Photos: The historic Fox Studios lot in Century City

A mural of characters from the animated comedy “Family Guy” decorate the exterior of a sound stage at Fox Studios.

A scene from “Young Frankenstein” re-created on a sound stage wall at Fox Studios makes for a distinctive photo backdrop.

Detail of actors Gene Wilder, left, and Marty Feldman in “Young Frankenstein” in a mural on Stage 5 at Fox Studios.

John Candreva, executive director of facilities operations at Fox Studios, crosses New York Street on the Fox backlot in Central City.

John Candreva, executive director of facilities operations at Fox Studios, in front of Building 88 on the Fox lot, which was built by Darryl F. Zanuck to house his his offices because the original was too small for his needs.

The private dining room used by Fox Studios executives in the studio’s commissary.

The executive dining room at the Fox Studios commissary.

Portraits of Shirley Temple hang in the Shirley Temple dining room at the Fox Studios commissary. Proceeds of Temple’s movies built the studio’s three-story administrative building, erected in 1936.