Hollywood & Vine Posted: 3 weeks ago by pocksucket
This photo was taken in 1906. It would later become the intersection of Hollywood and Vine.
In 1913, when scouting for a location for the western The Squaw Man, Cecil B DeMille sent the following telegram:
FLAGSTAFF NO GOOD FOR OUR PURPOSE. HAVE PROCEEDED TO CALIFORNIA. WANT AUTHORITY TO RENT BARN IN PLACE CALLED HOLLYWOOD FOR $75 A MONTH.
He received the reply:
AUTHORIZE YOU TO RENT BARN BUT ON MONTH-TO-MONTH BASIS. DON’T MAKE ANY LONG COMMITMENT.
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