We were very fortunate to have Harry Carey, Jr and his wife Marilyn join us for the 2007 Festival. During one panel discussion Dobie told some wonderful stories about his working buddy, Ben Johnson. More to come
Gregory Peck made three films in the Lone Pine area. They were “Yellow Sky” (1948), “The Gunfighter” (1950), and “How the West was Won” (1962). Below is a video I made a while back about Gregory Peck’s return to Lone Pine for the 1995 Lone Pine Film Festival. More here soon. More here soon.
John Wayne made many films (at least 13) in the Lone Pine area and on this web site we will celebrate his contribution to filmmaking history. Some of his Lone Pine films are “3 Godfathers” (1948), “I Cover the War” (1937), “Westward Ho” (1935), “North to Alaska” (1960) and “Tycoon” (1947). Scott Eyman, author of …
Ross Schnioffsky and Warren Davey will present an illustrated talk on the fabulous women of Lone Pine at the 2021 Lone Pine Film Festival. The presentation is call “Maverick Queens: The Fabulous Women of Lone Pine”. This is a short teaser to promote the presentation. To view the teaser click here.
Singing Cowboy Gene Autry and the Cass County Boys sing “Shame on You” from his movie “Trail to San Antone” from Republic Pictures, 1947. This song features some beautiful Lone Pine – Alabama Hills scenery.
The long, long history of filmmaking in Lone Pine and surrounding areas has benefited from the contribution of many great women filmmakers. Over the years these great women have not received their due recognition. This is maybe because the great number of action-adventure based films (that is, lots of Westerns) that were filmed in the …
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Larry Maurice has spent the last 50 years (thereabouts) as a cowboy, horse wrangler and packer in the Eastern Sierra and the high deserts of Nevada. You’re likely to find him leading a string of mules into the backcountry, on a horse drive in the Owens Valley, or working with longhorn cattle in Virginia City, …
MORE COMING SOON! Claire Adams (1896-1978) Claire Adams was born in Winnipeg, Canada (her brother was prolific screenwriter Gerald Drayson Adams), and after her education in that country she was sent to a private school in England, where she studied drama. At the outbreak of World War I, however, she joined the nursing corps and …
