![]() ![]() And so we let the children run around the floor, making a ton of noise on the antique wooden boards, to the apparent delight of the lady downstairs. “Oh, yes, please let them, they will love it! It’s fine!” she assured me. ![]() “Oh, no, I won’t let them,” I interrupted. She directed me to the elevator, and began to say, “Kids love to run around up there-” In six weeks in 1968, the film crew turned the center of this old railroad town into the 1880s-style Fort Smith, Arkansas, complete with Hanging Judge Parker’s three-man gallows. I asked the kind lady attending the visitors’ information desk, and she confirmed that indeed, the Coen Brothers had filmed in the upstairs courtroom. Where was the original True Grit filmed with John Wayne Ouray County was the main film location with key sets in the movie located right in Ridgway. As I was perusing a case containing fossils recovered from the area, I spotted a small photo collage with pictures of Jeff Bridges and Hailee Steinfeld in western costume. This scene and the following one on the staircase are shot in the interior of the Old Blanco County Courthouse.Īs you enter the building on the lower floor, the hallways contain various historical photos and memorabilia from the 130 years of the building’s history. Fifteen minutes up Highway 550 in Ouray, you can visit Ouray County Courthouse where the films interior court scenes were filmed. Joel and Ethan Coen’s terrific 2010 version of True Grit features a memorable introduction of Jeff Bridges’ Rooster Cogburn as a witness in a courtroom scene. And to the East, towards Owl Creek Pass, sits the aspen-lined valley of Katie’s Meadow (also known as Debs Meadow) one of the most memorable scenes from True Grit. In the first of what I hope to be a series of posts about lesser known film locations in Texas, I would like to share my discovery of the Old Blanco County Courthouse in Blanco, Texas. You can read about the history of the building, which is now a visitor’s center and event venue, at their website. But it is a real joy to find a hidden gem of a film site, right here in my home state. Cinephiles everywhere can spot the many uses of Monument Valley in John Ford’s westerns, or the LA’s iconic Bradbury Building in everything from sci-fi classic Blade Runner to the silent film tribute The Artist. Was True Grit filmed in Alberta The film began in Fort Smith, Arkansas, and was filmed in a place called Granger in Texas. This summer, I was on vacation with my family in the Texas hill country, when I stumbled accidentally into a site of interest for this blog. Where was the Indian Territory in True Grit Even though actual filming was in Colorado and New Mexico, the area of Fort Smith and Indian Territory is portrayed prominently in the films. The world’s most symmetrical building: The Old Blanco County Courthouse ![]()
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