":200},{\"date\":\"2026-04-30 20:31:23\",\"http_code\":200}],\"broken\":false,\"last_checked\":{\"date\":\"2026-04-30 20:31:23\",\"http_code\":200},\"process\":\"done\"}]<\/script>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"825\" height=\"519\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Gordon-Hollingshead.jpg\" alt=\"Composite picture. On the left, a mockup of Gordon Hollingshead's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. On the Right, a black and white portrait photo of Gordon Hollingshead.\" class=\"wp-image-3518\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Gordon-Hollingshead.jpg 825w, https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Gordon-Hollingshead-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Gordon-Hollingshead-768x483.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 825px) 100vw, 825px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Gordon Hollingshead was mainly a producer of short films, so many that he was nominated twenty times for Best Short Subject Academy Awards (and won about a half dozen). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ve been using Justwatch to find this to see for this project, and the only Hollingshead thing it listed as available on any streaming service I have was &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kanopy.com\/en\/lapl\/video\/5458681\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.kanopy.com\/en\/lapl\/video\/5458681\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Why We Fight: Divide and Conquer<\/a>,&#8221; one of Frank Capra&#8217;s WWII propaganda films. Pretty straightforward stuff. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No poster for this (it&#8217;s a short, not a full film) but I did make this loop:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"491\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/lies.gif\" alt=\"An animated image of a radio tower broadcasting the word &quot;LIES&quot; over and over.\" class=\"wp-image-3517\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Seems like it could be useful.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Of course, after I watched this I looked on youtube and found a ton of shorts he worked on, including this cool one about jazz:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Lester Young Jammin&#039; The Blues 1944\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rWDxsudvCX4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Hollingshead&#8217;s star is at 6200 Hollywood Boulevard, which means that in the month I&#8217;ve been doing this I&#8217;ve gone TWO WHOLE BLOCKS! Eleven more unseen movies (and way more already-seen ones) until I get to Hollywood &amp; Vine!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/walk-of-fame-progress-250825-1024x392.jpg\" alt=\"A map of Hollywood. The street sections with the Hollywood Walk of Fame (Hollywood Blvd. from La Brea to Gower, Vine St. From Franklin to Sunset) is highlighted, most of the highlight is yellow, but the South side of Hollywood from Gower to Argyle is red.\" class=\"wp-image-3519\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/walk-of-fame-progress-250825-1024x392.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/walk-of-fame-progress-250825-300x115.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/walk-of-fame-progress-250825-768x294.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/walk-of-fame-progress-250825-1536x588.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/walk-of-fame-progress-250825-2048x784.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Swifter than eagles!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gordon Hollingshead was mainly a producer of short films, so many that he was nominated twenty times for Best Short Subject Academy Awards (and won about a half dozen). 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