This presentation highlights movies filmed in Arizona, from silent-era productions to classics of the 1930s–50s we remember from Saturday matinees and late-night TV. It also covers films from the 70s–90s, including Tom Mix, John Ford, Clint Eastwood, Elvis, and works shot in Sedona, Apacheland, Old Tucson, and Florence and region beyond.

Jim Turner earned his master’s in U.S. History at the University of Arizona and worked as Historian for the Arizona Historical Society. He retired and became an author/editor for Rio Nuevo Publishers where he authored six books and co-authored or edited a dozen more. He is working on two more books and recently created self-guided audio tours of historic downtown Tucson, Tombstone, and Old Town Scottsdale for an app called VoiceMap.