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here on Page One: Government Film Links New Mexico Industry Links death on 'Rust' film set Albuquerque Industry Links Santa Fe Industry Links Film Festivals in New Mexico Selected Silent Films Made In New Mexico, 1898-1929 on Page Two: Selected Sound Films Made In New Mexico, from 1930 to 1989 on Page Three: Selected Sound Films Made In New Mexico, from 1990 to 2009 on Page Four: Selected Sound Films Made In New Mexico, from 2010 to Present NEW movies, coming soon

Movie producers have been filming in New Mexico for a century, especially Westerns. Starting in 2003, state and local governments promoted
film & media production here thru tax incentives, funding help, and elimination of 'red tape'. Then the new Republican governor cut the program back in 2011,
and jobs and tax revenues quickly saw major reductions. The impact of New Mexico's film industry grew from $8 million in 2002 to $657 million in fiscal 2008,
and New Mexico's I.A.T.S.E. Local 480 grew from 79 members in 1998 to 1,200 members in mid-2008 and to 1,500 members in 2022.

"100 Years of Filmmaking In New Mexico" [1998] from New Mexico Magazine U.N.M. Press 10¾x9 hardcover [12/98] for $24.95

CinemaTour's listing of movie theaters (past & present) in New Mexico

Government  Film  Links

New Mexico Film Office {of the Economic Development Dept.}
Amber Dodson, director [apptd 3/2020]
former director Todd Christensen, 5/2019-2/2020
former director Nick Maniatis, 2011-2018 - now works at Netflix (2020)

New Mexico Film Museum [unfunded 8/2005, closed 5/2010]
New Mexico Film Locations website
Big House Props & Costumes {state-run non-profit}
U.N.M. Continuing Education 'On Camera Careers' curriculum
New Mexico Film & Media Industry Conference [May 2014 = #2]

New Mexico Film + TV Hall of Fame [est. 2017] in Santa Fe, New Mexico The first inductees in February 2018 were Thomas Edison [1847-1931], Moctesuma Esparza, author Max Evans, author George R.R. Martin, Imogene Hughes, Stewart Lyons, author John Nichols, "The Milagro Beanfield War" [1988], "Bless Me, Ultima" [2013], and the New Mexico Film Office • 2018 In Memoriam Honorees were projectionist-engineer Ross Krantz [1933-2017], filmmaker Lexie Shabel [1966-2017], art director Thomas 'Chip' Radaelli [1947-2017], and Alan D. Swain IV [1957-2017]• 2018 Rising Star Honorees were filmmaker Consuelo 'Conci' Althouse, actress MorningStar Angeline, filmmaker Hannah Macpherson, and Joshua Oppenheimer

Local  Film  Agencies

City of Albuquerque [NM] Film Office
Clayton, New Mexico Film Liaison
Las Cruces [NM] Film Commission
Las Vegas, New Mexico Film Office
Otero County [NM] Film Office
Rio Arriba County [NM] Film Liaison Office [est. 11/2008]
Rio Rancho [NM] Film Commission [est. 11/2006]
Santa Fe [NM] Film Office
Taos County [NM] Film Commission

New Mexico  Film  Industry  Links
definition/derivation of the term 'Tamalewood'
New Mexico Travel & Business Links Pages
Film New Mexico {occasional} weblog
New Mexico Actors website
New Mexico Chapter of Women In Film & Television
New Mexico Screenwriters Speakers Series
Pasa Tiempo Film Guide {magazine/slide show}
New Mexico Actors Guide
New Mexico Locations Leasing, based in Santa Fe, NM
Elliott Location Equipment, based in Albuquerque, NM
Crew New Mexico film industry resource
The Muir Studio {pre-production} in Las Cruces, NM
New Mexico Post Alliance

Albuquerque Office & Mailing Address: 302 Washington Street in Nob Hill District of Albuquerque, NM  
Santa Fe Office at Dragonstone Studios: 313 Camino Alire in Santa Fe, NM
Tiffany Cole  { IMDb } - Executive Director (new 10/2023) • Terry Futschik - President (prom 10/2023)  { IMDb }
former Exec Director Terry Futschik  { IMDb } • former President Susan Cowsill • Daniel B. Region - Vice President

list of movie theaters in New Mexico - past and present at CinemaTours website
list of movie theaters in New Mexico - past and present at Cinema Treasures website
Allen Theatres - 10 theaters in 7 cities in NM [est. 1912]

