Vintage Western Wagon Wheel Replica in front of Museum of Western Film History in Lone Pine, California with old movie posters on Wall exterior
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Autumn Sky Photography / Alamy Stock PhotoImage ID:
2E5334DFile size:
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5232 x 3584 px | 44.3 x 30.3 cm | 17.4 x 11.9 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
22 February 2017Location:
Lone Pine, California, USAMore information:
The Lone Pine Film History Museum, supported by Beverly and Jim Rogers, highlights the area's frequent appearances in Hollywood feature films. The Alabama Hills west of town are frequently used as a filming location for Western movies. Since the early years of filmmaking, directors and their production units have used the Lone Pine area to represent the iconic American West. Approaching the 100th anniversary of The Roundup (1920), the first documented film produced in the area, Lone Pine has played host to hundreds of the industry's best known directors and actors, among them directors William Wyler, John Ford, George Stephens, and William Wellman, and actors John Wayne, Bing Crosby, Gene Autry, Barbara Stanwyck, and Jeff Bridges. The Whitney Portal road was used in the 1941 film High Sierra with Humphrey Bogart, which culminated with a shoot-out between Bogart's character and the police, at the foot of Mount Whitney. The 1955 classic Bad Day at Black Rock starring Spencer Tracy and Anne Francis was also filmed in and around the Lone Pine area. Lone Pine is also the location of several scenes in Iron Man depicting Afghanistan filmed in 2008 and in the 2014 remake Godzilla as a temporary military forward operating base or FOB