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"A rock is a rock. A tree is a tree. Shoot it in Griffith Park."
— old Hollywood saying, supposedly told to director King Vidor
by a budget-minded producer, circa 1920

Locations  Information
U.S.A. Movies website
film commissions list at Ryder Makeup Labs website
Film In America - locations info

Reel Scout online film/tv location scouting [est. 2004] {some functions are for-fee}
Mario's Motion Picture Catering [est. 1983] - branches in AZ, CA, GA, IL & NM

Alabama Film Office
Sedona [AZ] Film Office
Tucson [AZ] Film Office

California Film Commission
California Regional Film Office listing {766 KB PDF file}
Kern County [CA] Film Commission
  Film Los Angeles [CA]
Film Ventura County [CA] website

Florida Office of Film & Entertainment
list of movies filmed in Florida
Sarasota County [FL] Film & Entertainment Office

Film and TV Production in Georgia
  City of Atlanta, Georgia
City of Savannah [GA] Film Office
  City of Wichita [KS] Film Commission
  City of New Orleans [LA] Film Office
  Boston & Massachusetts Film Office
Michigan Film Office
Save Michigan's Film Incentive Program {The People} vs. Gov. Rick Snyder
  Film Detroit [Michigan]
Montana Film Office

Magic Lantern's New Mexico Film Industry Pages
New Mexico Film Office {of the Economic Development Dept.}
  City of Albuquerque [NM] Film Office
Albuquerque Art Museum exhibit "Hollywood Southwest: New Mexico in Film & Television" [Feb-Aug 2017]  

  Brooklyn [New York City] Mayor's Office of Film, Theatre & Broadcasting
Syracuse [NY] Film Office
Movies Filmed On Long Island website & blog

Ohio Film Office
Greater Cleveland [Ohio] Film Commission
Oklahoma Territory Film Council
Oregon Office of Film & Television
  Portland [OR] Mayor's Office of Film and Video

Texas Association of Film Commissions
Amarillo [TX] Film Commission
  Austin [TX] Film Office
Brownsville [TX] Border Film Commission
Dallas [TX] Film Commission
El Paso [TX] Film Commission
Houston [TX] Film Commission
San Angelo [TX] Film Commission
  San Antonio [TX] Film Commission
South Padre Island [TX] Film Commission

Virginia Film Office
  Richmond, Virginia
  Seattle [WA] Office of Film + Music

Non-USA  Locations  Information

New South Wales Film & Television Office in Sydney, Australia
Thompson-Nicola Film Commission of British Columbia, Canada
British Columbia, Canada Film Commission
Film New Zealand [est. 1978]
government film & media agency of London, U.K.

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Various issues of 10x8" paperbacks under the title "Lone Pine In The Movies" began appearing in 2010; they are not described as such, but the six issues so far are a lot like a
magazine. Because the content covers other films besides the many Westerns that were made around Lone Pine, the Amazon links were gathered here.

	"Lone Pine In The Movies: Celebrating Republic's 75th Anniversary" [2010] by Richard W. Bann, Ed Hulse, Chris Langley & Sam Sherman Riverwood Press 10x8 pb [9/2010] for $11.95 Riverwood Press 10x8 pb [2010] out of print/used Riverwood Press 10x8 pb [2010] out of print/used
	"Lone Pine In The Movies: Celebrating The Roy Rogers Centennial" [2011] by James D'Arc, Ed Hulse, Chris Langley & Don Miller CreateSpace 10x8 pb [9/2011] for $12.95
	"Lone Pine In The Movies: Daredevils of The West Commemorative Edition" [2011] Edited by Ed Hulse self-publd 10x8 pb [9/2011] for $11.95 "Lone Pine In The Movies: Daredevils of The West" [2012] by Ed Hulse, Richard W. Bann & Chris Langley CreateSpace 10x8 pb [7/2012] for $12.95
	"Lone Pine In The Movies: Celebrating The Centennials (of Universal and Paramount)" [2012] by Richard W. Bann, Ed Hulse, Don Kelsen, Chris Langley & Packy Smith CreateSpace 10x8 pb [9/2012] for $12.95
	"Lone Pine In The Movies: Where The Real West Becomes The Reel West" [2013] by Richard W. Bann, Ed Hulse, Don Kelsen & Sam Sherman CreateSpace 10x8 pb [9/2013] for $12.95 CreateSpace 10x8 pb [9/2013] out of print/used
	"Lone Pine In The Movies: Celebrating The 25th Lone Pine Film Festival" [2014] by Ed Hulse, Don Kelsen, David Rothel & Rex Wainscott CreateSpace 10x8 pb [9/2014] for $11.66

