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Cecil B. DeMille started filming Hollywood's first feature film, The Squaw Man (featured).

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Cecil B. DeMille

American film director, producer and actor (1881–1959)

Cecil Blount DeMille was an American filmmaker and actor. Between 1914 and 1958, he made 70 features, both silent and sound films. He is acknowledged as a founding father of American cinema and the most commercially successful producer-director in film history, with many films…
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Hollywood, Los Angeles

Neighborhood in Los Angeles, California, US

Hollywood, sometimes informally called Tinseltown, is a neighborhood and district in the central region of Los Angeles County, California, within the city of Los Angeles. Its name has become synonymous with the U.S. film industry and the people associated with it. Many notable…
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The Squaw Man (1914 film)

1914 silent film by Cecil B. DeMille & Oscar C. Apfel

The Squaw Man is a 1914 American silent Western film directed by Cecil B. DeMille and Oscar C. Apfel, and starring Dustin Farnum. It was DeMille's directorial debut and the first feature-length film to be shot in what is now Hollywood.
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