Disney MGM Studios 30th Anniversary Celebration - D&M Tribute Part Two - Sunset Boulevard and Tower of Terror Original Artwork

The Disney Hollywood Studios celebrate their 30th Anniversary on May 1 and D&M join the celebration by a series of articles with most of the original artworks done for the park at a time he was known as Disney MGM Studios. And it's not simply a copy and paste of a D&M previous article as most of the pictures have been enhanced and are now with accurate colors, better contrast, etc, in two words it's the best version ever of these articles.

In this part two we will have a look at Sunset Boulevard and Tower of Terror Original Artwork

Let's begin first by a series of renderings for the Sunset Boulevard facades, and note that the first one below shows a building that was never built.

And, yes, the Carthay Circle Theater, which was replicated at Disney California Adventure during its placemaking was first built at the Disney MGM Studios.

On this next artwork showing the Tower of Terror in the background, the Carthay Circle Theater is on the right.




And on this beautiful sunset view artwork, the Carthay Circle Theater is now on the left!



The rendering below seems to indicate that a "Disney film festival" was envisioned at the Carthay Circle Theater by WDI Imagineers. Just like on the rendering above, note the red tramway on the right. Never added, he finally was introduced during the DCA placemaking.




On this next rendering, have a closer look the "orange grove" area on the top left, which was never added at DHS.



Let's have a look now to the Tower of Terror artworks, beginning by these two early concepts. As you can see , the building had a totally different look than it has now.






Here is another Tower of Terror concept art, pretty rare, too.

The next renderings are others concept, closer to the final version, and a picture of the model.









This next picture is really interesting as it shows how the ride was previously envisioned. As you can see, the Twilight Zone room was supposed to be in the basement and not at the top. Or may be both.





Let's end with a picture of the model that we all know, but always beautiful.



All artworks and photos: copyright Disney Enterprises Inc.