Bronson Canyon

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The famous cave opening at Bronson Canyon

Bronson Canyon is a location in Griffith Park, California that has become famous as the setting for an astounding number of movies and TV shows filmed throughout the 20th and 21st centuries. Its picturesque setting and remote (but easily accessible) location has made it a prime choice for filmmakers who want to place their stories in a "wilderness" setting.

Originally named Brush Canyon, the famous hill and cave setting is on the western side of Griffith Park. In 1903, the Union Rock Company founded a quarry for excavation of crushed rock, used in the construction of city streets. The quarry ceased operation in the late 1920s, leaving the caves behind. The caves, known as the Bronson Caves, gave the area its more popular name of Bronson Canyon.

Scenes filmed in Bronson Canyon for motion pictures and TV shows have always been filmed in a manner that shows the cave entrance at an angle. This is because the cave is actually a very short tunnel through the hill; it opens up on the other side of the hill after a short distance.

The most well known appearance of the cave in Bronson Canyon is likely as the Batcave in the Batman television series of the 1960's.

Partial list of motion pictures filmed in Bronson Canyon

Still from an unknown Western movie (public domain image) revealing the cave of Bronson Canyon as a short tunnel

(This list includes many serials filmed on location.)

• Lightning Bryce (1919)
• Riders of the Purple Sage (1925)
• The Lightning Warrior (1931)
• Hurricane Express (1932)
• The Three Musketeers (1933)
• Mystery Mountain (1934)
• The Phantom Empire (1935)
• Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island (1936)
• Zorro Rides Again (1937)
• Dick Tracy Returns (1938)
• Hawk of the Wilderness (1938)
• The Lone Ranger Rides Again (1939)
• The Adventures of Captain Marvel (1941)
• Call of the Canyon (1942)
• Leather Burners (1943)
• Pirates of Monterey (1947)
• Silver River (1948)
• Superman vs. Atom Man (1949)
• Mark of the Gorilla (1950)
• Flame of Araby (1951)
• Carson City (1952)
• Robot Monster (1953)
• Killers From Space (1954)
• The Day the World Ended (1955)
• Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
• Night of the Blood Beast (1957)
• The Brain from Planet Arous (1957)
• Earth vs. the Spider (1958)
• The Jayhawkers (1959)
• Teenagers from Outer Space (1959)
• The Cape Canaveral Monsters (1960)
• Eegah (1962)
• Ride the High Country (1962)
• The Gun Hawk (1963)
• The Human Duplicators (1965)
• Flaming Frontier (1968)
• The Mighty Gorga (1969)
• Equinox (1970)
• Octaman (1971)
• Lost Horizon (1973)
• Mrs. Sundance (1974)
• The Choirboys (1977)
• Last Ride of the Dalton Gang (1979)
• The Return (1980)
• The Legend of the Lone Ranger (1981)
• The Sword and the Sorcerer (1982)
• The Wizard of Speed and Time (1989}
• (1991)
• Army of Darkness (1993)
• The End of Violence (1997)
• The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra (2001))
• The Scorpion King (2002)
• (2003)

TV Series filmed in Bronson Canyon

• Batman
• Gunsmoke
• The Lone Ranger
• Rawhide
• Bonanza
• Little House on the Prairie
• Have Gun, Will Travel
• Bat Masterson
• The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
• Star Trek
• Wonder Woman
• The Adventures of Brisco County Jr.

External links

• [Bronson Canyon - Representing the divine on earth]

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