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Known as the Lasky-DeMille Barn it was originally located near Selma and Vine as part of a citrus ranch, but the burgeoning movie business saw the hay and horses moved aside. In 1913, it was leased for $250 a month by director Cecil B. DeMille and pioneer producers Jesse Lasky and Sam Goldwyn as an office and studio for e Squaw Man, the first feature-length movie to be produced in Hollywood. It was a huge hit, and Lasky, DeMille and Goldwyn went on to co-found Paramount Pictures – the barn coming along for the ride and serving as a re- hearsal room, meeting hall, library and gym – before the move "off the lot" and behind fences in 1979 Today you'll find an accurate recreation of Cecil B. DeMille's office inside – complete with his personal bullhorn, shoes, puttees and horsewhip – and a wooden wastepaper basket he rested his feet on when the horses were being watered next door! ere are also colorized postcards, glasses, milk jugs, matchbooks, cutlery and event pro- grams from the great hotels, clubs and eater- ies of L.A., plus old movie equipment—from before and after the Age of Sound—count- less props from DeMille's later movies (plenty of swords, armor, shields and exotic Egyptian mementoes) and a gallery of "Silent Players" such as Laurel & Hardy, Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd, Charlie Chaplin and sex symbol Rudolph Valentino. ust a short distance south, also on High- land Avenue, can be found the Holly- wood Museum, a J building that was once the site of Max Factor, the legendary cosmeti- cian who invented lip gloss, the human hair wig and popularized the term "make-up". Back in 1928 he had the building con- verted into a busy factory and salon so the biggest stars of the day could come and be transformed into a million bucks, and mere mortals could buy the same products their heroines – and heroes – used. A glamorous opening on No- vember 26, 1934 saw everyone who was anyone in attendance, Mae West's invitation promising "sur- prises that should be of particular interest" – including a special color- coordinated rooms for blondes, red- heads, brunettes and "brownettes". e legendary Max Factor name and original studio was ac- quired by several corporate entities CLOCKWISE FROM ABOVE: The Hollywood Museum sign beams from the old Max Factor building. Antique 32mm three-strip movie camera from the 20s and 30s. Darth Vader and C-3PO evoke the terror and the comedy of the original Star Wars. From Ben Hur to the modern classics, the wardrobe we all re- member on the silver screen is here to view, close up. Christopher Reeves' Superman costume is on display. SPRING 2012 / DISCOVER HOLLYWOOD 17