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===Film history at Lone Pine=== {{main|Lone Pine Film Festival|List of films shot in Lone Pine}} The Lone Pine Film History Museum, supported by Beverly and Jim Rogers, highlights the area's frequent appearances in Hollywood feature films. The [[Alabama Hills]] west of town are frequently used as a [[filming location]] for [[Western (genre)|Western]] movies. Since the early years of filmmaking, directors and their production units have used the Lone Pine area to represent the iconic [[American West]]. Approaching the 100th anniversary of ''[[The Round-Up (1920 film)|The Roundup]]'' (1920), the first documented film produced in the area, Lone Pine has played host to hundreds of the industry's best-known directors and actors, among them directors [[William Wyler]], [[John Ford]], [[George Stevens]], and [[William Wellman]], and actors [[John Wayne]], [[Bing Crosby]], [[Gene Autry]], [[Clint Eastwood]], [[Barbara Stanwyck]], and [[Jeff Bridges]]. The [[Whitney Portal]] road was used in the film ''[[High Sierra (film)|High Sierra]]'' (1941) with [[Humphrey Bogart]], which culminated with a shoot-out between Bogart's character and the police, at the foot of [[Mount Whitney]]. The classic ''[[Bad Day at Black Rock]]'' (1955), starring [[Spencer Tracy]], [[Robert Ryan]] and [[Anne Francis]], was also filmed in and around the Lone Pine area.<ref name="lone-pine">{{cite web |title=Lone Pine Film Database |website=Lone Pine Film History Museum |url=http://www.lonepinefilmhistorymuseum.org/index.php?option=com_joodb&view=catalog&joobase=1&limit=0&Itemid=31 |access-date=June 1, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812211203/http://www.lonepinefilmhistorymuseum.org/index.php?option=com_joodb&view=catalog&joobase=1&limit=0&Itemid=31 |archive-date=August 12, 2014 }}</ref><ref name="bann">{{cite book|last=Bann |first=Richard W. |title=Lone Pine in the Movies: Celebrating Republic's 75th Anniversary |publisher=Riverwood Press |location=Little Rock |year=2010 |isbn=978-1880756171}}</ref> Lone Pine is also the location of several scenes in ''[[Iron Man (2008 film)|Iron Man]]'' (2008), depicting Afghanistan, and in the ''[[Godzilla (2014 film)|Godzilla]]'' (2014) remake, as a temporary military [[forward operating base]] ("FOB"). [[Barbara Stanwyck]] in accordance with her wishes had her cremated remains and ashes scattered from a helicopter over Lone Pine, California, where she had made some of her western films.<ref>{{cite book|author=Wilson, Scott|title=Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons|edition= 3d ed: 2 (Kindle Location 44716)|publisher= McFarland & Company, Inc.}}</ref><ref>Callahan (2012), p. 220.</ref><ref>Wilson, Scott. ''Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons'', 3d ed.: 2 (Kindle Location 44716). McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers.</ref> The Forum Theater is a theater-cafe that hosts live music, theater, and films at weekends. The Lone Pine Film Festival<ref name="Lone Pine Film Festival home page">{{cite web|url=http://www.lonepinefilmfestival.org/index.asp|website=Lone Pine Film Festival|title=Index|access-date=July 11, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070628224956/http://www.lonepinefilmfestival.org/index.asp|archive-date=June 28, 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref> has been held every year since 1989 to celebrate the rich heritage that filmmakers have brought to the area over the years. The Alabama Hills Recreation Area is directed by the [[Bureau of Land Management]] for public recreation.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/fo/bishop/scenic_byways/alabamas.html| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527154158/http://www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/fo/bishop/scenic_byways/alabamas.html| url-status=dead| archive-date=2010-05-27|title= Alabama's Scenic Byways|website=Bureau of Land Management}}</ref>
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