Kaufman Astoria Studios

The Kaufman Astoria Studios is located in Queens, New York, and home to productions like "Sesame Street", "Johnny and the Sprites", "Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego", "Power of 10", "The Cosby Show", "Swan's Crossing", "Law & Order", "Million Dollar Password", "Video Power" and "Spin City", and "WFAN".

It is currently owned by NEP Broadcasting.

The walls of the studio are lined with images of the performers who have worked in the studios, including Milton Berle, George Burns, Bill Cosby, Diana Ross, and Jerry Orbach.

It was originally built by Paramount Pictures in 1920 to provide the company with a facility close to the Broadway theater district. Many features and short subjects were filmed here between 1920 and 1933. The two most famous movies to be shot here during that period are "The Cocoanuts" (1929) and "Animal Crackers" (1930), the first two Marx Brothers films.

In 1942 the United States Army Signal Corps Army Pictorial Service took over the studio for the making of Army training and indoctrination films until 1971.

Other motion pictures filmed there include the musicals "Hair" and "The Wiz", and the film "Carlito's Way". In the early 1980s, The Jacksons' music video "Torture" was filmed there as well. A 2008 remake, "The Taking of Pelham One-Two-Three", uses this facility.

ources

* Traveling Pat, [http://forum.muppetcentral.com/showthread.php?t=24907 "My Day on 'The Street'] ," 2005.

External links

* [http://www.kaufmanastoria.com Official Website]