page_title: Movie ranch
section_title: Will Rogers State Historic Park
hierarchical_section_title: Movie ranch / Other original locations / Will Rogers State Historic Park
caption_attribution_description: 1920s Will Rogers House — in Will Rogers State Historic Park, Southern California. At 14253 Sunset Boulevard, in Pacific Palisades on the Westside of Los Angeles.
context_page_description: A movie ranch is a ranch that is at least partially dedicated for use as a set in the creation and production of motion pictures and television productions. These were developed in the United States in southern California, because of the climate. The first such facilities were all within the 30-mile studio zone, often in the foothills of the San Fernando Valley, Santa Clarita Valley, and Simi Valley in the U.S. state of California.
  Movie ranches were developed in the 1920s for location shooting in Southern California to support the making of popular western films. Finding it difficult to recreate the topography of the Old West on sound stages and studio backlots, the Hollywood studios went to the rustic valleys, canyons and foothills of Southern California for filming locations. Other large-scale productions, such as war films, also needed large, undeveloped settings for outdoor scenes, such as battles.
context_section_description: The former estate of American humorist Will Rogers: with his historic residence, equestrian ranch, and regulation polo field; are now within the Will Rogers State Historic Park beside Rustic Canyon in Pacific Palisades. While not dedicated to location shoots in his era or now, the property has been used for movie, TV, and print ad filming since his death.
  Located in the Santa Monica Mountains in western Los Angeles, the property was given to the state in 1944, and is open to the public. Extensive restoration was underway in 2010.
  Some filming has been done at the park over recent years, such as scenes for Mailbu Road, released in 2019, but it was closed indefinitely to filming because of fires in the area in November 2018.
  LINKS:
  www.parks.ca.gov Will Rogers State Historical Park
caption: Will Rogers House, Pacific Palisades
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