Hollywood Legends & Locally Filmed Movie Tour
John Wayne, Mae West, Elvis Presley and Jon Cryer are only a few movie stars, starlets, and world renown people that have walked the streets in Old Town on Main Street in Cottonwood, Arizona’s Commercial Historic District. Come and learn this areas movie history and eat, sleep and stand where Hollywood Legions left an imprint. Bring your camera.
Tour starts at the Cottonwood Hotel featuring movie locations for:
• 1946, ‘Angel & the Badman’ starring John Wayne & Gail Russell
• 1946, ‘Desert Fury’, starring ‘Liz Scott, Burt Lancaster, John Hodiac, Mary Astor, Wendell Corey
• 1967 Filming of 'Stay Away, Joe" starring Elvis Presley, co-starring Burgess Meredith, Joan Blondell, Katy Jurado
• 1987, ‘Dudes’ starring Jon Cryer, Daniel Roebuck
To see more visit: http://cottonwoodhotel.com/history/locallyfilmedmovies.html
A little history…
John Wayne & Elvis both bought western wear at the old Robinsons Clothier Western Wear Shop, which was located below and adjoining the Cottonwood Hotel. Wayne exclusively wore Lucchese cowboy boots, which today you can purchase the Dukes favorite brand from the Alley Cat after your tour.
John Wayne and Gail Russell romanced at the historic Cottonwood Hotel several times during their 1946 filming of ‘Angel & the Badman’. Their ‘secret’, but not so secret romance, was carried on at the hotel, as it was just a few doors down from the old Rialto Theater. Before day break, they would sneak back into Sedona, where the other film crew lodged.
During the filming of his Wayne’s leading role in ‘Angel & the Badman’, he was known to have purchased a bottle of aspirin for his headache at the local Drugstore which was on the corner across from the Cottonwood Hotel. Since his father was a pharmacist, he liked to chat up the local pharmacist. (future Verde Valley Olive Oil Traders)
The old Rialto Theater (today’s Tavern Grille location), brought in nearly 150 locally filmed movies to do what was called a ‘Rush’. This was when the directors, producers and movie stars all gathered to review their progress of the filming.
Some John Wayne facts:
John Wayne born May 26, 1907, died Jun 11, 1979.
Wayne’s favorite drink was Sauza Commemorativo Tequila with a lemon and chipped ice. When he wasn’t drinking that, he generally had cola, grenadine & Jack Daniels on the rocks.
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