List of films shot in Palm Springs, California

This is a list of films and television programs shot in Palm Springs, California. It covers filming locations in Palm Springs and other nearby resort communities of the Coachella Valley. These communities, which include Palm Springs, Bermuda Dunes, Cathedral City, Coachella, Desert Hot Springs, Indian Wells, Indio, La Quinta, Mecca, Thermal, Palm Desert, Rancho Mirage, and the Salton Sea, are in Riverside County, southern California. Included are individual episodes of TV series and radio programs.

Films

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1910s

In his 1919 book California Desert Trails, travel writer J. Smeaton Chase mentions that motion-picture people were in the Indian Canyons sometime before 1918.[1]

• Salomé – 1918 film[2][3]
• The Heir to the Hoorah – 1916 film (starring Thomas Meighan, directed by William C. deMille)[4]
• The Lone Star Ranger – 1919 film (starring William Farnum and Louise Lovely)[5]
• The Lone Star Rush – 1915 film (starring Robert Frazer)[3][6]

1920s

• Desert Gold – 1926 film[3][7]
• The Covered Wagon – 1922 film[3][8]
• The Leopard Woman – 1920 film[9][10]
• The Orphan – 1920 film[11]
• The Sheik – 1921 film[3][12]

1930s

• Her Jungle Love – 1938 film[3][13]
• Lost Horizon (a.k.a. Lost Horizon of Shangri-La) – 1937 film[14]
• Palm Springs (a.k.a. Palm Springs Affair) – 1936 film[3][15]
• Screen Snapshots – 1924–1958 short films
  • Series 15, No. 7 (1936)
  • Series 16, No. 6 (1937)
  • Series 17, No. 5 (1938)
• Springtime in the Rockies – 1937 film
• Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs – 1936 film[10][16]
• The Painted Stallion – 1937 film[17]
• They Made Me a Criminal – 1939 film[17]
• Under Two Flags – 1936 film (also in La Quinta)[10][18]
• Whoopee! – 1930 film[10]

1940s

• A Night in Casablanca – 1946 film
• Girl Crazy (a.k.a. When the Girls Meet the Boys) – 1943 film[10]
• Hedda Hopper's Hollywood – 1941–1942 short subjects[19]
• In the Navy – 1941 film[17]
• Objective, Burma! – 1945 film[20]
• Rio Rita – 1942 film[10][21]
• Sahara – 1943 film[10]
• Song of the Open Road – 1944 film[22]
• The Threat – 1949 film[10]
• The Time, the Place and the Girl – 1946 film
• To the Shores of Tripoli – 1942 film[3][23]
• Two Guys from Texas – 1948 film
• Wake Island – 1942 film[17]

1950s

• 711 Ocean Drive – 1950 film
• Highway Dragnet – 1954 film[17]
• Omar Khayyam – 1957 film[24]
• Raw Edge – 1956 film[10][25]
• Star Studded Ride – 1954 short film[26]
• Ten Tall Men – 1951 film[27]
• The Beast with a Million Eyes – 1955 film
• The Damned Don't Cry! – 1950 film[10]
• The Desert Rats – 1953 film[10]
• The Monster That Challenged the World – 1957 film[17]
• The Silver Chalice – 1954 film[28]
• The Veils of Bagdad – 1953 film[10][29]

1960s

• Blood of Dracula's Castle – 1969 film[17]
• Common Law Cabin – 1967 film[17]
• Eegah (a.k.a. Eegah! The Name Written in Blood) – 1962 film[10]
• Palm Springs Weekend – 1963 film[10][30]
• Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here – 1969 film
• The Professionals – 1966 film[17]
• The Rare Breed – 1966 film[17]
• The Satan Bug – 1965 film[10]
• The Wild Angels – 1966 film[31]
• The Wrecking Crew – 1969 film[32]

1970s

• 3 Women – 1977 film[10][33]
• Damnation Alley – 1977 film
• Diamonds Are Forever – 1971 film[3][10][34]
• Gone with the Pope – 1976 film, released in 2010
• Hanging by a Thread – 1979 film[10]
• Institute for Revenge – 1979 TV movie[10]
• Kotch – 1971 film[10][35]
• The Doll Squad – 1974 film[36]