Buena Vista Ranch near Las Vegas, New Mexico
Charles R Ranch, on County Road 24 in Romeroville, New Mexico
Cook Ranch, near Galisteo, New Mexico
Cristobal Ranch near Galisteo, New Mexico
Makarios Ranch in Cerrillos, NM
Ruby Ranch, north of Los Alamos in San Miguel County, New Mexico
Scaramanga Ranch & Film Site [est. 1992, new owner 2017] north of Madrid, New Mexico   
Staly Ranch, near Montezuma in San Miguel County, New Mexico

Individuals  of  New Mexico

  Mae Marsh  [1894-1968] was born in Madrid, New Mexico
browse Mae Marsh on VHS & DVD • IMDb credits [1910-64] • Wikipedia

Production  Companies  in  New Mexico
Southwest Production Services
White Sands Production Services, based in Alamogordo, NM
Cypress Film Labs in Las Vegas, NM

cable TV mogul Patrick Gottsch and his Rural Media Group production company [est. 2000]
purchased the 3,000-acre children's ranch [1998-2014] of radio host Don Imus near Ribera, New Mexico in November 2018, possibly for $19M
the facility will begin producing shows for RFD-TV and the Cowboy Channel in Spring 2019

Death On The Film Set in New Mexico, October 2021 text text latest info at IMDb Participants Santa Fe District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies actor-producer Alec Baldwin {charged 1/2023, dropped 6/2023} Baldwin's attorney Luke Nikas Baldwin's attorney Abigail R. Wolberg (10/2023) armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed {charged 1/2023 & 6/2023} Gutierrez-Reed's attorneys Jason Bowles & Todd J. Bullion assistant director David Halls (pled guilty to misdemeanor 4/2023) cinematographer Halyna Hutchins {killed by gunshot at age 42} Matthew Hutchins, her husband Andros Hutchins, her son special prosecutor Karl T. Morrissey (2023) Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer (10/2023) director Joel Souza {wounded} 2021 Friday Oct 21: Early in the day, six union-member workers on the crew walked off the New Mexico set of "Rust" over safety issues; there had been two misfires on the prop gun on Saturday and one the previous week. "There was a serious lack of safety meetings on this set." 2021 Friday Oct 21: An assistant director handed actor-producer Alec Baldwin a Colt .45 revolver 'prop' gun, and told him that it was 'cold', meaning that it was understood to be loaded with blanks and not live rounds. During rehearsal of the next scene, Actor Baldwin accidentally fired the prop gun and fatally shot cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and seriously injured director Joel Souza. 2021 Oct 27: Dave Halls - assistant director on the Alec Baldwin movie "Rust" - acknowledged that he failed to thoroughly check the gun that was handed to actor Alec Baldwin before the fatal on-set shooting; Hall told investigators that armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed opened the gun for him to inspect before handing it to Baldwin, and Halls said that "he should have checked all of" the rounds in the gun, "but didn't, and couldn't recall if she spun the drum". Halls said that he only remembered seeing three rounds in the gun; after the shooting, he says he brought the gun to Reed and saw "at least four dummy casings with the holes on the side, and one without the hole". 2021 Wed Dec 1: A.B.C. News released a confusing teaser for an interview with George Stephanopoulos, with actor-producer Alec Baldwin saying that he "didn’t pull the trigger" of the gun that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and wounded director Joel Souza on the set of "Rust". In the full interview, Baldwin said that he pointed the gun to help Hutchins set up her shot, under her direction. "The trigger wasn’t pulled. I didn’t pull the trigger . . . I cock the gun. I go, ‘Can you see that? Can you see that? Can you see that?’ . . . And then I let go of the hammer of the gun, and the gun goes off. I let go of the hammer of the gun, the gun goes off." In the very old-style Colt .45 revolver that Baldwin used, the hammer needs to be manually cocked: the person holding the gun cocks the hammer, and then pulls the trigger to release it, causing the bullet to fire. One can also manually pull back and release the hammer, causing the bullet to fire. The  Year  2 0 2 2 2022 Feb 15: A lawyer for the family of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins filed a wrongful death lawsuit against actor Alec Baldwin and others over Hutchins' death on the New Mexico set of the film "Rust" the prior October. Baldwin was rehearsing a scene when the prop gun that he was holding discharged with a live round that hit Hutchins, fatally wounding her; director Joel Souza was injured but recovered. Attorneys for Hutchins' family accused Baldwin and others responsible for safety on the set of disregarding industry standards to cut costs, leading to the tragedy. 2022 Wed April 20: New Mexico's Occupational Health & Safety Bureau fined film company Rust Movie Productions nearly $136,793 for firearms safety failures and the fatal on-set shooting. The state workplace regulator ordered the maximum possible fine, citing safety failures in clear violation of industry protocols: production managers didn't address complaints from crew members or sufficiently tighten safety procedures after two misfires on set before the deadly October accident, failing to act despite 'a set of obvious hazards to employees'; the fine was later reduced to $100,000 on appeal. 