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Feb 19, 2010 · that "the Trem Carr Studio is being moved this week to a 10-acre tract of land near the Glen Farnsworth Ranch, about half a mile from its former location. The nearness of oil wells compelled the move." This new location was the Hickson Ranch (see Placeritos Ranch) One of the last uses of the western street was for the Laurel & Hardy feature ...
- The San Rafael Ranch, Patagonia, Arizona
In the early 1950s, the ranch acquired national attention...
- Eaves Movie Ranch, New Mexico
In 1957, he bought a sprawling ranch south of Santa Fe and...
- Corriganville Movie Ranch, California
Around 1937, Ray Corrigan invested in some real estate in...
- Janns Conejo Ranch, California
Although the ranch was primarily famous for the locations of...
- Melody Ranch, California
Originally known as Placeritos Ranch, it was commonly...
- The John Wayne Message Board
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Disney's current Business District set (as of 2017) is in the approximate location — maybe the exact location — where Ernie Hickson set up Trem Carr's Western street set in 1931. Carr leased the area identified as the Trem Carr Ranch (Trem Carr Pictures Ranch) for five years from from 1931 to 1936. When his lease expired and the rate went ...
Trem Carr's Placeritos Movie Ranch. This movie ranch (boundaries are approximate pending further investigation) was owned by early minor Mogul, Trem Carr as early as 1922, making one of the oldest of movie ranches. His set designer, Ernie Hickson, created a Western movie town location using buildings he imported from Nevada for Carr’s ...
The Trem Carr company has also obtained a lease on a ranch, and is planning a ‘five year program’ ... This is next to the Jones tract." Ernie Hickson (see Placeritos Ranch) built a western street on the Carr property, using aged lumber from Nevada, and a Spanish hacienda.
The Melody Ranch story really begins in 1922, when Trem Carr came out West to make movies. The 1920s saw him make several pictures in the Santa Clarita Valley, particularly in Placerita Canyon, where he started Monogram Pictures with a partner.
Disney purchased the ranch in 1959, but the area's history as a filming backdrop actually begins much earlier. Pioneer filmmaker Trem Carr owned what he called the Placeritos Ranch at the same site as early as 1922.
Dial up the clock to the late 1950s: Walt Disney consolidated the few small movie ranches at today's 14 Freeway and Placerita Canyon Road, including the original Trem Carr Pictures Ranch shown here, into the Disney Golden Oak Ranch.
