Lasky-DeMille Barn

Lasky-DeMille Barn. . , The Barn was built in 1901 for agricultural use. In 1912, it was adapted for motion picture production in Hollywood. The exterior of the building interprets its important adaptation for a succession of motion picture production functions, retracing the history of motion picture industry itself., The Barn was originally built in 1901 by Col. Robert Northam and sold in 1903 to Jacob Stern, a real estate developer. It housed horses and carriages, and later automobiles. In 1912 Sten rented the Barn to Harry Reviver and Louis Loss Burns. They turned the former bridle and tack section of the Barn into a film development laboratory and built an outdoor stage. They marketed it as a rental film studio. In December 1913, the studio was rented by Cecil B. DeMille, as Director-General of the Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company, to film their fist motion picture. That film was "The Squaw Man," which is the first feature-length film made in Hollywood., The east elevation has been restored to the silent film era appearance (1913-1926(. Filming at the Selma and Vine lot - when it was done around the Barn - took place outdoors on a raised wooden deck. The deck remained on this side of the Barn the entire time the building was at Selma and Vine, even as filming was moved into specially-built enclosed glass stages., Captions: , Jesse Lasky and the Barn at Selma and Vine, c. 1916. , The Barn at Selma and Vine location, c. 1925.