2022 Oct 4: The producers of the movie "Rust" and star Alec Baldwin have reached a settlement with the estate of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, who was killed when a gun that Baldwin was holding accidentally discharged with live ammunition. Matthew Hutchins, Halyna Hutchins’ husband said, “We have reached a settlement, subject to court approval, for our wrongful death case against the producers of "Rust", including Alec Baldwin and Rust Movie Productions, LLC. As part of that settlement, our case will be dismissed. The filming of "Rust", which I will now executive produce, will resume with all the original principal players on board in January 2023. I have no interest in engaging in recriminations or attribution of blame (to the producers or to Mr. Baldwin). All of us believe [that] Halyna’s death was a terrible accident. I am grateful that the producers and the entertainment community have come together to pay tribute to Halyna’s final work.” 2022 October: Trade publication Variety Magazine reported that production for the film "Rust" will pick back up in January; the filmmakers will not be returning to New Mexico. Actor Alec Baldwin maintains that he didn't know the pistol had a live round in it, and he denies that he pulled the trigger. 2022 Thu Oct 27: Santa Fe Sheriff’s Office submitted its last investigative findings in the death on a New Mexico film set one year prior to prosecutors. Two binders of information were turned over to Santa Fe-based District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies’s office, without setting forth any recommendations about possible criminal charges. The Sheriff’s Office already has made public the lapel camera video of the mortally wounded Hutchins, witness interrogations, email threads, text conversations, inventories of ammunition, and hundreds of photographs. The  Year  2 0 2 3 2023 Thu Jan 19: Santa Fe's District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies announced in a statement that charges would be filed against actor Alec Baldwin and the film's armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed by the end of the month. Each will be charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter. {Each charge is a fourth-degree felony, which means that conviction could bring up to 18 months behind bars and a $5,000 fine; prosecutors also tacked on a provision that could result in five years of prison time because a gun was involved.} Baldwin's attorney Luke Nikas did not immediately respond to a request for comment; Gutierrez-Reed's attorneys Jason Bowles and Todd J. Bullion provided the following statement: "Hannah is, and has always been, very emotional and sad about this tragic accident. But she did not commit involuntary manslaughter. These charges are the result of a very flawed investigation and an inaccurate understanding of the full facts. We intend to bring the full truth to light and believe [that] Hannah will be exonerated of wrongdoing by a jury." 2023 Feb 14: After 16 months delay, the production company behind the troubled western movie "Rust" said that it will resume filming this spring (in Montana); some of the original crew, including director Joel Souza, will return, and two safety officers will be added; at the same time, the company is producing a documentary on the life of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. 2023 Feb 20: In a win for Alec Baldwin, prosecutors dropped a gun enhancement charge against the actor in the manslaughter case over the fatal shooting of "Rust" cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. Prosecutors said that they made the change to "avoid further litigious distractions" after Baldwin’s legal team argued that the law behind the charge didn’t exist in its current form when the shooting happened. That means that Baldwin is now facing a maximum of 18 months in prison if convicted, rather than a potential five-year penalty. 2023 March: Assistant director David Halls pleaded 'no contest' to a misdemeanor charge of negligent use of a deadly weapon and received a suspended sentence of six months in jail. 2023 late April: Prosecutors dropped charges against Alec Baldwin based on new information: that the prop gun that discharged was modified prior to delivery to the "Rust" movie set. 2023 June 2: A New Mexico judge approved terms of the settlement reached in Fall 2022 of the wrongful death civil suit filed by the Hutchins family; details are sealed because the primary beneficiary is Halyna's minor son Andros. 2023 June 22: Weapons supervisor Hannah Gutierrez-Reed is already charged with involuntary manslaughter in the shooting death of the cinematographer on the New Mexico set of the Alec Baldwin film "Rust" is now charged with evidence tampering for allegedly passing drugs to someone else on the day of the shooting; the special prosecutors appointed in the case stated that Gutierrez-Reed “did transfer narcotics to another person with the intent to prevent the apprehension, prosecution, or conviction of herself” in a Santa Fe County court filing; they gave no further details. “It is shocking that after 20 months of investigation, the special prosecutor now throws in a completely new charge against Ms. Gutierrez Reed, with no prior notice or any witness statements, lab reports, or evidence to support it," Bowles said in a statement. 2023 Oct 6: During a virtual hearing, Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer ordered the resistent "Rust" producer group to deliver documents - contracts, agreements, memos - requested by special prosecutor Karl T. Morrissey by October 20th. 2023 Oct 17: Special prosecutors in New Mexico are pushing for new charges against actor Alec Baldwin in the 2021 fatal shooting on the set of the Western movie "Rust". "Additional facts have come to light that we believe show Mr. Baldwin has criminal culpability," New Mexico-based prosecutors Kari Morrissey and Jason Lewis said. Prosecutors dropped an involuntary manslaughter charge against Baldwin in April; they plan to present the new case to a grand jury within two months.

