The Old Tucson Studios is an old western town outside Tucson in the desert that was built to be used to make movies. It has been there since the late 1930's and has hosted over 300 film and television productions. Some are film classics like, Rio Bravo, The Outlaw Josey Wales, The Gunfight At OK Corral (shouldn't they have made that in Tombstone?) and many more. Some of the many stars that have shot movies here include John Wayne (He made 4 movies there and they have a movie that shows some of his behind the scenes times there), Clint Eastwood, Dean Martin, Steve Martin, Elizabeth Taylor, Maureen O'Hara and many, many more. 
While taking the tour, it's fun to walk the streets and listen the stories about the various movies that were filmed there and hear the "inside" stories about the film making as well. It's neat to see how film makers can change the way something looks in a movie just by shooting it from a different angle. One of the stories they told us was about how because the sun is so bright in the desert they built some of the buildings without roofs so they wouldn't have to light the set. We were surprised that they even used the inside of the buildings versus sound stages in Hollywood.One of the best remembered TV shows that was filmed there was The High Chaparral.
What would a western town be without a dead horse thief or two?
