Charlie Chaplin returned to the United States for the first time in over a decade to accept his honorary Oscar in 1972. He received a 12-minute long standing ovation, the longest in Oscar history. | The Academy

Charlie Chaplin opened Chaplin Studios in 1918. Most of his known films were mainly shot on the premises and in the area. For Instance, his 1919 silent short film "A Day's Pleasure" starts off with Chaplin and his fictional wife and kids trying take off in their clunky car outside the back corner of Chaplin's Studios. Here’s the opening clip. Just look at all that greenery on La Brea and those big old houses up on Sunset Blvd! And that door/entryway is still there, on De Longpre Ave. | Vintage L