Books  About  Movie  Locations

	"Following The Comedy Trail: A Guide To Laurel & Hardy and Our Gang Film Locations" [1984] by Leon Smith Kindle Edition from P.G.W. [11/88 edition] for $9.99 Pomegranate Press 7½x9½ pb [11/88] out of print/used
	"Hollywood Goes On Location: A Guide To Famous Movie & TV Sites" [1993] by Leon Smith Pomegranate Press 7x8¼ pb [1993] out of print/many used
	"Famous Hollywood Locations: Descriptions and Photographs of 382 Sites Involving 289 Films and 105 Television Series" [1993] by Leon Smith McFarland & Co. 9x6 pb [12/93] for $35.00 McFarland & Co. 9½x6¼ hardcover [7/93] out of print/used
	"Made In Paradise: Hollywood's Films of Hawaii and The South Seas" [1995] by Luis I. Reyes Mutual Publng Co. 11x8½ pb [10/95] out of print/used Mutual Publng Co. 11¼x8½ hardcover [10/95] out of print/used
	"On Location: The Film Fan's Guide to Britain and Ireland" [1995] by Brian Pendreigh Mainstream 10¼x8 hardcover [3/96] out of print/used
	"Hollywood On Lake Michigan: 100 Years of Chicago & The Movies" [1998] by Arnie Bernstein Lake Claremont Press 8½x5½ pb [9/98] out of print/used
	"Shot On This Site: A Traveler's Guide To The Places & Locations Used To Film Famous Movies & TV Shows" [2000] by William A. Gordon Citadel 10x7 pb [6/2000] out of print/used
	"The Worldwide Guide To Movie Locations: The Ultimate Travel Guide To Film Sites Around The World" [orig 2001, rev 2006] by Tony Reeves Titan Books updated edition 8¾x6 pb [9/2006] for $14.96 official booksite
	"The Nevada Filmography: Nearly 600 Works Made In The State, 1897 Through 2000" [2002] by Gary Duval McFarland & Co. 11x8½ pb [7/2002] for $75.00 see also G.E. Nordell's Nevada Travel & Business Links Page
	"The North Carolina Filmography: Over 2000 Film and Television Works Made In The State, 1905 Through 2000" [2002] by Jenny Henderson McFarland & Co. 11x8½ pb [7/2002] for $75.00
	"D.C. Goes To The Movies: A Unique Guide To The Reel Washington" [2003] by Jean K. Rosales & Michael R. Jobe Essentially a guidebook that includes eight walking tours of Washington, DC plus a filmography of 179 movies that were filmed there thru 2002. Kindle Edition from iUniverse [2003 edition] for $3.99 iUniverse 9x6 pb [2/2003] for $19.95
	"New York: The Movie Lover's Guide - The Ultimate Insider Tour of Movie New York" [2005] by Richard Alleman Broadway Books 8x4¾ pb [2/2005] for $11.96 Besides covering many, many filming locations – from New Jersey to Bedford-Stuyvesant & Queens & Staten Island to Manhattan's Tribeca & Greenwich Village & Upper West Side – the text & pictures also describe stars' childhood homes & luxury residences, film & TV studios, movie palaces & Broadway theaters, and past & present hangouts of celebrities
	"filmadelphia: A Celebration of A City's Movies" [2006] by Irv Slifkin Middle Atlantic Press 7¾x9 pb [11/2006] for $17.95 films covered include "Kitty Foyle" [1940] starring Ginger Rogers; "The Philadelphia Story" [1940] starring Katharine Hepburn, James Stewart & Cary Grant; "The Blob" [1958]; "David and Lisa" [1962]; Hitchcock's "Marnie" [1964]; Disney's "The Happiest Millionaire" [1967]; "1776" [1972]; Sylvester Stallone's "Rocky" [1976]; "Blow Out" [1981] by Brian De Palma; "Eddie and The Cruisers" [1983]; "Trading Places" [1983] starring Dan Aykroyd & Eddie Murphy; "Mannequin" [1987] starring Andrew McCarthy & Kim Cattrall; "Philadelphia" [1993] starring Tom Hanks; Toni Morrison's "Beloved" [1998]; "Unbreakable" [2000] starring Bruce Willis; "The Village" [2004]; and "Jersey Girl" [2004]
	"Sunshine In The Dark: Florida In The Movies" [2006] by Susan J. Fernandez & Robert P. Ingalls Univ Press Florida 9¼x6¼ hardcover [9/2006] for $34.95 see also G.E. Nordell's Florida Travel & Business Links Page
	"On Location: Cities of The World In Film" [2006] by Claudia Hellmann & Claudine Weber-Hof Bucher 10½x8¾ hardcover [11/2006] for $29.70 "On Location 2: Famous Landscapes In Film" [2007] by Claudia Hellmann & Claudine Weber-Hof Bucher 10½x8¾ hardcover [11/2007] for $34.20
	"Toronto On Film" [2007] by Geoff Pevere contributors include Piers Handing (of Toronto's International Film Festival), Matthew Hays, Wyndham Wise, Brenda Longfellow, Steve Gravestock & Justin D. Edwards (of Toronto's International Film Festival) Indiana Univ Press 8x5¾ pb [2/2007] for $14.00