Albuquerque, NM  Film  Industry  Links

City of Albuquerque [NM] Film Office
City Production Services Directory {by topic}: A-C • D-O • P-Q • R-Z

G.E. Nordell's Albuquerque, New Mexico Travel & Business Links Page
Guild Cinema [est. 1966] in Albuquerque's Nob Hill District
The Phoenix Agency - actors, models, musicians - in Albuquerque, NM
Cinnafilm™ digital effects technology in Albuquerque, NM
Filmmaker Production Services [est. 10/2008, sold off props 6/2010] in Albuquerque, NM
Friends of Film, Video & Arts [est. 2006] in Albuquerque, NM
L.A. Stunts Training Center in Rio Rancho, NM

'Awards Night In Hollywood' Party & Viewing Opportunity [Feb 2015 = #3] at Albuquerque's KiMo Theatre during the Oscar show
FREE 3-day Annual N.H.C.C. Film Symposium: The Power of Our Stories [April 2023 = #1] at the N.H.C.C. Campus   
City of Albuquerque's 505 Youth Film Festival for K-12 [May 2009 = #2] at KiMo Theater
Duke City Shootout filmmaking film festival [July]
Albuquerque [NM] Film Festival [Aug 2011 = #3] in Albuquerque, NM

Albuquerque Art Museum exhibit "Hollywood Southwest: New Mexico in Film & Television" [Feb-Aug 2017]   { webpage gone }

Individuals  in  Albuquerque, NM  area

Bean Brothers "Film Students" webcast on YouTube: 14-episode first season

teen actress Elise Eberle: IMDb listing

director-producer Tony Estrada: Wild Horse Films • IMDb listing

E.G. Productions / Elizabeth Gabel, casting director

actor {SAG, etc} Cliff Gravel: website • IMDb listing

filmmaker Erin Hudson of Albuquerque, NM

filmmaker & casting director Hannah Macpherson of Albuquerque, NM: IndieQ profile • IMDb listing

producer Brent Morris: production company [est. 2006] • credits at IMDb

Devin D. O'Leary, film critic at The Weekly Alibi newspaper in Albuquerque, NM for 28 years - now working for The Paper [est. 2021]

Tsailii Rogers, Latina filmmaker, producer & actress
official website • credits at IMDb

actress Rachel Ticotin: browse DVDs • IMDb listing • Wikipedia

juvenile actress Willow Shields {of "Hunger Games" [2012]} lives in Albuquerque, NM

actress Rebekah Wiggins: IMDb listing

Production  Companies  in  Albuquerque, NM  area
Abalone Studios Game Production Services in Albuquerque, NM
Albuquerque [NM] Independent Film Cooperative
Basement Films [est. 1991] in Albuquerque, NM
SFX wizard Joseph Conti & Conti Films [est. 2001] in Rio Rancho, NM
filmmaker Christopher Coppola's Ears XXI company
D H & J Productions in Albuquerque, NM
independent filmmakers Egg Murders Productions, LLC of Albuquerque, NM
Fat Man Media [est. 2008] in Corrales, NM
Filmmaker Production Services [est. 10/2008, sold off props 6/2010] formerly of Albuquerque, NM
Image Resources, Inc. in NE Albuquerque, NM
IndieProduction [est. 2006] in Albuquerque, NM
Mario's Motion Picture Catering [est. 1983] - branches in AZ, CA, GA, IL & NM
New Mexico Digital Video [est. 2000] in Albuquerque, NM
Production Central of Albuquerque post-production facility, 519 Central Ave. NW
uPublic is a locally-focused independent studio & production company in Downtown Albuquerque, NM

