Cecil+B.+DeMille



DeMille's first studio wasn set up by renting out a barn and using as the studio. During the 1920s, DeMille was mainly known due to his comedies. Later, the barn that he had rented had tranformed into a colossal sized movie complex. The barn was found in a small suburb named Hollywood, which was now becoming the center of the entertainment film industry. Expensive shops and bars where located on the main avanue. Many stars drove by in their expensive automobiles, of course followed by repoters. Hollywood was one of the creators of the starting point of a common national culture during the 1920s.

Information Provided by: Prentice Hall America Pathways to the Present Modern American History text book page 459

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