 Allen Parkinson founded the museum on May 4, 1962, but sold it to the Six Flags Corporation in 1970.It was located north of Knott's Berry Farm on Beach Boulevard.In 1975, Six Flags opened a Movieland Wax Museum clone called "Stars Hall of Fame" in Orlando, Florida, located near the intersection of the State Road 528 Bee-Line Expressway and Interstate 4, close to SeaWorld and just north of Walt Disney World.