Hollywood first became the center of the film industry in the 1920s, after Cecil B. DeMille set up the town's first movie studio near Highland and Sunset in a horse barn and filmed The Squaw Man, the first feature-length film, in 1913.
After Cecil B. DeMille produced the feature-length film The Squaw Man near Highland and Sunset, Hollywood became the center of the film industries in the 1920s.