Since 1913 over 126 movies and television shows have been filmed in Southern Arizona; from Oklahoma to McCLintock, to The Bottom of the Bottle. Movies and television shows provide an economic boost to southern Arizona as “the homeland of the Old West”. Baja Arizona continues to inspire film companies and continue to pick up movies like the recent Hangover III that was partially filmed in ‘Nogales. The Old West still lurks in these hills, perhaps the Old West Town of Mescal...
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Since 1913 over 126 movies and television shows have been filmed in Southern Arizona; from Oklahoma to McCLintock, to The Bottom of the Bottle. Movies and television shows provide an economic boost to southern Arizona as “the homeland of the Old West”. Baja Arizona continues to inspire film companies and continue to pick up movies like the recent Hangover III that was partially filmed in ‘Nogales. The Old West still lurks in these hills, perhaps the Old West Town of Mescal lies forgotten in the desert, but it is still celebrated in the Spirit of the Old West. Old Tucson Studios has set the pace in Southern Arizona for decades beginning in 1939 with “ARIZONA”‘ filmed at the studio. Dozens followed John Wayne, Glenn Ford, John Huston, Steve McQueen, Danny Glover, Clint Eastwood, and the Highwaymen, new generations followed, like Young Riders.
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