From an earlier thread:-
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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.
Posts from ethanedwards in thread „Eaves Movie Ranch, New Mexico“
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One of our newer members, srequestrian67, is trying to find what he believes to be a John Wayne movie that was filmed outside of Albuquerque, NM (see his first post, quoted below). I tried a search at IMDb, looking for filming locations, but haven't been successful in finding a JW movie filmed in the described location. If I click on New Mexico as a filming location, 836 films come up, more than I want to read through (as they aren't in any particular order that I can determine).So . . . I thought I'd put it out there to our knowledgeable fan base to see what you can come up with.
Thanks for your help!
Chester
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EAVES MOVIE RANCH
New MexicoChisum
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 RanchFor more information
Studios, Backlots and Ranches
