Meanwhile back at the ranch -- upper Iverson Ranch overview

'Meanwhile back at the ranch' is a continuing series about "rock stars" (landscape features) on the old Iverson Movie Location Ranch in Chatsworth, California.  For more information about the Iverson Movie Ranch see: http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2011/10/iverson-movie-location-ranch-chatsworth.html

We'll start our overview of the "upper Iverson Ranch" with a look at the 1950s aerial photo above.  Starting at the far left edge you'll notice a tree-line running north to south.  That tree-line was the separation boundary between the Iverson Ranch to the east and the Brandeis Ranch to the west.

Just inside the tree-line on the left side of the photo you can see a wide, oak tree studded valley with lots of trails running in all directions.  That valley was the most heavily used filming area on the upper ranch, and you've seen it in hundreds of  Western chase scenes.  On the east (or right side) of that tree-studded valley there is a rocky ridge-line that rans southwest to northeast.  That ridge-line was only about 400 yards long, but it contained some of the most significant "Rock Stars" on the upper ranch.  In future posts I'll show you photos and tell you about them.

Those "Rock Stars"--Medicine Rocks, Eagle Beak and the Molars, Lookout Point, Indian Head Rock (not Indianhead that's on the lower ranch), Slates, Turtle Rocks, Whale Rock and Ambush Pass--are all in the photo above.

Go back to the 1950s aerial photo at the top.  Moving east from the tree studded valley there were a number of trails on adjacent ridges, and a hill in the lower left center of the photo.  That hill is known as Cactus Hill.  Look at the photo below and you'll spot two water tanks that were added when the ranch was developed into a gated residential community.  Look carefully and you'll notice many of the old trails still exist in the same configuration.

In today's world the gated community (large estate sized homes and lots) is known as Indian Falls.  It is accessed from Santa Susana Pass Road via Iverson Road going north, or from Topanga Canyon Boulavard via Poema Road going northwest.  The community is not open to the public and you can't get in without an invitation.

Look back at the photo at the top of the post, and you'll see another wide valley on the far right (the trails appear almost white in the photo).  That area was where a ranch set once existed.  In todays world the red-roofed Summerset Village (luxury rental apartments) has replaced the ranch set which was sometimes called the Middle Ranch.

In future posts I'll show you lots of movie stills, and you'll learn about the many sets on the upper ranch.  Included among them were a Stone Cabin (in a hidden valley), a Miner's Cabin (complete with mine), and the Ranch Set which included a three sided house, bungalow, bunkhouse, barn, and a couple of shacks.

Stay tuned…

Reel Cowboys of the Santa Susanas -- Sunset Carson

Sunset Carson (1920 - 1990) was an American B-western cowboy star of the 1940s.  He grew up in Texas where he became an accomplished rodeo rider in his youth.  He briefly worked in a western show owned Tom Mix, and in the early 1940s traveled to South America, where he competed in rodeos.

Because of his appearance and horsemanship Republic Pictures changed his name to "Sunset Carson," and signed to a contract to do a series of B-western films.  Within a couple of years he was one of the top-ten B-Western money makers in Hollywood. 

He and his horse named "Cactus" starred in a string of western genre films, but after a dispute he and Republic parted company in 1946.  According to stuntman Yakima Canutt, Carson had attended a studio function drunk and accompanied by an underage girl, and studio head Herbert Yates fired him.

In later years he played roles in several minor Westerns. 

Sunset Carson's Santa Susana locations filmography:

Alias Billy the Kid (1946) starring Sunset Carson (Iverson Ranch) Republic

Bandits of the Badlands (1945) starring Sunset Carson (Iverson Ranch) Republic

Bells of Rosarita (1945) starring Roy Rogers **guest appearance** (Iverson Ranch) Republic

Bordertown Trail (1944) starring Sunset Carson and Smiley Burnette - Republic

Call of the Rockies (1944) starring Sunset Carson and Smiley Burnette (Iverson Ranch) Republic

The Cherokee Flash (1945) starring Sunset Carson - Republic

Code of the Prairie (1944) starring Sunset Carson and Smiley Burnette - Republic

Days of Buffalo Bill (1946) starring Sunset Carson (Iverson Ranch) Republic

The El Paso Kid (1946) starring Sunset Carson (Iverson Ranch) Republic

Firebrands of Arizona (1944) starring Sunset Carson and Smiley Burnette (Iverson Ranch)(Corriganville) Republic

Oregon Trail (1945) starring Sunset Carson (Iverson Ranch) Republic

Red River Renegades (1946) starring Sunset Carson - Republic

Rio Grande Raiders (1946) starring Sunset Carson - Republic

Rough Riders of Cheyenne (1945) starring Sunset Carson (Iverson Ranch) Republic (photo above courtesy of Bruce Hickey)

Santa Fe Saddlemates (1945) starring Sunset Carson (Iverson Ranch) Republic

Sheriff of Cimarron (1945) starring Sunset Carson (Iverson Ranch) Republic

Alias Billy the Kid (1946) starring Sunset Carson (Iverson Ranch) Republic

'Reel Cowboys of the Santa Susanas' is a continuing series about "six-gun heroes that performed on movie location ranches in Chatsworth, California.  For more information about Chatsworth filming locations see http://www.cowboyup.com/ to find information about my books: Rendezvous at Boulder Pass: Hollywood's Fantasyland - 2010 and Reel Cowboys of the Santa Susanas - 2008.