1980s

• American Gigolo – 1980 film[3][10]
• Fraternity Vacation – 1985 film[3][10]
• Heaven – 1987 film[10]
• Less Than Zero – 1987 film[3][37]
• Lethal Weapon 2 – 1989 film[3][38]
• Pee-wee's Big Adventure – 1985 comedy (at the Cabazon Dinosaurs near Cabazon[39])
• Rain Man – 1988 film[3][40]
• Rockin' the Night Away – a 1988 music DVD[41]
• Screenplay – 1984 film[17]
• Tough Guys – 1986 film[17]

1990s

• Bugsy – 1991 film[17]
• City of Industry – 1997 film[3][10][42]
• Joshua Tree (a.k.a. Army of One) – 1993 film
• Pacific Heights – 1990 film[3][43]
• Road Kill – 1999 film[17]
• Six-String Samurai – 1998 film[10]
• Still Kicking: The Fabulous Palm Springs Follies – 1997 short documentary film[44]
• Terminal Velocity – 1994 film[3][45]
• The Moment After – 1999 film[17]
• The Opposite of Sex – 1998 film[10]
• U Turn (a.k.a. U Turn – ici commence l'enfer) – 1997 film[10]

2000s

• Alpha Dog – 2007 film[3][10][46]
• American High School – 2009 direct-to-DVD
• Andrew and Jeremy Get Married – 2004 documentary film[10]
• Auto Focus – 2002 film[10]
• Bone Dry – 2007 film[46]
• Bounce – 2000 film[10][46]
• Circuit – 2001 film[10]
• Dog Tags – 2008 film
• Dream Slashers – 2007 direct-to-DVD
• Home – 2009 film (documentary by Yann Arthus-Bertrand)[47]
• Into the Wild – 2007 film[48]
• Laughing Matters: The Men – 2008 DVD with Bruce Vilanch and Alec Mapa
• Love Life – 2006 film[10]
• Mission: Impossible III – 2006 film[10][46]
• Ocean's Eleven – 2001 film[3][10][46]
• Overnight – 2003 film[10]
• Phat Girlz – 2006 film[3][10]
• Poster Boy – 2004 film[10]
• Searchers 2.0 – 2007 film[17]
• Soarin' Over California – 2001 film (part of a visitor attraction at Disneyland)[10]
• The Eyes of Tammy Faye – 2000 documentary[49]
• The Hoax – 2006 film[17]
• The Princess and the Marine – 2001 film (also filmed in Indio)[10][46]
• The Scorpion King – 2002 film[10][46]
• Torque – 2004 film[10]
• Trucker – 2007 film[17]
• Visual Acoustics: The Modernism of Julius Shulman – 2009 film
• Wannabe – 2005 film[10][46]

2010s

• Behind the Candelabra – 2013 HBO film about Liberace[50]
• Douchebag – 2010 film
• Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work – 2010 documentary[51]
• Desert Utopia: Mid-Century Architecture in Palm Springs – 2010/2011 documentary[52]
• Montana Amazon – 2011 film
• Senior Moment – 2017 film (in production)[53]
• Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie – 2012 film

Television

This television-related list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.

