Melinda Pickering asked: > Does anyone know what kind of business was "Famous > Players ..." located at Selma and Vine in Los Angeles, > CA in 1918? My g-grandfather worked there. This could perhaps turn out to be exciting, and thus my reply must begin with a scolding before getting to the good part (and the good part is GOOD!): Scolding: When will people learn to include little things like whatever "g-grandfather"'s name was? Sheesh! How are we supposed to snoop at the library with no name? Let's see, this looks like a good book here -- I'll just look in the index under "blank." Golly darn. OK. Now the good stuff. Upon a preliminary look-see, "Famous Players" was also known as the "DeMille and Lasky Barn." If the name DeMille sounds familiar, yes I believe this is the Cecil B. DeMille type of DeMille, as DeMilles go. Your great grandfather's "Famous Players" later became ---> Paramount Studios. <--- I'd say that's pretty good stuff for a family history. I would be *very* interested to know HOW you learned that great-grandfather worked at "Famous Players at Selma and Vine." There's just got to be more goodies here, though hidden. Lester Powers lesterps@juno.com PS: Yes, at first I *did* think that "Famous Players" must have been a saloon. Was I ever wrong! ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.