5 Old Movie Sets

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department sent this bulletin at 04/24/2018 10:00 AM CDT

Texas has hosted many movie productions over the years, so movie sets are scattered across the Lone Star State. This month, Texas Parks & Wildlife magazine highlights 5 old movie sets that you can visit.

Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)

Kingsland

Always wanted to eat in the same room as a family of cannibals? Then the Grand Central Cafe in Kingsland (near Lake LBJ) is just the place for you. Reinvented as a fine-dining establishment, the instantly recognizable farmhouse was built in 1909 and includes the infamous dining room from the original 1974 Texas Chainsaw Massacre, a horror film inspired by serial killer Ed Gein.

The Last Picture Show (1971)

Archer City

Archer City’s iconic Royal Theater burned in 1965 but was rebuilt as an exterior set for the Academy Award-winning 1971 film The Last Picture Show, starring Cybill Shepherd and Jeff Bridges, and the sequel, Texasville. Interiors were shot in a theater in nearby Olney. The theater was fully rebuilt in 2000 and serves as an arts center in this North Texas town.

True Grit (2010)

Granger

Granger’s 100-foot-wide Davilla Street was paved with red bricks in 1912, only to be covered with a layer of dirt for the 19th-century movie set used for the remake of True Grit. When production ended, all the dirt and, well, grit was sucked back up, and movie stars Hailee Steinfeld, Matt Damon and Jeff Bridges headed home, leaving the quiet Central Texas brick road to return to normal.

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