Eaves Movie Ranch, New Mexico

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  • EAVES MOVIE RANCH
    New Mexico


    Chisum
    The Train Robbers
    The Cowboys
    were filmed here



    In 1971 also
    Billy Jack, The Culpepper Cattle Company, Butch & Sundance:
    The Early Days, Gunfighters of the West, Red Sky at Morning,
    Wyatt Earp and more



    North central region of New Mexico,Nearly 30 years ago J. W. Eaves
    built a Western town were you can climb the plank steps to the boardwalk
    flanking the saloon, bank and mercantiles of the old west period.
    Making your way down the old pine walkway and peeping into a storefront,
    you get unreal sense that this town is real in the sense of lived in,
    peopled with sooty blacksmiths and cautious bankers,
    nosy shopkeepers and worldly bartenders.
    The occasional glimpse of a false front brings visitors back to reality
    —it is really just a movie set.



    Eaves has been working with the film industry for approximately 40 years,
    including long periods of sluggish film activity.
    In 1957, he bought a sprawling ranch south of Santa Fe
    and soon thereafter had his first taste of Hollywood when
    they used his distinctive ranch house as a location for the short-lived television
    series Empire in 1962.



    Several years later, Eaves was working at the windmill pond near his home
    when a man walked up. He was a producer from Columbia Pictures
    who asked about using the ranch for a film and wanted to lease it for a year.




    This deal set the stage for the first major production at the Eaves Ranch,
    Where Angels Go . . . Trouble Follows, a film that brought Rosalind Russell
    and Robert Taylor to New Mexico.
    The following year, 1969, Gene Kelly approached Eaves
    about the possibility of building a Western town set for the movie
    he was to direct,The Cheyenne Social Club.
    They agreed to split the costs, with Kelly (from National General Pictures)
    paying half to build the town.
    It took five months to build, including the construction of power lines and roads.
    The film is, to this day, a standout among Eaves' many recollections,
    largely due to its stars Jimmy Stewart and Henry Fonda, along with director Kelly.


    For more information:-
    Eaves Movie Ranch


    For more information
    Studios, Backlots and Ranches

    Best Wishes
    Keith
    London- England

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  • Does anyone know where the scenes of the house were done at. Would like to find some pictures of the house that was in the movie.

  • Hi Tony,


    Welcome to the JWMB! I did a quick search here on the forum and found this thread. It seems that Chisum was filmed in New Mexico, but I'm not sure of the exact spot. I'm sure someone here will be able to assist you in your search for the exact spot.


    Kevin

  • Hello Tony and welcome to the site. I don't know where the house is or if it still exists but hopefully one of our members can come up with a answer.

    Life is hard, its even harder when your stupid!!
    -John Wayne

  • Tony,
    I asked Michael Wayne that same question about 5 years ago and he told me that Chisum was filmed in Mexico and that the house in Chisum is also the house in Big Jake. They redid the house to be use for Big Jake, but is wasn't a real house it was just a movie set. The house wasn't built to last and it wasn't built to be lived in.

    Chris

  • From a previous thread:-


    Best Wishes
    Keith
    London- England

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  • From an earlier thread:-

    Quote from Stumpy



    Good site, sanada - thanks for referring us to it. Here's a comprehensive list of the movies filmed in NM. It shows that "Chisum" and "The Cowboys" were made there.

    Best Wishes
    Keith
    London- England

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