RSH Studios
American film rental studio
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RSH Studios (formerly known as RED Studios Hollywood, Desilu-Cahuenga Studios and Ren-Mar Studios) is a rental studio located at 846 N. Cahuenga Blvd. in Hollywood, Los Angeles on premises that were formerly the home of Desilu Productions.
Desilu-Cahuenga Studios
Ren-Mar Studios
Hollywood, Los Angeles
| RSH Studios | |
|---|---|
 Interactive map of the RSH Studios area | |
| Former names | RED Studios Hollywood Desilu-Cahuenga Studios Ren-Mar Studios |
| General information | |
| Type | Television studios |
| Location | Hollywood, Los Angeles, 846 N. Cahuenga Blvd. Hollywood, Los Angeles |
| Coordinates | 34.0866°N 118.3284°W |
| Owner | Red Digital Cinema Camera Company |
History
Originally it was the site of Metro Pictures Back Lot #3 in 1920. In 1947 it was rebuilt as a nine-stage studio called Equity Pictures and became Motion Picture Center Studios a year later. It has been used for a wide variety of film and television production, and the studio has been known by many different names.
In 1953, after filming the first two seasons of the I Love Lucy TV series at General Service Studios, Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz were looking for a larger studio. They looked at the lot (known at the time as Motion Picture Center) and signed a ten-year lease on the property.[1] In 1955 Desilu bought the studio.
In 1959, when Desilu bought other studios in Hollywood and Culver City, the studio's name was changed to Desilu-Cahuenga Studios[2] to avoid confusion with the other Desilu Studios.[3] In 1984, ten years after being independently owned and operated for use by producers, it became Ren-Mar Studios.
In January 2010, Ren-Mar Studios was bought by Red Digital Cinema Camera Company. The complex was renamed Red Studios Hollywood.[4] In 2024, Nikon officially acquired RED Digital Camera, resulting in the studio's name change in early 2025 to RSH Studios. Though a separate entity from RED Digital, the studio remains under the independent ownership of former RED Digital co-owners Jim Jannard and Jarred Land.[5]
Productions
The Abbott and Costello Show (season 2, 1953-54), I Love Lucy (seasons 3–6, 1953–1957), The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour (1957–1960), The Lucy Show (1962-1968), The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961–1966),[6] My World and Welcome to It, Make Room for Daddy, Hogan's Heroes, The Andy Griffith Show, The Masked Singer (season 4-present), The Jack Benny Program, That Girl, Seinfeld, The Golden Girls, The Golden Palace, Empty Nest, NewsRadio, Ally McBeal, Beauty and the Beast, It’s a Living, MADtv, and Lizzie McGuire are among the television series that have been filmed entirely or partially at Ren-Mar.
Music videos are often filmed at the studio, including those of Madonna, INXS, Michael Jackson, Ozzy Osbourne, Hilary Duff, and Britney Spears.
The front (Cahuenga Boulevard) gate of Ren-Mar was used to represent the "Maroon Cartoon Studio" for the film Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988). In 1991, the Richard Simmons exercise tape "Sweatin' to the Oldies 3" was taped at Ren-Mar.
