Arizona's Little Hollywood
Monday, April 25, 2011

Total Pre-Call, Part 11

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Paramount Pictures went on to make 52 more films based on Zane Grey stories over the next 17 years, but  To the Last Man , unlike  The Vanis...
Sunday, April 17, 2011

Total Pre-Call, Part 10

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Famous Players-Lasky PR claimed that while filming To the Last Man in Tonto Basin “Richard Dix hunted down a wildcat that had been harass...
Monday, April 11, 2011

Total Pre-Call, Part 9

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Richard Dix stands triumphant following a Last Man barroom brawl, as uncredited Charles Ogle (far right) looks on. Ogle was the first act...
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Monday, April 4, 2011

Total Pre-Call, Part 8

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Last Ma n mountain girl Ellen Jorth (Lois Wilson) gets a kick out of store-bought footwear. Working in the great outdoors can be hazard...
Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Arizona's Little Hollywood Honored by Western Writers of America

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Exciting news! I just learned that my book  Arizona's Little Hollywood  is a finalist in the Contemporary Nonfiction category for the 20...
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Monday, March 28, 2011

Total Pre-Call, Part 7

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To the Last Man began approximately four weeks of location filming in spring 1923. The company of 49 film workers and 53 pack animals arriv...
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Monday, March 21, 2011

Total Pre-Call, Part 6

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In 1921, Zane Grey bought three acres of land on Anderson Lee “Babe” Haught’s homestead in Arizona’s Tonto Basin to build a hunting cabin. “...
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Having played host to more than 60 Hollywood productions—from the early years of cinema through the 1970s—Sedona, Arizona’s unsung role in American film is the topic of this blog. Here, once and for all Sedona gets her due as a key location in movie history, a silent but stunning backdrop to all genres of movies including silent films, B westerns, World War II propaganda, and film noir.
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