• A Lez in Wonderland – 2006 TV documentary[54]
• American Dream Builders – 2014 NBC TV series[50]
• Average Joe – 2004 TV series[3][10]
• Beverly's Full House – 2011– Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) TV series[17]
• Biker Build-Off – 2002–2007 TV series
• Bob Hope Television Specials – TV specials
  • Bob Hope Special: The Bob Hope Special from Palm Springs (February 13, 1978)[55]
  • The Bob Hope Show (January 21, 1989)[56]
  • Bob Hope's Yellow Ribbon Party (April 6, 1991)[10][57]
  • Bob Hope Christmas Special: Hopes for the Holidays (1994)[10][58]
• Boy Meets Boy – 2003 TV series[10]
• Christy Lane's Line Dancing – 1992 VHS taped at Zelda's[59]
• Columbo – 1968–2003 TV series
  • Season 1, Episode 6, "Short Fuse" (1971)[10]
• Cops – 1989– TV series
  • Season 19, Episode 6, "Drug Arrests #2 Special Edition" (2006)
  • Season 19, Episode 24, "Coast to Coast #15" (2007)
• Downey – 1994 television talk show[10][60]
• Gene Simmons Family Jewels – 2006– TV series
• Hart to Hart – 1979–1984 TV series (episode in La Quinta)[3]
• Hello Paradise – 2004–2011 TV series
  • 81 episodes total (which include non-Palm Springs and desert episodes)[61]
• Hidden Palms – 2006 pilot for the 2007 TV series[10]
• I Love Lucy – 1951–1957 TV series (various episodes)[3]
• I Spy – 1965–1968 TV series[3]
• Kate Clinton: The Queen of Comedy – 1996 VHS taped at The Girl Bar during the Club Skirts Dinah Shore Weekend, included Maggie Cassella[62]
• Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List – 2005–2010 TV series
• Lea DeLaria: The Queen of Comedy – 1997 VHS taped at The Girl Bar during the 7th Club Skirts Dinah Shore Weekend[63]
• Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends – 1998–2000 TV series
  • Season 1, Episode 2, "UFO" (1998)
• Mannix – 1967–1975 TV series[3]
  • Season 1, Episode 1, "The Name is Mannix" (1967)[64]
• Martha – 2010– TV series (a.k.a. The Martha Stewart Show)
  • "The Palm Springs Show" (May 27, 2010)[65]
• McMillan & Wife – 1971–1977 TV series
  • Season 1, Episode 5, "The Face of Murder" (1972)
• Miss California USA – 1989 TV show (for the 1990 Miss California Title)[10]
• Mission: Impossible – 1966–1973 TV series
  • Season 6, Episode 3, "The Tram" (1971)
• Mrs. America Pageant – 2005 TV show (for the 2006 Mrs. America Title)[10][66]
• Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica – 2003–2005 TV series[3]
• Off Limits – 2011– TV series
  • Season 2, Episode 7, "Digging for Sea Salt; Demolishing a Bridge; Atop a Tramway" (2012)[67]
• P.S. I Luv U – 1991–1992 TV series[3][10]
• Rescue 911 – 1989–1996 TV series[3]
  • Season 2, Episode 24, "5-Year-Old Dad Save" (1991, Palm Desert)
  • Season 6, Episode 18, "Chance Encounter" (1995)
• Since You've Been Gone – 1998 television film[10]
• Slow Burn – 1986 television film[10][68]
• Sonny Bono: Pop Songs & Politics – 1998 ABC News documentary[69]
• Southland – 2009– TV series
  • Season 2, Episode 4, "The Runner" (2010)
• Tammy Faye: Death Defying – 2004 documentary[10][70]
• The Bold and the Beautiful – 1987– TV series
• The Dating Game – 1965–1999 TV series[3]
• The F.B.I. – 1965–1974 TV series[3]
• The Frank Sinatra Timex Show – 1957–1960 TV series[71]
  • Season 2, Episode 2, "You're invited to spend the afternoon at the Frank Sinatra Show" (1959)[72]
• The Merv Griffin Show – 1963–1986 TV series (a 1960s special episode)[3]
• Throwdown! with Bobby Flay – 2006–2009 TV series
• True Life – 1998– TV series
• Wheeler Dealers – 2003– TV series
• WWE Legends' House – 2012 TV series

Radio

The Amos 'n' Andy and The Jack Benny Program radio shows were frequently broadcast from Palm Springs; also, Eddie Cantor, Al Jolson, and Bob Hope broadcast from the city.[73]

