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Lecture Series – The Wild, Wild Western: How Prescott Launched Arizona’s Famous Film Industry
November 15, 2025 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Long before Monument Valley and Tucson became favorite Hollywood locations for film makers, Prescott, Arizona, is where filmmaking began in Arizona.
Discover why Prescott should be considered a birthplace of the worldwide cultural phenomenon of Western popular culture and film.
Sharlot Hall Museum’s Executive Director Stuart Rosebrook, Ph.D. was raised in the television and film industry and is a noted scholar of Western film, especially in Arizona.
Photo is courtesy of IMDB and is from the 1922 Tom Mix Movie, “Catch My Smoke.”
