Discussions to form the company were held at The Lambs, a famous theater club where Charles and Daniel Frohman were members.

In 1914, the company purchased the former headquarters of New York City's Ninth Mounted Cavalry unit at 221 West 26th Street in Manhattan.

[1] The cavernous brick building made excellent filming space for Zukor, and the modernized site is still used today as Chelsea Television Studios.

[1] Hiring its performers straight from the Broadway stage, Famous Players had an early roster of some of the theater world’s biggest names including Marguerite Clark, William Farnum, Gaby Deslys, Hazel Dawn, and H. B.

[2] In 1915, the company established Famous Players Fiction Studios at 5300 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood.