One of the few things I knew for certain as a child was that my mom would tell each visiting person we’d be hosting that Culver City hosted the munchkins from The Wizard of Oz at the Culver Hotel, with the movie being filmed on the very grounds of our home turf. She spoke with pride and diplomacy, as if it were the most important story in the world. I remember thinking, There is nothing else she could possibly care about as much as this.

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