And then there was Max’s Mausoleum post. Sound confusing? I thought about this unusual landmark that was created in the 1920s, as a part Hollywood motion picture production. During the 1920s and 1930s a number of Hollywood films used the region as a location, thanks in part of Susanville’s native son, Ephraim “Ephie” Asher.

Asher, was the only child of Morris and Fannie (Greehn) Asher. He was born on September 1, in either 1887 or 1888 in Susanville. There is some discrepancy as to year he was born. His son, William, thought it was in 1890. In 1887, his parents had a house constructed on the corner of North Lassen and North Streets. They moved in February 1888. This was the house Ephie was raised and he attended local schools. Since there was no high schools, he would receive his higher education in San Francisco. By the mid-1910s, after a stint in New York City, involving the motion picture industry, he located to Los Angeles became associated with Universal Studios as producer and production manager. Thus, he had an influence as locations. His son, William Asher, had a lengthy career in the Television industry and he was producer of such shows as I Love Lucy and Bewitched. It should that he was married to Elizabeth Montgomery, the star of Bewitched.

Tim