Coachella Valley

• 2 Fast 2 Furious – 2003 film (Desert Hot Springs)[46]
• After Dark, My Sweet – 1990 film (Mecca, California)[74]
• America's Tribute to Bob Hope – 1988 documentary (Palm Desert)[75]
• Beverly Hills, 90210 – 1990s TV series (1995 episodes in Rancho Mirage)[76]
• Bombay Beach – 2010 documentary (Bombay Beach, California)[77]
• Coachella: The Film – 2006 documentary about the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio[78]
• Constantine – 2005 film (Eagle Mountain near Desert Center)[46]
• Five Graves to Cairo – 1943 film (Indio)[79]
• Hot Springs Hotel – 1997 Showtime adult comedy series (Desert Hot Springs) with Samantha Phillips[80]
• I Shouldn't Be Alive – 2005– TV series (San Jacinto Mountains, 2010 episode)[81]
• Impostor – 2002 film (Eagle Mountain near Desert Center)[46]
• It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World – 1963 film (Palm Desert, Twentynine Palms, Yucca Valley and Palm Springs)[10][82][83]^:113[3]
• Julie – 1956 film (Indio)[84]
• Little Birds – 2012 film (the Salton Sea)[85]
• Live from Baghdad – 2002 HBO television movie (Eagle Mountain near Desert Center)[46]
• Plagues & Pleasures on the Salton Sea – 2004 documentary (the Salton Sea)
• Rita Rudner: Married Without Children – 1995 HBO performance (Palm Desert)[86]
• River Monsters – 2013 Animal Planet promotional video (Bombay Beach)[87]
• Satan's Sadists – 1969 outlaw biker film (Indio)[88]
• The Beast with a Million Eyes – 1955 film (Coachella Valley)[89]
• The Big Fisherman – 1959 film (La Quinta)[3][90]
• The Bob Cummings Show – 1955–1959 TV series (portions filmed at the Rancho Las Palmas Country Club in Rancho Mirage)[91]
• The Island – 2005 film (Eagle Mountain and Salton Sea)[46]
• The Kid – 2000 film (Coachella Valley)[46][92]
• The Long, Long Trailer – 1954 film (on the Pines to Palms Scenic Byway (State Route 74) in Palm Desert)[93]
• The Player – 1992 film (Desert Hot Springs)[10][94]
• The Salton Sea – 2002 film (Mecca (Box Canyon and Painted Canyon) and the Salton Sea)[46]
• Third World California – 2006 documentary (Lower Coachella Valley)[95]
• Torque – 2004 film (Blythe, Desert Hot Springs, Palm Desert)[46]
• Trista & Ryan's Wedding – a 2003 ABC miniseries (The Lodge luxury resort in Rancho Mirage)[96]
• Twentynine Palms – 2003 film (Twentynine Palms (Drifting Palms) and Coachella Valley)[46]
• Two Guys from Texas – 1948 musical comedy (Rancho Mirage)[97]
• Unknown – 2006 film (Eagle Mountain and Desert Center)[46]

See also

• List of films and TV series set in Palm Springs, California
• List of films shot in Riverside, California
• List of years in film
• List of years in radio
• List of years in television
• Palm Springs in popular culture

