| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1920/00/00 | Paramount Pictures | Owner | Paramount Studios is originally built by Famous Players-Lasky to be close to the Broadway theater district. The Astor Room was the "commissary" for stars such as W C Fields, Gloria Swanson and the Marx Brothers in between takes in the movie studio. | |||
| 1929/00/00 | Marx Brothers | Actors | At Famous Players-Lasky studio, The Marx Brothers make their first motion picture, The Cocoanuts. | |||
| 1929/05/00 | Cary Grant | Actor | Paramount invites Archie Leach and Jeanette MacDonald to a screen test at their Austoria Studio, neither were offered a contract. Leach was told his neck was too long, so in the future he had shirts custom made to hide his neck. | |||
| 1942/01/00 | War Department acquires Kaufman Astoria Studios to make Army training and indoctrination films. | |||||
| 1942/06/00 | John Cheever | Military | Early in the summer, Cheever is transferred to the Army Pictorial Center in Astoria, Queens. John commutes via subway from his apartment in Chelsea, Manhattan, New York City. | |||
| 1970/00/00 | Armed Forces productions cease, studio turned over to New York City |
| Particulars for Kaufman Astoria Studios: | |
|---|---|
| Area of Significance | Communications |
| Owner | Federal |
| Historic Use | Film Studio |
| Sight Category | Historic District |
| Criteria | Historic Event |
| Historic Use | Manufacturing facility |
| Level of Significance | National |
| Area of Significance | Performing Arts |
| Owner | Private |
| Area of Significance | Theatre |
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