Los Angeles ndiro guta re celluloid, hwoumbozha uye hunonakidza. Ipapo chaipo, chingangoita makiromita makumi matatu nemashanu, ndiko chitsuwa cheSanta Catalina, chitsuwa chenyeredzi.. Isu tinozvidaidza izvo nekuda kwekukwezva kwakasimba uko chiwi ichi chakave nacho kune dzinoverengeka dzenyeredzi dzema celluloid, avo munguva yavo yekuzorora havana kuzeza kwekanguva kutiza kuti vafungisise gungwa kubva kubharanda reimwe hotera yepamusoro.
Anopfuura mazana maviri emamuvhi mafirimu akavezwa pane ino diki asi inofadza chitsuwa, chimwe chikonzero nei yakave inozivikanwa kwazvo. Santa Catalina ndiyo nzvimbo yaifarirwa nevagadziri vemafirimu kunyora zviitiko zvekunze zvaida kuona kwakanaka uye nharaunda. Aya ndiwo maratidziro emufananidzo wake mukufa seJaws (1975) kana Treasure Island (1932).
Clark Gable, Marilyn Monroe kana Charles Chaplin vaigara vachishanya kuSanta Catalina, vazhinji vacho vakawana zvivakwa imomo kana kuzviroja kwenguva yakareba. Chiteshi chengarava chakaitangira chinopa hupenyu hune simba uye husingafungidzike. Muguta guru, rinonzi Avalon, kune huwandu hukuru hwemahotera emhando yepamusoro, mabhawa uye makirabhu ehusiku ayo akazadzwa nevechidiki, vakanaka uye vakapfuma vanhu vazhinji. Kunyangwe paine nguva dzose nzvimbo yemunhu wese. Chokwadi, kushanya kwakanyanyisa kwaita kuti chitsuwa hachisisiri nzvimbo inonyanyo tsvakwa-kurekodha kuenda. Nekudaro, ivo protagonists veiyo hombe skrini vanogara vachitora nguva yekushanyira Santa Catalina, chitsuwa chenyeredzi.