Blast from the past: Photos of movie actors in Tucson
- Rick Wiley / Arizona Daily Star
Rick Wiley
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At work or at play, Tucson and Southern Arizona are favorite spots for movie actors and movie productions. It all started with Old Tucson Studios in the late 1930s.
Rick Wiley
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The long-time Tucson attraction was unable to survive the coronavirus pandemic, its manager said.
The Arizona Western Film Movieseum is slated to open next fall and will house 50 years of memorabilia collected by the late Old Tucson Founder Bob Shelton.Β
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