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Providencia Ranch
Early film location for Universal and Paramount, now Forest Lawn Cemetery
Providencia Ranch, part of Providencia Land and Water Development Company property named for the Rancho Providencia Mexican land grant, was a property in California, US. It was used as a filming location for the American Civil War battle scenes in The Birth of a Nation (1915) and other silent motion pictures. The valley was also the site for two Universal Studios west coast operations in 1914.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
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Providencia Ranch, part of Providencia Land and Water Development Company property named for the Rancho Providencia Mexican land grant, was a property in California, US. It was used as a filming location for the American Civil War battle scenes in The Birth of a Nation (1915) and other silent motion pictures. The valley was also the site for two Universal Studios west coast operations in 1914.2
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- WikipediaProvidencia Ranch
- WikidataQ7252510
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- 1WikidataProvidencia Ranch on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaProvidencia Ranch on Wikipedia
- 3Wikimedia CommonsProvidencia Ranch photo by J.R. Prince, Public domain