References

1. Chase, J. Smeaton (1919). "II: The Palm Oases and Cañons". California Desert Trails. Boston; New York: Houghton Mifflin Co. pp. 387. OCLC 2991395. Naturally, those nuisances the motion-picture people have seized on Palm Cañon for their antics, with the result of setting fire to some of the finest of the palms. With illustrations from Chase's photographs. Available at: Internet Archive: California Coast Trails and California Desert Trails. Palo Alto, CA: Tioga Pub. Co. 1987. p. 387. ISBN 0935382607. LCCN 87040050.
2. Salomé at the American Film Institute Catalog
3. Niemann, Greg (2006). Palm Springs Legends: creation of a desert oasis. San Diego, CA: Sunbelt Publications. pp. 168–71. ISBN 978-0932653741. OCLC 61211290. (here for Table of Contents)
4. deMille, William C. (2007). "24: The Excitements of Celluloid: The Camel's Nose". In Peter Wild (ed.). The Grumbling Gods: a Palm Springs Reader. Salt Lake City, UT: University of Utah Press. ISBN 978-0874808995. OCLC 122974473., quoting deMille in Hollywood Saga. New York, NY: E. P. Dutton. 1939. pp. 319. OCLC 1353346. (Rouben Mamoulian Collection (Library of Congress) First edition)
5. Wenzell, Nicolette (April 3, 2016). "1919 movie 'The Lone Star Ranger' shot in Palm Springs". The Desert Sun. Gannett.
6. The Lone Star Rush at the American Film Institute Catalog
7. Desert Gold at the American Film Institute Catalog
8. The Covered Wagon at the American Film Institute Catalog
9. The Leopard Woman at the American Film Institute Catalog
10. Palm Springs Desert Cities Virtual Film Office: Filmed in the Desert Cities
11. The Orphan at the American Film Institute Catalog
12. The Sheik at the American Film Institute Catalog
13. Her Jungle Love at the American Film Institute Catalog
14. Lost Horizon at the American Film Institute Catalog
15. Palm Springs at the TCM Movie Database and Palm Springs at the American Film Institute Catalog
16. Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs at the TCM Movie Database
17. Palm Springs Visitors Center. "Coachella Valley Feature Film Production 1920–2011". Filming in Palm Springs. Palm Springs, CA. Archived from the original on October 1, 2012. Retrieved October 1, 2012. ♦ Download (Downloadable PDF file)
18. Under Two Flags at the American Film Institute Catalog
19. The 9 minute segments were combined and released on VHS in 1989. See: Hedda Hopper's Hollywood. Los Angeles, CA: Republic Pictures Home Video. ISBN 1555265200, 978-1555265205 OCLC 22404038, 422976061. Also see: Hedda Hopper's Hollywood (1959/1960). Rexall TV Special. OCLC 81489893.
20. Objective, Burma! at the American Film Institute Catalog
21. Rio Rita at the American Film Institute Catalog
22. Song of the Open Road at the American Film Institute Catalog
23. To the Shores of Tripoli at the American Film Institute Catalog
24. Omar Khayyam at the American Film Institute Catalog
25. Raw Edge at the American Film Institute Catalog
26. Star Studded Ride (1954). Universal Pictures. Summary (from Library of Congress data): "A group of desert riders from Palm Springs, Calif., on their weekly ride watch Ben Hogan demonstrate some golf shots at the Tamarish [sic] Country Club, see Gussie Moran and Dave Gillam play a set of tennis at Charles Farrell's Racket Club, and observe Pat McCormack and Stubby Kreuger [sic] in a diving exhibition at the El Mirador Hotel. Credits: Producer, Thomas Mead; director, William C. Menzies; script, Allan Kitchel, Jr.; narrator, Tex Antoine; music, Jack Shaindlin; editor, Ed Bartsch." LCCN fi54-948
27. Ten Tall Men at the American Film Institute Catalog
28. The Silver Chalice at the American Film Institute Catalog
29. The Veils of Bagdad at the American Film Institute Catalog
30. Palm Springs Weekend at the TCM Movie Database; Palm Springs Weekend at the American Film Institute Catalog; and released on DVD (2009), Burbank, CA: Warner Home Video, OCLC 298862518, 716402273. The film served to glamorize the city as a spring break destination: see New York Times review and Gianoulis, Tina (2000). "Spring Break." St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture. Gale. Retrieved January 7, 2013 from HighBeam Research
