# Little-known things about your city or state **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 12, 2016, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-known-things-about-your-city-or-state/748723 "2016-03-12T06:35:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2016, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-known-things-about-your-city-or-state/748723/101 "2016-03-25T05:06:18Z")
Chicago was the original home of the American film industry. Many silent films were produced here, including many Charlie Chaplin movies. Recently the first American Sherlock Holmes picture was shown in what was the studio where it was filmed, 100 years ago. [See 'Sherlock Holmes' Projected In Same Studio Where It Was Filmed In 1916 - Uptown - Chicago - DNAinfo](https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20160311/uptown/see-sherlock-holmes-projected-same-studio-where-it-was-filmed-1916) ---
**Author:** ![JpnDude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/838e76/32.png) [@JpnDude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JpnDude)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2016, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-known-things-about-your-city-or-state/748723/102 "2016-03-25T08:17:59Z")
I grew up a short drive from a [private McDonald’s restaurant](http://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/2293) location that is used strictly for domestic and international TV commercial and film productions in City of Industry, CA in L.A. County. [YouTube video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COcBhU1bmVY) [1988 LA Times article](http://articles.latimes.com/1988-08-15/business/fi-426_1_commercial-shooting) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-known-things-about-your-city-or-state/748723.md?page=5)