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List of films shot in Palm Springs, California

List of films shot in Palm Springs, California

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This is a list of films and television programs shot in Palm Springs, California. It covers filming locations in Palm Springs and other nearby resort communities of the Coachella Valley. These communities, which include Palm Springs, Bermuda Dunes, Cathedral City, Coachella, Desert Hot Springs, Indian Wells, Indio, La Quinta, Mecca, Thermal, Palm Desert, Rancho Mirage, and the Salton Sea, are in Riverside County, southern California. Included are individual episodes of TV series and radio programs.

Films

1910s

In his 1919 book California Desert Trails, travel writer J. Smeaton Chase mentions that motion-picture people were in the Indian Canyons sometime before 1918.[1]

1920s

1930s

1940s

1950s

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

Television

Radio

The Amos 'n' Andy and The Jack Benny Program radio shows were frequently broadcast from Palm Springs; also, Eddie Cantor, Al Jolson, and Bob Hope broadcast from the city.[73]

Coachella Valley

See also

References

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Further reading

  • Alan, Ken (January 22, 2013). "Valley gets serious about attracting filmmakers". The Public Record. 37 (4). Palm Springs, CA: Robert Marra: 1–2. ISSN 0744-205X.
  • Alan, Ken (January 21, 2014). "Desert, desert everywhere—but you can't film on it". The Public Record. 37 (6). Palm Springs, CA: Robert Marra: 1–2. ISSN 0744-205X.
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