31. The Wild Angels at the American Film Institute Catalog
32. The Wrecking Crew at the American Film Institute Catalog
33. 3 Women at the American Film Institute Catalog
34. Featured the Elrod home, designed by John Lautner. Design: Diamonds are Forever Archived 2010-06-25 at the Wayback Machine, HGTV
35. Kotch at the TCM Movie Database and Kotch at the American Film Institute Catalog
36. The Doll Squad at the American Film Institute Catalog
37. Ebert, Roger (November 6, 1987). "Less Than Zero". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved 2012-08-28.
38. Lethal Weapon 2 at the American Film Institute Catalog
39. Famous Movie Locations: Wheel Inn Restaurant from 'Pee-wee's Big Adventure' (Cabazon, California) Archived 2011-10-18 at the Wayback Machine, by Kim Potts, Aug 10, 2010, Moviefone. Retrieved 2011-08-21.
40. Rain Man at the American Film Institute Catalog
41. With Jan Berry and Dean Torrence, Chaz Bono, Sonny Bono, Dion DiMucci, Dion and the Belmonts, Donovan, Donovan Leitch, The Grass Roots, The Mamas & The Papas, Peter Noone and Mackenzie Phillips Rockin' the Night Away at IMDb; UPC 082551070220
42. Holden, Stephen (March 14, 1997). "Dishonor Among Thieves". New York Times. Retrieved August 30, 2012.
43. Pacific Heights at the American Film Institute Catalog
44. Still Kicking: The Fabulous Palm Springs Follies (1997). Santa Monica, CA: Little Apple Productions. VHS. (39 minutes). OCLC 38964599
45. Terminal Velocity at the American Film Institute Catalog
46. Inland Empire Film Commission: IEFC Film Credits Archived 2013-03-27 at the Wayback Machine (the IEFC is a Regional Film Office Partner with the California Film Commission (CA Regional Film Offices))
47. De La Baume, Maïa (January 28, 2011). "For a Filmmaker, the Green Things in Life Are Free". New York Times. Retrieved August 30, 2012.
48. Into the Wild at the American Film Institute Catalog
49. Roger Ebert (August 4, 2000). "The Eyes of Tammy Faye". Chicago Sun-Times
50. "Palm Springs Neighborhood Premiers on NBC Reality Show". The Public Record. 37 (26): 3. April 1, 2014. ISSN 0744-205X.
51. Ebert, Roger (June 16, 2010). "Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work". Chicago Sun Times
52. Desert Utopia: Mid-Century Architecture in Palm Springs at AllMovie; Desert Utopia: Mid-Century Architecture in Palm Springs at Rotten Tomatoes; Desert Utopia: Mid-Century Architecture in Palm Springs at IMDb
53. Pena, Xocjiti (May 12, 2017). "William Shatner, Christopher Lloyd in Palm Springs for movie". The Desert Sun. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
54. A Lez in Wonderland (original title: Broute-minou à Palm Springs) at IMDb
55. Bob Hope Special: The Bob Hope Special From Palm Springs at the TCM Movie Database LCCN 2010-610610
56. LCCN 2010-610753
57. Bob Hope's Yellow Ribbon Party at the TCM Movie Database LCCN 2010-610762
58. Bob Hope's Christmas Show Hopes For the Holidays at the TCM Movie Database
59. Christy Lane, Brad Pressman; Palm Springs, CA: Brentwood Home Video. VHS. ISBN 978-1879902084 OCLC 319896995
60. Downey at IMDb
61. Hello Paradise at IMDb
62. Lea DeLaria; Mariah Hanson; Robin Gans; Sandy Sachs; Aarin Burch; (1996). The Club Skirts Girl Bar queens of comedy: in Palm Springs, California during the Dinah Shore Golf Classic week. Tallahassee, FL: Northern Arts/Naiad Press. VHS. ISBN 1562801546, 978-1562801540 OCLC 38996994
63. Kate Clinton; Mariah Hanson; Robin Gans; Sandy Sachs; Aarin Burch; (1997). The Girl Bar [and] Club Skirts queens of comedy: in Palm Springs, California during the 7th annual Dinah Shore Golf Classic week. Tallahassee, FL: Northern Arts/Naiad Press. VHS. OCLC 43665546
64. TV.com: Mannix, Season 1, Episode 1, "The Name is Mannix".
65. Martha: "The Palm Springs Show" Archived 2012-01-04 at the Wayback Machine
66. "2005 Mrs America". Retrieved August 30, 2010.
67. Digging for Sea Salt; Demolishing a Bridge; Atop a Tramway at IMDb