Movie  Studio  Facilities  in  Albuquerque, NM  area

        
October 2018: The Mayor of Albuquerque, New Mexico announced that Netflix, Inc. is about to complete its purchase of ABQ Studios [est. 2007]
in the Mesa del Sol district; Netflix plans to increase its presence here and make the city a 'production hub'.

I-25 Studios {formerly Titan/Philips Studios aka Philips Stages, 2006-2009}

Lionsgate Movie Studio in Rio Rancho, New Mexico { deal expired 11/2008 }

New Mexico Film Studios [est. 2022]
A proposed 'network of film studio facilities' which will stretch from Santa Fe, through Albuquerque, and down to Las Cruces.
official website • official Facebook page • wiki
co-founder Dominic Gabello
co-founder David Martinez, COO of NMFS
co-founder David Montoya, CEO of NMFS
co-founder Kurt Young, president of NMFS

New Mexico Film Studios South Valley Backlot
ground-breaking ceremony 3/2022 on 13 acres of roadside desert off South Broadway between Isleta Amphitheater on the east and Valle de Oro National Wildlife Refuge on the West; 'expect to see a new Western town sprout up ... in the next month or two'

New Mexico Film Studios indoor production facility at The Yard, on Woodward and Broadway

Sony Pictures Imageworks [est. 1993]
facility at Albuquerque Studios (ann. 2007) changed to Downtown Albuquerque office building (2009)
official website • Wikipedia

Soundstage 41 in NE Albuquerque, NM

Santa Fe, NM  Film  Industry  Links
Santa Fe [NM] Film Office
Santa Fe [NM] Film Festival [Oct 2011 = #12]
G.E. Nordell's Santa Fe, New Mexico Travel & Business Pages
The Screen: New Mexico's Cinematheque [est. 1998] at Santa Fe University of Art & Design
Film School Program at Santa Fe University of Art & Design
  Dragonstone Studios: 313 Camino Alire in Santa Fe, NM   
  Jean Cocteau Cinema {closed April 2006; reopened 8/2013} 418 Montezuma Avenue in Downtown Santa Fe, NM
No Name Cinema - non-profit microcinema, gallery & community gathering space [est. 10/2021], 2013 Pinon Street in Santa Fe, NM

New Mexico Filmmakers Showcase [January 2015] in Santa Fe, NM
Santa Fe, NM 'Summer In The Dark' Noir Film Festival [Sept 2011 = #14] {defunct?}
Santa Fe [NM] International Film Festival [Oct 2010 = #2]
N.M.F.F. 'On The Page' Screenwriters Conference [Oct 2016 = #1] in Santa Fe, NM

Individuals  in  Santa Fe, NM  area

actor Val Kilmer
Kilmer sold his Pecos River Ranch near Rowe, NM in September 2011 to a Texas oilman for a reported $18M

Tony Mark, co-producer of Oscar-winner "Hurt Locker"

author & businessman George R.R. Martin

journalist & filmmaker Lorene Miller of Santa Fe, New Mexico
"Report From Santa Fe" [est. 1973] interview show produced by KENW-TV
hosted by Lorene Miller (since 2003) • official website • official PBS homepage

artist & filmmaker David Jean Schweitzer lives near Taos, NM
official website • credits at IMDb

actor-director Arron Shiver of Santa Fe, NM: IMDb listing

Native American actor Wes Studi of Santa Fe, NM
browse Wes Studi on DVD • official website • credits at IMDb • Wikipedia

Production  Companies  in  Santa Fe, NM
Cinevision Productions in Santa Fe, NM
High Definition New Mexico in Santa Fe, NM
Alton Walpole's Mountainair Films in Santa Fe, NM
Real Deal Productions/Montage 3 Films in Santa Fe, NM
Taos Land & Film Company [est. 1989]
Zia Film Distribution LLC [est. 1993] in Santa Fe, NM

