Saturday, February 14, 2004

 



James Alexander and Al Marsh ( at 68 years old )
Tucson . 1958 .

 
















Magician Hypnotist Arnold Furst with his new book on Hypnotism.
Selling it to John Alexander at the John E. Alexander Magic Shop.
Tucson Arizona .1978 .




















John Alexander in the 7 foot 35 mile per hour
fiberglass boat he and his brother James built.
This photo taken when he was 10 years old at
Canyon Lake Arizona in 1958.
You can see the Dog loved it.
The secret of the flat bottom boat.
At high speed only 18 inches of the back of the boat
was touching the water.
























The same boat with steering wheel at Kinsley Lake South
of Tucson 1959. 35 years later ( 1995 ) the film " Boys On
The Side " was filmed there at the Steer Head Bar with
Whoopi Goldberg and Drew Barrymore.
Lynn Lesemann appeared in the film.
The lake is no longer there.

























Southeastern Kenya.
(c) 1970 Photo by John Alexander.


.A Few Films Made Near The Ranch :..John Wayne and Ricky NelsonFilmed in the valley to the North just 50 years ago : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mh-Fx9j8zNU&feature=related..Director John Huston.Paul Newman and the bear. In 1972 everyone on the set had to kiss the bear while the bear was standing on his back feet. You put a tootsie roll in your mouth and the bear took it out getting slime all over your face : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJRumwS_SYQ&feature=related..Classic Scene in " The Westerner " withWalter Brennan and 500 cattle. To the East of the Ranch 1940 : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5uNAw9zwlg..A good view of Golden Gate Mountain 1959 : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qW7H1bnejB4&feature=related..John Wayne and Maureen O'hara in Mclintock 1963.This was filmed near the Gunsight Ranch 45 years ago : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFhu7Jq9Tr0&feature=related..Neil working with Director Sergio Leone in 1973 : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oh9gfIoRmoc&feature=related..This movie was filmed down the road from theGunsight Ranch in 1986. A Classic Scene : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HdlYVKBUVE...This movie was filmed down the road in 1993.Notice Golden Gate Mountain in the background.This is the same mountain behind Doctor I. KillumMedicine Wagon photo above in 1947. And thesteam engine # 11 named " The Reno " has beenin 30 films. Now their statues are located outsidethe present day Tucson Arizona train station128 years later : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMgp97cODCA...Famous around the World ? The Song : http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=JP&hl=ja&v=mx1RGI3DeDY&fmt=18..Forrest Tucker seen in this video fighting in thedust with Gary Cooper ( at 2:18 seconds ) in" The Westerner " 1940, was at theGunsight Ranch many times. The two runninghorses ( at 26 seconds ) were filmed just Eastof the ranch :http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCgHLXsxCeY&feature=related..Filmed just East of the Gunsight Ranch :Gary Cooper made the film " The Westerner "here in 1940. Watch him ride a horse. Noticethe Clouds. This is Horse Country : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUpnlbYZnvk&feature=PlayList&p=DBB03BEA454C5D5F&index=3.



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John Alexander top of the Eiffel Tower Paris with the
Arc de Triomphe to the left.
Paris. 1969 .



Testing in the Desert 30 acres of pure dust. 1969 .
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NASA : http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html




John Alexander with the map. A convoy across the frozen
mud plains of Bavaria Southern Germany at 25 degrees F.
Germany. 1970 .
Frozen Mud Is Great.





Transporting the Space Shuttle " Columbia ". 1987.
4.90 Miles Per Second In Eight Minutes.
Watch on the Big Screen.
The 1980's : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFks9A9TCF0
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(c) John Alexander Photo
The Space Shuttle Columbia. 1987 .
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(c) John Alexander Photo
The Space Shuttle Columbia in the tree. 1987 .
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(c) John Alexander Photo
Apollo 11 Project. Grand Canary Island, Spain. 1969
Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins are in the building to
the right. Photos of the Astronauts were not
permitted. First Men to walk on the Moon.

Alexander was there. Watch the Saturn V Rocket
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John Alexander above his favorite fishing village at the South
end of the Grand Canary Island Spain. 1969 .
Notice there are no trees.



The Films in Arizona.
At The Same Arizona Railroad Station.
Ann-Margret film, with Arnold the Governor,
made near the Gunsight Ranch in 1979.
( One Minute Video ) :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_MwgN-KRqU
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Ann-Margret and Kirk Douglas.
Watch the Stuntman :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAZK58xmcpE&feature=related

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This is a short list of Films made near the Gunsight Ranch.
More than 75 films have been made in the area.

Transformers 2 (2008)Day of Redemption (2003)DreamKeeper (2003)Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002)Groom Lake (2002)Trigon: The Legend of Pelgidium (2002)Wormwood (2001)Perdita Durango (1997)Tun Cup (1996)Boys on the Side (1995)Hard Bounty (1995)The Quick and the Dead (1995)Anytime (1994)Terminal Velocity (1994)Tombstone (1993)Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man (1991)El Diablo (1990, TV)Fire Birds (1990)Jesse (1988, TV)Love Among Thieves (1987, TV)White of the Eye (1987)¡Three Amigos! (1986)Cannonball Run II (1984)Kidco (1984)Revenge of the Nerds (1984)The Cannonball Run (1981)Tom Horn (1980)The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972)Lonesome Cowboys (1968)The Mini-Skirt Mob (1968)El Dorado (1967)Hombre (1967)Arizona Raiders (1965)McLintock! (1963)How the West Was Won (1962)The Badlanders (1958)Buchanan Rides Alone (1958)Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957)The Guns of Fort Petticoat (1957)Westward the Women (1951)Broken Arrow (1950)Red River (1948)Unusual Occupations (1947)Roaming Through Arizona (1944)Billy the Kid (1941)Arizona (1940)The Mysterious Rider (1938)
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