AGOURA RANCH

Originally part of the El Rancho Conejo of Agoura and Thousand Oaks, in 1925, William Randolph Hearst purchased a huge tract of land north of the current 101 Freeway in the current Agoura/Oak Park region. In 1954, Fibber McGee and Molly (Jim and Marian Jordan) purchased what was reported at the time as 5,000 acres of land north of the town of Agoura. It became known as the Jordan Ranch. In later years, Bob Hope purchased the ranch. The present city of Oak Park was built on this ranch area.

DIRECTIONS: To reach the Agoura Ranch, from Los Angeles, take the 101 Freeway North past the City of Calabasas. Exit at Kanan Road and turn right (north). Follow Kanan Road north to Conifer Street. Turn left and go four blocks to Parkview Drive. Turn right/north. The main filming location ranch was located around the intersection of Parkview Drive and E. Oak Meadow Place.

SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY:

"The Phantom Empire" (Mascot 1935) Directed by: Otto Brower & B. Reeves Eason. Cast: Gene Autry, Frankie Darro, Betsy King Ross, Dorothy Christie, Wheeler Oakman, Charles K. French, Warner Richmond, J. Frank Glendon, Smiley Burnette, William Moore, Edward Piel, Jack Carlyle, Wally Wales, Jay Wilsey, Stanley Blystone, Richard Talmadge, Frank Ellis, Peter Potter, Bob Burns, Bob Card, Bruce Mitchell, Ray Benard.

"Heroes of the Saddle" (Republic 1940) Directed by: William Witney. Cast: Robert Livingston, Raymond Hatton, Duncan Renaldo, Patsy Lee Parsons, Loretta Weaver, Byron Foulger, Vince Barnett, William Royle, Jack Roper, Reed Howes.

"The Durango Kid" (Columbia 1940) Directed by: Lambert Hillyer. Cast: Charles Starrett, Luana Walters, Bob Nolan, Kenneth MacDonald, Francis Walker, Forrest Taylor, Pat Brady, Melvin Lang, Frank LaRue, Jack Rockwell.

"Home in Wyomin'" (Republic 1942) Directed by: Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Faye McKenzie, Olin Howlin, Chick Chandler, Joe Strauch Jr., Forrest Taylor, James Seay, George Douglas, Charles Lane, Hal Price, Bud Geary, Ken Cooper, Jean Porter, James McNamara, Kermit Maynard, Roy Butler, Billy Benedict.

"Along the Navajo Trail" (Republic 1945) Directed by: Frank McDonald. Cast: Roy Rogers, George Hayes, Dale Evans, Estelita Rodriguez, Douglas Fowley, Nestor Paiva, Sam Flint, Emmett Vogan, Roy Barcroft, David Cota, Bob Nolan, Pat Brady, Edward Cassidy.

"On the Old Spanish Trail" (Republic 1947) Directed by: William Witney. Cast: Roy Rogers, Jane Frazee, Andy Devine, Tito Guizar, Estelita Rodriguez, Bob Nolan and the Sons of the Pioneers, Charles McGraw, Fred Graham.

"The Red Pony" (Republic 1947) Directed by: Lewis Milestone. Cast: Myrna Loy, Robert Mitchum, Louis Calhern, Sheppard Strudwick, Peter Miles, Margaret Hamilton, Alvin Hammer, Poodles Hanneford, Jackie Jackson, Patty King.

"Ride, Ryder, Ride" (Equity 1949) Directed by: Lewis D. Collins. Cast: Jim Bannon, Don Kay Reynolds, Emmett Lynn, Peggy Stewart, Gaylord Pendleton, Jack O'Shea, Jean Budinger, Marin Sais, Stanley Blystone, William Fawcett, Billy Hammond, Edwin Max, Steve Clark.