11.   Productions in Los Angeles often take place on studio lots or closed-off streets.

12.   Such are the frustrations of filming in the Pacific Ocean, thousands of miles from the comforts of a Los Angeles studio lot.

13.   The chance to visit studio lots and step into the epicenter of the entertainment business is a major draw.

14.   The figures from the EIDC, which issues permits for off-lot location shoots, do not reflect production on studio lots.

15.   The original movie was shot in black and white on a Burbank studio back lot.

16.   The project is perceived as snakebit, having kicked around various studio lots.

17.   The tram tour through the studio lots is like a trip into the past, the sites of creation of thousands of movies.

18.   There are American flags all over the studio lot.

19.   Throughout Burbank and on studio lots across Los Angeles, security wagons circled studios whose gates already barred all but the most intimate movie personnel.

20.   Visitors tour the studio lot by cart, but some walking is required.