The Squaw Man

And if you look at, uh, some of those, uh, early films or pictures of the Black Maria, it's really interesting stuff how, uh, that all started.

Uh, the first major, major motion picture, uh, that was filmed, uh, in Southern California was The Squaw Man, uh, which, uh, was obviously an early silent.

And, uh, can you imagine a film today, uh, named, uh, The Squaw Man? Go to a-- [fingers drumming] What's the name of that restaurant? Oh, my God.

A chi- a Cheesecake Factory, all right? And they have that wonderful sweet bread.

Uh, a- and it's c- it used to be called squaw bread.

Now the random part.

In 1913, this young filmmaker, Cecil B. DeMille, set out from New York to make his first film, a Western called The Squaw Man.

He planned to shoot the movie in Flagstaff, Arizona.

Loaded his crew and equipment on a train, he headed west.

Ooh.

Sam was another one of DeMille's partners, Sam Goldwyn, god-- uh, grandfather to the aforementioned, uh, Tony Goldwyn.

That barn that he rented became the production home for The Squaw Man.

That was Hollywood's first ever feature-length film.