From: Steve Burns at NP-DSC 2/12/96 2:50PM (3546 bytes: 62 ln) To: [log in to unmask] at NP--INTERNET, [log in to unmask] at NP--INTERNET, Subject: Re[2]: Paramount Ranch ------------------------------- Message Contents ------------------------------- Text item 1: Text Item 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 [log in to unmask] ---- To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]