68. Slow Burn at AllMovie and Slow Burn at IMDb
69. Sonny Bono: Pop Songs & Politics (a.k.a. Biography (1/98)) at the TCM Movie Database
70. FoxNews.com: "Evangelist Tammy Faye Messner Dies of Cancer at 65" Archived 2007-08-09 at the Wayback Machine July 22, 2007. And Tammy Faye: Death Defying at IMDb
71. TV.com The Frank Sinatra Show
72. Video recording of the 1959 ABC Television program, released as a DVD in 2004 by Quantum Leap. Taped in Palm Springs. Credits include: Bill Colleran (producer & director); Johnny Bradford (writer); Frank Sinatra; Ella Fitzgerald; Peter Lawford; Juliet Prowse; Hermione Gingold; Red Norvo; Nelson Riddle and his orchestra; Sammy Cahn; Jimmy Van Heusen; and The Hi-Lo's. Hobart Productions. OCLC 58470954
73. "Palm Springs Home To Radio Veterans: Stars of 'Golden Era'". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. AP. December 18, 1974. Retrieved September 30, 2012.
74. After Dark, My Sweet at the American Film Institute Catalog and Ebert, Roger "After Dark, My Sweet". The Chicago Sun-Times film review, March 13, 2005. Accessed: August 28, 2012. and Farber, Stephen (January 21, 1990). "In the Desert, a Jim Thompson Novel Blossoms on Film". New York Times. Retrieved August 30, 2012.
75. America's Tribute to Bob Hope at the TCM Movie Database
76. City of Rancho Mirage: Timeline
77. Holden, Stephen (October 13, 2011). "Last Resort Remains an Oasis of Dreams". New York Times. Retrieved August 30, 2012.
78. Coachella: The Film at Rotten Tomatoes; Coachella: The Film at AllMovie; OCLC 67228885
79. Five Graves to Cairo at the American Film Institute Catalog
80. TV.com Hot Springs Hotel and Hot Springs Hotel at IMDb
81. Date from Hell at IMDb
82. It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World at the American Film Institute Catalog
83. Historical Society of Palm Desert; Rover, Hal; Kousken, Kim; Romer, Brett (2009). Palm Desert. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing. p. 128. ISBN 978-0738559643.
84. Julie at the American Film Institute Catalog
85. Little Birds synopsis
86. Rita Rudner: Married Without Children (a.k.a. HBO Comedy Hour (06/24/95)) at the TCM Movie Database
87. Alvarez, Celeste (January 29, 2013). "Local beach creates perfect atmosphere for 'River Monster' promo". Imperial Valley Press. Archived from the original on April 21, 2013. Retrieved April 3, 2013.
88. Satan's Sadists at the American Film Institute Catalog
89. The Beast with a Million Eyes at the American Film Institute Catalog
90. The Big Fisherman at the American Film Institute Catalog
91. Holland, David R. "Rancho Las Palmas: Player-Friendly 27 Holes Another Robinson, Marriott Desert Winner". TravelGolf. WorldGolf.com. Retrieved October 17, 2012.
92. The Kid at IMDb
93. Meeks, Eric G. (2011). P.S. I Love Lucy: The Story of Lucille Ball in Palm Springs. Horotio Limburger Oglethorpe. p. 31. ISBN 978-1468098549.
94. The Player at the TCM Movie Database
95. "It Takes Three" UCLA Extension: Entertainment Studies
96. Bruce, Leslie (January 13, 2012). "Where to Sleep and Dine During the Palm Springs Film Festival". The Hollywood Reporter. Los Angeles: Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved October 21, 2012.
97. City of Rancho Mirage: Historical Context

• "Old Palm Springs Movies" (2001), California's Gold /#0004. VHS videorecording by Huell Howser Productions, in association with KCET/Los Angeles. OCLC 47979410

Further reading

• Alan, Ken (January 22, 2013). "Valley gets serious about attracting filmmakers". The Public Record. Palm Springs, CA: Robert Marra. 37 (4): 1–2. ISSN 0744-205X.
• Alan, Ken (January 21, 2014). "Desert, desert everywhere—but you can't film on it". The Public Record. Palm Springs, CA: Robert Marra. 37 (6): 1–2. ISSN 0744-205X.

External links

• City of Palm Springs: Film Permits
• Greater Palm Springs Film Alliance & Film Office, Inc.
• Riverside County Film Commission, part of the State of California Film Commission
• Desert Film Society – Palm Springs
• Movies filmed in Palm Springs