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Originally Posted by Ninjalawyer
Pirate Bay pointed out that because of Edison's patents for motion pictures, it was almost impossible to create movies on the East Coast, so studios relocated to California to circumvent the patents.
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I believe they moved to California so they could shoot films outdoors year round. Sun was plentiful and land very cheap to build those huge sets.
Florida also had a movie industry for a short time but So Cal eventually became the movie capital.
Television took longer but eventually most production moved to California during the 1950s. I Love Lucy being one of the first.