	"Florida On Film: The Essential Guide To Sunshine State Cinema & Locations" [2007] by Susan Doll & David Morrow Univ Press Florida 9x6 pb [6/2007] for $19.95 see also G.E. Nordell's Florida Travel & Business Links Page
	"Big Screen Boston: From Mystery Street To The Departed and Beyond" [2008] by Paul Sherman Black Bars Publng 9x6 pb [5/2008] for $18.95
	"Movie London: Exploring The City Film-By-Film" [2008] by Tony Reeves Titan Books 8¾x5¾ pb [5/2008] for $11.21
	"Old Tucson Studios (Images of America)" [2008] by Paul J. Lawton Arcadia Publng 9x6½ pb [5/2008] for $19.99 see also G.E. Nordell's Tucson, Arizona Travel & Business Links
	"The First Hollywood: Florida and The Golden Age of Silent Filmmaking" [2008] by Shawn C. Bean Univ Press of FL 9x5¾ hardcover [7/2008] for $20.90
	"Those Great Western Movie Locations" [2008] by Tinsley E. Yarbrough Tumbleweed Press 11x8½ hardcover [10/2008] for $45.00
	"Moving Pictures/Stopping Places: Hotels and Motels On Film" [2009] Edited by David B. Clarke, Valerie Crawford Pfannhause & Marcus A. Doel Films examined include Hitchcock's "Psycho" [1960], Stanley Kubrick's "The Shining" [1980], "Barton Fink" [1991], "Motel Cactus (Motel Seoninjang)" [South Korea 1997], "Lost In Translation" [2003], many more Lexington Books 9¼x6¼ hardcover [7/2009] for $68.07
	"Arizona's Little Hollywood: Sedona and Northern Arizona's Forgotten Film History, 1923-1973" [2010] by Joe McNeill Bar 225 Media, Ltd. 10x7¼ hardcover [5/2010] for $42.00
	"When Hollywood Came To Town: The History of Moviemaking In Utah" [2010] by James D'Arc Gibbs Smith 8½x8 hardcover [9/2010] for $19.80 see also G.E. Nordell's Utah Travel & Business Links Page
	"Location Filming In Los Angeles (Images of America Series)" [2010] by Karie Bible, Marc Wanamaker & Harry Medved Arcadia Publng 9x6&frac2 pb [11/2010] for $14.95
	"Shot In Oklahoma: A Century of Sooner State Cinema" [2011] by John Wooley Univ OK Press 9x6 pb [4/2011] for $13.22 see also G.E. Nordell's Oklahoma Travel & Business Links Page
	"World Film Locations: Los Angeles" [2011] by Gabriel Solomons Series book spotlights location-specific scenes from classic & contemporary films shot in the City of Angels, with particular emphasis on filmmakers such as Robert Altman, Nicholas Ray, Michael Mann & Roman Polanski Intellect Books U.K. 9¾x6 pb [8/2011] for $12.24
	"World Film Locations: New York" [2011] by Scott Jordan Harris Series book spotlights 45+ location-specific scenes from classic & contemporary films shot in The City of New York, with particular emphasis on filmmakers such as Woody Allen, Martin Scorsese, Sidney Lumet & Spike Lee Intellect Books U.K. 9¾x6 pb [8/2011] for $12.24
	"World Film Locations: Tokyo" [2011] by Chris MaGee Series book spotlights fifty location-specific scenes from classic & contemporary films shot in Tokyo, with particular emphasis on filmmakers such as Akira Kurosawa, Samuel Fuller & Sofia Coppola Intellect Books U.K. 9¾x6 pb [8/2011] for $12.24
	"World Film Locations: London" [2011] by Neil Mitchell Intellect Books U.K. 9¾x6 pb [8/2011] for $12.24
	"Location Filming In Long Beach" [2012] by Tim Grobaty Kindle Edition from The History Press [11/2012] for $9.99 The History Press 8¾x5¾ pb [11/2012] for $15.59
	"Hawaii Movie and Television Book: Celebrating 100 Years of Film Production Throughout The Hawaiian Islands" [2013] by Ed Rampell & Luis I. Reyes Mutual Publng Co. 11x7½ pb [11/2013] for $21.24
	"The New Kaua'i Movie Book: Films Made On The Garden Island" [orig 1996, rev 2013] by Chris Cook, with landscape photographs by David Boynton Mutual Publng Co. 2nd Edition 11x8½ pb [10/2013] for $21.80 Mutual Publng Co. 11x8½ pb [11/96] out of print/50+ used Mutual Publng Co. 11x8½ hardcover [6/96] out of print/40+ used
	"Location Filming In Arizona: The Screen Legacy of The Grand Canyon State" [2014] by Lili DeBarbieri Kindle Edition from The History Press [3/2014] for $9.99 Arcadia Publng 9x6 pb [3/2014] for $14.34 The History Press pb [3/2014] out of print/used

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