Movie  Studio  Facilities  in  Santa Fe, NM  area
Bonanza Creek Movie Ranch near Santa Fe, NM   
J.W. Eaves Movie Ranch on NM Highway 14

Film  Festivals  in  New Mexico
RioFest Intl. Environmental Film Festival [Jan 2007 = #1] in Socorro, New Mexico
New Mexico Film Festival [Feb 2013 = #2] at U.N.M. - Valencia Campus

Taos [NM] Shortz Film Fest [March 2013 = #6]
Sin Fronteras {Latino/Latina} Film Festival [April 2006 = #4] in Albuquerque, New Mexico
Taos Picture Show film festival [April 2005 = #2]
Indigenous Independent Film Festival [April 2006 = #1] in Albuquerque, New Mexico
New Mexico Filmmakers Showcase [May] in Albuquerque, New Mexico
Organ Mountain Film Festival [May 2005] in Las Cruces, New Mexico
City of Albuquerque's 505 Youth Film Festival for K-12 [May 2009 = #2] at KiMo Theater

Santa Fe, New Mexico 'Summer In The Dark' Noir Film Festival [July 2006 = #9]
Duke City Shootout filmmaking film festival [July]
Roswell [NM] Film Festival "1947" [2007 = #1?]
PAHfest Digital Media Festival [July 2006] in Grants, New Mexico
Local Shorts Film Festival [Aug 2005 = #3] in Albuquerque, NM
Albuquerque [NM] Film Festival [Aug 2011 = #3] in Albuquerque, New Mexico
Future Voices Native Film & Video Festival [Aug 2017 = #8] of Santa Fe, New Mexico
Mindfield Film Festival [Aug 2022 = #5] at the Guild Cinema in Albuquerque, NM
New Mexico Asian Film Festival [Aug 2022 = #1] at Asian Expo & Marketplace
Native Cinema Showcase [Aug 2017 = #17] in Santa Fe, New Mexico
Northern New Mexico Film Festival [Sept 2007 = #2] in Las Vegas, New Mexico
Silver City [NM] Short Film Festival [Sept 2007 = #2]
Wild Film! International Wildlife Film Festival [Sept 2007] in Taos, New Mexico
Santa Fe Animal Shelter's Bow Wow Film Festival [Sept 2018 = #2] at CCA Cinemateque
Southwest Gay & Lesbian Film Festival [Sept-Oct]
Gallup [NM] Inter-Cultural Film Festival [Sept-Oct 2005]

New Mexico Middle-Eastern Film Festival [Oct 2005 = #2]
Fiery Film Fest [Oct 2005 = #5] in Clovis, New Mexico
Taos [NM] Mountain Film Festival [Oct 2005 = #5]
Duke City DocFest [Oct 2011] in Albuquerque, New Mexico
Fans of Film Festival for Social & Environmental Change [Oct 2010 = #2] in Albuquerque, New Mexico

Mesilla Valley Film Society [est. 1989]
W.N.M.U. - Silver City Intl. Film Society [est. 1994]

Selected  Films  Made  In  New Mexico
{ in chronological order }

alphabetical list of movie & TV production made in New Mexico from A.B.C. Public Library

Selected Films Made In New Mexico, 1898-1989 {just below}

Selected Films Made In New Mexico, from 1990 {on Page Two}
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"Indian Day School" 14-second clip [Edison Mfg. Co. Feb 1898]
Filmed at The Pueblo of Isleta Tuei in New Mexico; one of the very earliest films made in America; Thomas Edison sent a camera and crew
Out West to document the country and people • bare credits from IMDb
watch full L.O.C. clip - runs twice [2/2011 upload; 0:28] online at YouTube
watch full L.O.C. clip - runs twice [0:28 MPG file] free online using QuickTime or Windows Media - runs twice

"Navajo Love Story" [1908] filmed near Farmington & the San Juan River - not found on IMDb (5/2022)

"Brothers" [Powers Picture Plays 1911] /tt0377551/
filmed near Alamogordo, NM; starring Gladys Field, Mrs. J.E. Macklin, Jack O'Brian, Jesse Robinson

"The Dude" [Powers Picture Plays 1911] /tt0377816/
filmed at Cox & San Augustine Ranches, near Organ, Dońa Ana County, NM; starring Leo White, Bill Crosby,
Gladys Field, Thomas McMahon, John B. O'Brien, Jesse Robinson, Enrique Robles

