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A drone view of the Paramount water tower on the Paramount studio lot in Hollywood in Los Angeles.

A drone view of the Paramount water tower on the Paramount studio lot in Hollywood in Los Angeles.

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Brooks Barnes

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LOS ANGELES – They had seen where Bob Hope once broke a dressing-room window with a golf ball. Soon, they would drive by a beige building where artists used to toil on Betty Boop.

But first, the seven people on a Paramount Pictures studio tour would have the chance to scrutinise a park bench.

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