Cecil B. DeMille Studio Barn

They were going to Flagstaff. DeMille got off the train, decided Arizona did not look like the West he wanted, got back on, and rode to the end of the line. In December 1913 the Lasky company rented half of this barn at Selma and Vine for $250 a month; horses used the other half, and the cast changed in empty stalls. The Squaw Man came out of it, the first feature made in Hollywood, with the Ho-Chunk actress Lillian St. Cyr playing Nat-U-Ritch. Edison's patent trust was a continent behind them.

What the plaque says

One-half of this structure, then in use as a barn, was rented by Cecil B. DeMille as the studio in which was made the first feature-length motion picture in Hollywood, "The Squaw Man", in 1913. It was originally located at the corner of Selma and Vine streets, and in 1927 was transferred to Paramount Studios. Associated with Mr. De Mille in making "The Squaw Man" were Samuel Goldwyn and Jesse Lasky, Sr. Registered Landmark No. 554 Plaque placed by California State Park Commission and Historical Landmarks Committee of Los Angeles County in cooperation with Paramount Pictures Corporation, Dec. 27, 1956

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

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• Santa Monica Pier — 12 mi
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• Mission San Gabriel Arcangel — 13 mi
  The fourth Alta California mission, built on Tongva land with Tongva labor, rebuilt after arson and now telling that story straight.

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