"Fools Gold" [Powers Picture Plays 1911] /tt0377927/
filmed near Alamogordo, NM; starring Thomas McMahon, Jesse Robinson

"Wages of Sin" [Washington Pictures/National Film Distrbtng Jan 1912] /tt2142989/
filmed near Alamogordo, NM

"Mexican Border Defenders" [Powers Picture Plays April 1912] /tt1311143/
documentary filmed near Las Cruces, NM

"A Pueblo Legend" aka "A Pueblo Romance" 24-minute short [Biograph Aug 1912]
Filmed at The Pueblo of Isleta Tuei in New Mexico; written & directed by D.W. Griffith; starring Mary
Pickford, Wilfred Lucas, Robert Harron, J. Jiquel Lanoe, Charles Hill Mailes & Jack Pickford
print exists only at the Mary Pickford Archive • full credits from IMDb

"The Tourists" 7-minute comedy short [Biograph Aug 1912]
Filmed in Albuquerque, New Mexico including the Alvarado Hotel & Harvey House and the Santa Fe RR's Barelas Shops;
produced & directed by Mack Sennett; starring Charles West, Mabel Normand, William J. Butler, Grace Henderson, Frank Evans
& Kate Toncray; a print of this film survives in the U.C.L.A. Film & TV Archives • full credits at IMDb
watch full movie [3/2022 upload; 6:23] online at YouTube

"A Dash For Liberty" [Lubin/General Film July 1913] /tt0159395/
Filmed in Silver City, New Mexico; a bank teller has been embezzling from his bank and stealing from the safety deposit boxes; he senses that he is about to be arrested, andconvinces the female Pinkerton detective to run away with him; seeing other likely agents at the train station, he grabs the girl and steals a locomotive . . . • Produced by Siegmund Lubin; written & directed by and starring Romaine Fielding; also starring Mary Ryan, Robyn Adair

"The Blind Power" [1913]

"The Circles End" [1913]

"The Clod" [1913]

"The Englishman's Mistake" [1913]

"The Evil Eye" [1913]

"The Fatal Scar" [1913]

"Gentleman From New Mexico" [1913]

"The Golden God" [1913]

"The Harmless One" [1913]

"Hiawanda's Cross" [1913]

"The Man From The West" [1913]

"The Mountaineer" [1913]

"The Rattlesnake: A Psychical Species" [1913]

"The Reformed Outlaw" [1913]

"Riot At Smelter" [1913]

"The Sheepherder" [1913]

"Temporal Death" [1913]

"When Tony Pawned Louisa" [1913]

"Where The Mountains and Valleys Meet" [1913]

"A Romance of The Pueblo" [Biograph July 1914] /tt1221943/
filmed at Laguna Pueblo in NM

"The Hazards of Helen"
119-chapter silent serial [Kalem / General Nov 1914-Feb 1917]

Chapters 21-25 were filmed at Las Vegas, New Mexico circa April 1915; released as 119 distinct episodes, over 28 months time, often without the standard cliffhanger ending; only a few episodes survive today. Helen is a clerk at a railroad who is either endangered by bad guys or heroically saves the railroad and its rolling stock and men. Filming took place at the Glendale, California railyards of the Southern Pacific Railroad, on the Sierra Railroad in Central California, and on the Santa Fe Railway in Las Vegas, NM • Based on a novel by John Russell Corvell and the play by Denman Thompson; adapted by W. Scott Darling & Frank Howard Clark; episodes 1-48 were produced & directed by J.P. McGowan and starred Helen Holmes; episodes 49-119 were directed by James G. Davis and starred Rose Wenger Gibson, the wife of later cowboy star Hoot Gibson; Rose previously had been a stunt-double for Helen Holmes. full credits at IMDb • serial entry at Wikipedia "The Hazards of Helen" on DVD [2007] indep b&w DVD [10/2007] for $12.95 contains four 12-minute chapters: "The Leap From The Water Tower" [#9 1915], "The Pay Train" [#31 1915], "In Danger's Path" [#33 1915], and "The Open Track" [#63 1916] other surviving chapters include: Chapter 13 "Escape of The Fast Freight" [1915] and Chapter 26 "The Wild Engine" [1915] — {see Magic Lantern's History Page / Video Collections Section}

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