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Old Tucson was originally built in 1939 by Columbia Pictures on a Pima County-owned site as a replica of 1860s’ era Tucson for the movie Arizona (1940), starring William Holden and Jean Arthur. Workers built more than 50 buildings in 40 days.
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 Rio Bravo (1959).
Filmed at Old Tucson Studios, [2] it recounts the first successful introduction of limited self-government by John Clum (1851–1932), Indian agent for the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation in the Arizona Territory and is based on the 1936 biography Apache Agent by his son Woodworth Clum (1878-1946).
A series of images from the era have emerged more than a decade after they were almost thrown away.
Exteriors for the film were shot at Old Tucson Studios, just outside Tucson. [12] Filming took place in the summer of 1958, and the movie's credits gave 1958 for the copyright; the film was released in March 1959. Rio Bravo is generally regarded as one of Hawks' best, and is known for its long opening scene which contains no dialogue.
1950 – Catalina Highway constructed. 1952 – Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum founded. 1954 – Hirsh's Shoes (shop) built. [9] 1955 Don Hummel becomes mayor. Southern Pacific 1673 train exhibit opens. 1956 – Tucson Air National Guard Base active. 1960 University of Arizona Poetry Center founded. Old Tucson Studios theme park and El Con Mall ...
When Jim returns to Tucson, he encounters Karyl in a hotel, being forced upstairs by a stranger. Karyl calls him by name, whereupon the stranger draws his gun. Jim kills him and wounds another man gunning for him, though he is shot in the shoulder. Afterward, Karyl reveals that the dead man is Jeff Welker and the survivor is his brother Tony.
Morgan sets off to find the killer. His one clue is the saddle, which he recognizes as belonging to Belden. Assuming it was stolen from his old friend, Morgan travels to the town of Gun Hill to pick up the trail, but once there he quickly realizes that Belden's son Rick (Earl Holliman) is the killer.