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In August 1939, the cast of the film “elected” Hall the mayor of Old Tucson, half in jest and half in seriousness because he had been responsible for bringing the filming of the movie Arizona (1940 film) to Tucson, which resulted in the construction of the Old Tucson movie set and in appreciation for taking care of the needs of the cast and ...
Arizona's diverse geography make it an ideal place for making films. The deserts in the southern part of the state make it a prime location for westerns . Old Tucson Studios is a studio just west of Tucson where several film and television westerns were filmed, including 3:10 to Yuma (1957), Cimarron (1960), The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976), and ...
Arizona is a 1940 American Western film directed by Wesley Ruggles, and starring Jean Arthur, William Holden and Warren William. Victor Young was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Score , while Lionel Banks and Robert Peterson were considered for the Academy Award for Best Art Direction , Black-and-White.
The movie was filmed on location in the Coronado National Forest in Arizona, at the Helvetia Mine in Pima County, Arizona, at Old Tucson, Arizona, and at the Bell Ranch in Santa Susana, California. Stage station scenes were filmed at Jean Dry Lake, Las Vegas, Nevada.
B. Back in the Saddle (film) Backlash (1956 film) Bad Lands (1939 film) Bad Santa; The Badlanders; The Banger Sisters; Banning (film) The Baron of Arizona
The film begins in 1874, when John Clum arrives in Tucson, Arizona as the new Indian agent of the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation. He meets with Arizona Territory Governor Safford and Army General Wade, both of whom mock the Department of the Interior's decision to change its policy toward the Apache, Wade calling them "savages".
Old Tucson Studios, built as a set for the movie Arizona, is a movie studio and theme park for classic Westerns. The Tucson Museum of Art was established as part of an art school, the Art Center, which was founded by local Tucson artists, including Rose Cabat. [108]
Charro! is a 1969 American Western film starring Elvis Presley, shot on location at Apacheland Movie Ranch and Old Tucson Studios in Arizona. This was Presley's only film in which he did not sing on-screen; the film featured no songs at all other than the main title theme, which was played over the opening credits. [3]