![]() announced the consolidation of its executive offices with those of First National Pictures, with the executive offices being moved from the Sunset Boulevard studio to the First National Studios in Burbank, California. It was also the studio for radio station KFWB in its early years as Warner Bros.' Los Angeles radio station. The site has been recognized as a historic site in large part due to its having been the location where the first talking feature-length motion picture, The Jazz Singer was filmed in 1927. In 1923, the Western Motion Picture Advertisers' Association held its "WAMPAS Frolic" at "the new Warner Brothers' studio on Sunset Boulevard" with "a great aggregation of film luminaries present." At the time, the studio was 350 feet (110 m) long and 200 feet (61 m) wide, "making it the largest covered-over stage in the world." and served as the company's executive offices and principal studios during the 1920s. In the early 1920s, the facilities were acquired by Warner Bros. ![]() The studio facilities at 5800 Sunset Boulevard were first built in 1919.
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