26 Facts About Paramount Ranch

1.

Big Sky Paramount Ranch is a cattle ranch located in Simi Valley, California.

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The Lasky Movie Paramount Ranch is part of the very large Upper Las Virgenes Canyon Open Space Preserve, with various trails to the Lasky Mesa locale.

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3.

In 1935, as a result of a Monogram-Republic studio merger, the 'Placerita Canyon Paramount Ranch' became owned by the newly formed Republic Pictures.

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4.

Paramount Ranch renamed the property 'Melody Ranch' after his 1940 film of the same name, and his following Sunday afternoon CBS radio show and.

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5.

In 1927, Paramount Studios purchased a 2,700-acre ranch on Medea Creek in the Santa Monica Mountains near Agoura Hills, between Malibu and the Conejo Valley.

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6.

Western Town was constructed during 1954 when Paramount purchased sets previously used at RKO Pictures Encino Movie Ranch, and was a location for some of the era's popular TV Westerns, including The Cisco Kid and Gunsmoke.

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7.

Paramount Ranch was most recently used as a filming location for The Mentalist, Weeds, The X-Files, Hulu's Quickdraw, as well as season 1 and 2 of Westworld and season 3 of Escape the Night, a YouTube Premium show by Joey Graceffa.

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Paramount Ranch was the home of the original Renaissance Pleasure Faire of Southern California from 1966 to 1989, the home of the Topanga Banjo•Fiddle Contest, held each May, and the eponymously titled Paramount Ranch, an alternative art fair founded from 2014 to 2016.

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9.

Paramount Ranch structures suffered near-total destruction during the November 2018 Woolsey Fire.

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10.

Red Hills Paramount Ranch is a movie ranch in Sonora, California, which served as a location for Bonanza, The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.

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11.

The Paramount Ranch was still being used for occasional filming, when Walt Disney took an interest in the property.

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12.

Spahn Movie Paramount Ranch is a 55-acre property located on Santa Susana Pass in the Simi Hills above Chatsworth, California.

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13.

The Spahn Paramount Ranch was the primary headquarters of the infamous Manson Family by 1968.

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14.

The site that was the Spahn Movie Paramount Ranch is part of the Santa Susana Pass State Historic Park.

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15.

Fox Paramount Ranch was used for most exteriors of the CBS-TV series Perry Mason.

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16.

Fox Movie Paramount Ranch property was purchased and preserved in the new state park, Malibu Creek State Park, opened to the public in 1976.

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17.

Climactic sequence in the Elvis movie Love Me Tender, a Western that starred Richard Egan and Debra Paget, was filmed on a rugged slope at Bell Paramount Ranch known as the "Rocky Hill, " with its exact location remaining a mystery for almost 60 years until it was discovered on an expedition by film historians in early 2015.

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18.

Paramount Ranch lot, utilizing the woodland mountain set originally utilized by Apple's Way, and later occasionally used by Fantasy Island TV shows.

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19.

RKO Pictures Encino Paramount Ranch consisted of 89 acres located on the outskirts of the City of Encino, California, in the San Fernando Valley, near Los Angeles River and west of Sepulveda Basin Recreation Area on Burbank Boulevard.

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20.

Paramount Ranch property was sold in 1954 to the Encino Park housing development.

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21.

Sable Paramount Ranch is a 400-acre property in Santa Clarita that featured lakes, a western town, a hacienda, barn, fields, and a train.

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22.

However, by 2019, Sable Paramount Ranch was at least partially back in business, serving as the filming site for the Wipeout-inspired mini-golf competition Holey Moley.

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23.

Eaves Movie Paramount Ranch was opened in the early 1960s with their first production being the CBS television series Empire in 1962.

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24.

Eaves Paramount Ranch is open to the public and has been home to the Thirsty Ear roots music festival.

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25.

Skywalker Paramount Ranch is not a movie ranch in the conventional sense, but rather is the location of the production facilities for film and television producer George Lucas in Marin County, California.

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26.

Southfork Paramount Ranch is a working ranch in Parker, Texas, a northern suburb of Dallas, that is used for some location filming.

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