The barn still exists. When I retired ten years ago at the tender age of 54 I went there. It's a film museum now. Not necessarily at the same location, I don't remember where it is, but it's there somewhere in Hollywood. Dave Hug in Bodfish, CA -----Original Message----- From: GLRadcliffe@aol.com <GLRadcliffe@aol.com> To: SOCAL-L@rootsweb.com <SOCAL-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Wednesday, February 28, 2001 6:32 AM Subject: FAMOUS PLAYERS - LASKY >>> 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. <--- >==================== >The "barn" at Selma and Vine was where "The Squaw Man" was filmed. >It's acknowledged as the first full-length film shot in Hollywood. Later, >my doctor's office was there. > >Jesse Lasky had two sons. One became a writer and made his living >in Hollywood. The other was an animal fancier specializing in birds. >When I last spoke to him, he was building a room on Don Ho's house >in Hawaii that he was also filling with hummingbirds. > >The Laskys were fabulously rich until Jesse was kicked out as a >partner. All in all, a very sad ending. > >Gary Radcliffe > >