{"id":45047,"date":"2018-11-09T19:12:08","date_gmt":"2018-11-10T00:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/?p=45047"},"modified":"2018-11-13T21:56:37","modified_gmt":"2018-11-14T02:56:37","slug":"wildfires-destroy-westworld-set","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2018\/11\/09\/wildfires-destroy-westworld-set\/","title":{"rendered":"CA Wildfires Destroy Historic WESTWORLD Set"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The historic Western Town outdoor set at Paramount Ranch in Agoura Hills, California has become a victim of the Woolsey wildfire currently raging across that area of the state. The site has been a current location for the HBO series Westworld<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The news of the loss of the location came via the Santa Monica Mountains National recreation area\u2019s Twitter feed \u2013<\/p>\n

https:\/\/twitter.com\/SantaMonicaMtns\/status\/1060984290266279937\/photo\/1<\/p>\n

Western Town wasn\u2019t the only location that Westworld<\/em> used. The series also shoots at the Melody Ranch in Santa Clarita and in various locales in Utah.<\/p>\n

Paramount Pictures bought the location in 1927. While still owned by Paramount, the area was used to recreate numerous different locales including colonial Massachusette for 1937\u2019s The Maid Of Salem<\/strong> and ancient China in 1938\u2019s The Adventures Of Marco Polo<\/strong>. It also featured in numerous westerns shot by the studio as well as the Bob Hope \u2013 Dorothy Lamour comedy Caught In The Draft<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The studio sold to the property in 1953 to William Hertz. A fan of western movies, he cannibalized a number of old prop sheds left by the studio to build a permanent replica western town. It quickly attracted the attention of many western television series as a shooting location including The Cisco Kid<\/em> and Zane Grey Theatre<\/em>. After Hertz sold the property, it went through a number of hands until it was acquired by the National Park Service in 1980. The NPS revitalized Western Town and it was soon being featured in film and television productions.<\/p>\n

More recently, it was also used as a primary locale for the television series Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman<\/em> and Hulu\u2019s Quickdraw<\/em> (2013 \u2013 2014).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As wildfires spread across southern California, a historic film and television location has been destroyed.<\/div>\n

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