page_title: El Rancho Hotel & Motel
section_title: Headquarters for films
hierarchical_section_title: El Rancho Hotel & Motel / Headquarters for films
caption_attribution_description: El Rancho Hotel interior, Gallup NM
context_page_description: El Rancho Hotel, Gallup, New Mexico, is a historic hotel built by the brother of film director D.W. Griffith. It is located on old U.S. Route 66 and became the temporary home for many Hollywood movie stars.
  It is on the Trails of the Ancients Byway, one of the designated New Mexico Scenic Byways.
context_section_description: The Bad Man 1940
  Sundown 1941
  The Desert Song 1942
  Song of the Nile 1944
  Four Faces West & Colorado Territory 1947-1948
  Streets of Laredo 1948
  Rocky Mountain 1950
  Ace in the Hole (1951 film) 1951 (AKA The Big Carnival)
  New Mexico 1950
  Fort Defiance 1950
  Raton Pass 1951
  Fort Massacre 1957
  A Distant Trumpet 1963
  The Hallelujah Trail 1964
  Bottom of the World 2017
caption: El Rancho Hotel lobby
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