![]() Next, Earp and the others got off their horses and the crowd of people grew about them. First, the people stood in a knot in the street and talked. Typically, the parts were shot out of sequence. It was a complicated scene, involving many characters riding in, others walking and running from all directions, and converging in the center of the street, and it was covered from several angles. When I arrived Mike Feifer was directing the return of Wyatt Earp and his fellow lawmen, with their quarry, being greeted by the Mayor, and legendary writer and character Ned Buntline. Feifer tells Sheriff Fowler he's going down Fowler awaits death Shawn Roberts as Wyatt) (Photo captions:Paramount Ranch western street series of shots, porch-sitter spots Matt Dallas as Bat Masterson,Levi Fiehler as Bill Tilghman, Scott Whyte as Carlie Bassett, Daniel Booko as Spike Kenedy, Shawn Roberts as Wyatt Earp, riding into town Ned Buntline presents Earp w/Buntline Special - director Mike Feifer w/ball cap costumer Nikki Pelley distributes hats Daniel Booko Dave Bourne David Booth four Buckaroos take a break - Wes Coffee, ?, Karin McKechnie and German Peter Biff Wiff Eric Tolzmann Make-up Katherina Ramirez and costumer Pelley make sure Charlie is bloodied and bandaged Samantha Perry Bat waits for next set-up Katherina handcuffs Spike Second unit, horses in tall grass Martin Santander waiting for his cue Martin smiling Dir. QUINN, MEDICINE WOMAN (which I tried to like, but found to be a sappy re-tooling of the far superior PARADISE), and with the work of historian Marc Wannamaker, the Hertz/RKO version of the Western town was rebuilt, and stands today (okay, for that I’ll say I like DR. I remember a single cabin, a bridge, and crumbling foundations.īut in 1993, Paramount Ranch became the home of DR. It was a delightful surprise for me – the only time I’d been there before was more than twenty years ago, and there had been almost nothing left to hint that Paramount Ranch had once been an exceedingly busy Western film location. Shooting days number six through nine for THE FIRST RIDE OF WYATT EARP took place in March at the Paramount Ranch. CORALL was shot there, but it’s not on the official lists. This may be the first movie about Earp to be shot at the ranch. The current western town at the Paramount Ranch was the RKO western town.” Paramount Ranch historian Marc Wannamaker explains, “Hughes dismantled it, and Hertz purchased pieces of the RKO Ranch and brought them to the Paramount Ranch. At the same time Howard Hughes, who owned RKO, decided to sell off his western town, built for CIMARRON, at the intersection of Burbank and Louise in Encino. In 1953, Paramount, no longer needing the facility, sold the southeast portion to William Hertz, who decided to rebuild the crumbling location. Fields, Bob Hope and Preston Sturges were lensed there. It was a prime location for comedies as well – many of the finest works of W.C. Many films starring Bill Boyd (Hopalong Cassidy), Buster Crabbe, Ken Maynard, Joel McCrea, Randolph Scott, Clark Gable, Buck Jones and Gary Cooper were shot there. For the next quarter of a century, Paramount used the wonderful rural setting for everything from China (for ADVETURES OF MARCO POLO) to New England (for MAID OF SALEM), but naturally it was used mostly for westerns. Paramount Ranch in Agoura has a long and illustrious history, which began in 1927, when the studio purchased 2,700 acres of the old Rancho Las Virgenes. THE HIGHEST PEAK - BEST OF THE MOUNTAIN MAN MOVIESĪUSTRALIA'S JESSE JAMES - THE LEGEND OF BEN HALLĭANCES WITH WOLVES - A QUARTER-CENTURY TRIBUTE Lonesome Dove Trail, plus Jane Got a Gun reviewīEST OF THE WEST - THE BEST WESTERN MOVIES, TV & DVDS FOR 2016 "LONESOME DOVE IS THE GODFATHER OF WESTERNS." AN INTERVIEW WITH ROBERT DUVALL Less Than Magnificent – The Magnificent Seven Remake Remembering The Horse Soldiers – Constance Towers Sink or Swim - The 'Stagecoach' River Crossingįrontier Justice For Sale - Stalking the Elusive Western at the American Film Market Rustled for Hollywood - The Truth About 'Francis' Slim Pickens - a Real Cowboy Who Captured the Hearts of America ![]() Yakima Canutt - The World's Greatest Horse Stuntman ![]() ![]() "I Killed John Wayne!" Bruce Dern Remembers The Cowboys The Absolute Best Historically Accurate Westerns Still Blasting Away - The Rifleman Turns 60 Years Old Morgan Woodward: The Villain Matt Dillon Couldn’t Stop Killin’ Below are links to my columns, beginning with the most recent. WYATT EARP BACK AT THE (PARAMOUNT) RANCHĪs Film Editor of TRUE WEST MAGAZINE, every month I explore the world of Western film and television.BLUE AND GREY REMATCH AT PIERCE COLLEGE.KEVIN COSTNER SAYS, ‘LET THE FEUD BEGIN!’. ![]()
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