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Russell Belknap <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 12 Feb 1996 16:50:07 -0800
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From: Steve Burns at NP-DSC 2/12/96 2:50PM (3546 bytes: 62 ln)
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Subject: Re[2]: Paramount Ranch
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That's perplexing that even the American Film Institute would have
nothing...
 
(they're located on Western Avenue in Hollywood)
 
Or you can try the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences...
 
I find it hard to believe that no one's done anything.. but I applaud
your
attempts at trying...
 
don't give up the good fight...
 
          Thanks so much for your encouragement.  We have been
          in contact with the Academy. I believe our historian has
          also contacted the AFI as well as other repositories.  It's
          very frustrating.  We have sent queries out over the
          internet among the various film related newsgroups and the
          H-FILM mailing list for the scholarly study of film history.
          The response has been disappointing.
 
          IS ANYONE OUT THERE INTERESTED IN PRESERVING THE SIGNIFICANT
          SITES OF AMERICAS MOVIE MAKING HERITAGE???
 
          If this were a different time and we were considering
          Gettysburg or Independence Hall, I'm afraid we would maybe
          be left with the Gettysburg Address or the Declaration of
          Independence and not the sites associated with those
          historic events and periods.  Surely Americas movie heritage
          which has significance world-wide to modern culture,
          deserves to have preserved it's more significant historic
          sites!!!
 
          I am an Historical Landscape Architect not a Film Historian
          or scholar.  Since working on the Paramount Movie Ranch
          project, I have absorbed a great deal of information and
          history on the American film industry.  The overwhelming
          majority of interest and study, however, seems to be
          concerned with the films, film as art, and personalities of
          the industry.  There is very little associated with the
          making of movies and the sites associated with the industry.
          Even information on the studio properties is scarce.
 
          We have recently contacted the National Trust for Historic
          Preservation.  We hope to pursue opportunities, on behalf
          of the American public, for partnership and assistance in
          the Preservation and interpretation of the Paramount Movie
          Ranch and the story of Americas movie industry.  We are also
          pursuing other groups and organizations interested in
          preserving and interpreting the history of the Paramount
          Movie Ranch.
 
          IMAGINE A PLACE IN WHICH AN IMPORTANT PART OF AMERICAS
          MOVIE HISTORY HAPPENED AND WHERE THAT STORY COULD COME TO
          LIFE FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE (AND FOREIGN VISITORS).  THAT
          PLACE IS PARAMOUNT RANCH.
 
          WE WELCOME YOUR INTEREST
 
          Steve Burns
          National Park Service
          Denver Service Center
 
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