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| Hollywood's first movie location |
City: Hollywood
California State Historic Landmark: #554 Cecil B. Demille Studio Barn
"Cecil B. Demille rented half of this structure, then used as a barn, as the studio in which was make the first feature-length motion picture in Hollywood- The Squaw Man - in 1913. Associated with Mr. DeMille in making The Squaw Man were Samuel Goldwyn and Jesse Lasky, St. Originally located at the corner of Selma and Vine Streets, in 1927 the barn was transferred to Paramount Studios" (CA State Parks, 1996, p. 100)
We started out January 2016 with a visit to the old barn down the hill from The Hollywood Bowl. Inside the barn is the quaint Hollywood Heritage Museum. A lovely woman sold us tickets for the museum and gave us a great overview of the history of the barn. Cecil B. DeMille came out west in search of a place to film pictures in. He finally settled in California, after trying out Colorado and Arizona as potential filming locations. He rode the end of the rail line to Los Angeles, and eventually rented this barn for $400 a year to set up what would be the first location in Hollywood's first feature length motion picture: The Squaw Man (1914).
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| DeMille, Lasky, and Zukor at the CA Landmark dedication December 27, 1956 |
California State Parks Office of Historic Preservation, (1996), California Historical Landmarks. Sacramento, CA: State of California - The Resources Agency.
