Studio One (nightclub)

The Studio One building was originally owned by William Fox and housed the Mitchel Camera Company. Mitchel manufactured Hollywood's early film cameras used by Charlie Chaplin, and for filming The Wizard of Oz. Later, it was used as the Norden bombsight facility during World War II. In 1968, the building was bought and transformed into The Factory nightclub, named after the furniture manufacturing business in the lower floor of the building. The Factory became a popular 1960s-style discothèque that was frequented by Hollywood celebrities, but it only lasted a few years. Studio One was founded on the same site in 1974 by part-owner Scott Forbes, a Boston optometrist.{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-feb-07-me-forbes7-story.html|title=Scott Forbes, 57; Ran Dance Palace|first=JON|last=THURBER|date=7 February 2002|publisher=|via=LA Times}}{{cite news|url=http://www.advocate.com/news/2006/09/25/paper-trail-3970s-glow|title=Paper Trail: That '70s glow|date=2006-09-25|publisher=advocate.com|accessdate=2013-12-12}}{{cite book |last1=Faderman |first1=Lillian |last2=Timmons |first2=Stuart |year=2006 |title=Gay L.A.: A History of Sexual Outlaws, Power Politics, and Lipstick Lesbians |url=https://archive.org/details/gaylahistoryofse00lill |url-access=registration |page=[https://archive.org/details/gaylahistoryofse00lill/page/237 237] |quote=Los Angeles Times Studio One 1976 Scott Forbes. |publisher=Basic Books |isbn=046502288X |accessdate=2013-12-12}}{{cite web|last=Heully|first=Gustave|url=http://www.wehoville.com/2013/09/23/ever-wonder-factory-factory/|title=Ever Wonder: Was the Factory a Factory?|date=2013-09-23|publisher=wehoville.com|accessdate=2013-12-12}} In the 1990s, it was bought by Sandy Sachs and renamed to Axis.{{cite web|url=http://la.curbed.com/archives/2010/09/partys_over_historic_west_hollywood_nightclub_up_for_sale.php|title=Famous West Hollywood Club The Factory Changing Hands|date=2010-09-17|publisher=curbed.com|accessdate=2013-12-11}} The space is currently called The Robertson.{{cite web|url=http://www.robertsonweho.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120504182218/http://robertsonweho.com/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 4, 2012 |title=Home Page - The Robertson}}

Throughout its history, the club has been associated with the gay rights movement. Many celebrities graced the club either as guests or performers, especially during the late 1970s and most of the 1980s. Photos of those people were displayed in the hallway between the disco and cabaret. The club also had entertainers Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford and Paul Newman{{cite book |last=Levy |first=Shawn |year=2009 |title=Paul Newman: A Life |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Gtj5Ms8jMQQC&q=Paul+Newman+The+Factory+nightclub+West+Hollywood&pg=PT207 |publisher=Random House |isbn=978-0307462534 |accessdate=2013-12-12}} on its board of directors.{{cite book |last=Alleman |first=Richard |year=2013 |title=Hollywood: The Movie Lover's Guide: The Ultimate Insider Tour of Movie L.A. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OPRKEpwjfLQC&q=Studio+One+West+Hollywood+nightclub&pg=PA259 |publisher=Random House |isbn=978-0804137775 |accessdate=2013-12-12}}

• Wayland Flowers
• Madeline Kahn{{cite news|last=Thurber|first=Jon|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-feb-07-me-forbes7-story.html|title=Scott Forbes, 57; Ran Dance Palace|date=2002-02-27|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=2013-12-12}}
• Bernadette Peters
• Chita Rivera
• Joan Rivers
• Ike & Tina Turner{{Cite web|title=Ike and Tina Turner at Studio One :: ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives|url=http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15799coll4/id/5178|access-date=2020-06-15|website=digitallibrary.usc.edu}}

• Studio One Forever, documentary film

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• {{Official website|http://www.factorynightclub.com/}}

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