Disclaimer: This list of movie titles and credits has been compiled from many sources.  It has not been independently verified.  Titles with location credits in parentheses are either movies I own or come from a source I feel has a higher level of creditability.

Celebrating 100 years of Chatsworth Movies -- Westerns 1945

Along Came Jones (1945) starring Gary Cooper, Loretta Young and William Demarest (Iverson Ranch) RKO

Along the Navajo Trail (1945) starring Roy Rogers (Corriganville) Republic

Bad Men of the Border (1945) starring Kirby Grant and Fuzzy Knight - PRC

Bandits of the Badlands (1945) starring Sunset Carson (Iverson Ranch) Republic

Bells of Rosarita (1945) starring Roy Rogers, Gabby Hayes and Dale Evans (Iverson Ranch) Republic

(with guest appearances from Wild Bill Elliott, Allan Rocky Lane, Don 'Red' Barry, Robert Livingston and Sunset Carson)

Blazing the Western Trail (1945) starring Charles Starrett - Columbia

Border Badmen (1945) starring Buster Crabbe and Al St. John (Corriganville) PRC

Both Barrels Blazing (1945) starring Charles Starrett (Corriganville) Columbia

The Cherokee Flash (1945) starring Sunset Carson - Republic

The Chicago Kid (1945) starring Don "Red" Barry - Republic

Code of the Lawless (1945) starring Kirby Grant and Fuzzy Knight - Universal

Colorado Pioneers (1945) starring Bill Elliott (Iverson Ranch) Republic

Corpus Christi Bandits (1945) starring Allan Lane (Iverson Ranch) Republic

Dakota (1945) starring John Wayne and Vera Ralston and Walter Brennan - Republic

The Daltons Ride Again (1945) starring Alan Curtis (Iverson Ranch) Universal

Enemy of the Law (1945) starring Tex Ritter (Corriganville) PR

Fighting Bill Carson (1945) starring Buster Crabbe and Al St. John (Corriganville) PRC

Flaming Bullets (1945) starring Tex Ritter, Dave O'Brien and Guy Wilkerson (Corriganville) PRC

Frontier Fugitives (1945) starring Tex Ritter (Corriganville) PRC

The Gangster's Den (1945) starring Buster Crabbe and Al St. John - PRC

Great Stagecoach Robbery (1945) starring Bill Elliott - Republic

Gun Smoke (1945) starring Johnny Mack Brown and Raymond Hatton - Monogram

His Brother's Ghost (1945) starring Buster Crabbe, Falcon and Al St. John - PRC

In Old New Mexico (1945) starring Duncan Renaldo and Martin Garralaga - Monogram 

Lawless Empire (1945) starring Charles Starrett (Iverson Ranch) Columbia 

Lightning Raiders (1945) starring Buster Crabbe and Al St. John (Corriganville) PRC

Lone Texas Ranger (1945) starring Bill Elliott - Republic

Man from Oklahoma (1945) starring Roy Rogers, George “Gabby” Hayes and Dale Evans Republic

Marked for Murder (1945) starring Tex Ritter (Corriganville) PRC

Marshal of Laredo (1945) starring Bill Elliott (Iverson Ranch) Republic

The Navajo Kid (1945) starring Bob Steele and Syd Saylor (Corriganville) PRC

Oregon Trail (1945) starring Sunset Carson (Iverson Ranch) Republic

Outlaws of the Rockies (1945) starring Charles Starrett and Dub Taylor - Columbia

Phantom of the Plains (1945) starring Bill Elliott (Iverson Ranch) Republic

Prairie Rustlers (1945) starring Buster Crabbe (Corriganville) PRC

Renegades of the Rio Grande (1945) starring Rod Cameron (Corriganville) Universal

The Return of the Durango Kid (1945) starring Charles Starrett - Columbia

Rough Riders of Cheyenne (1945) starring Sunset Carson (Iverson Ranch) Republic

Rough Ridin' Justice (1945) starring Charles Starrett and Dub Taylor - Columbia

The Royal Mounted Rides Again (1945) starring George Dolenz, Bill Kennedy and Milburn Stone - Universal

Rustlers of the Badlands (1945) starring Charles Starrett, Tex Harding and Dub Taylor - Columbia

Rustler’s Hideout (1945) starring Buster Crabbe and Al St. John - PRC

Santa Fe Saddlemates (1945) starring Sunset Carson (Iverson Ranch) Republic

Shadows of Death (1945) starring Buster Crabbe and Al St. John - PRC 

Sheriff of Cimarron (1945) starring Sunset Carson (Iverson Ranch) Republic

Song of Old Wyoming (1945) starring Eddie Dean and Lash LaRue (Corriganville) PRC

Stagecoach Outlaws (1945) starring Buster Crabbe and Al St. John (Corriganville) PRC

Sunset in El Dorado (1945) starring Roy Rogers, George “Gabby” Hayes and Dale Evans (Iverson Ranch) Republic

Texas Panhandle (1945) starring Charles Starrett (Iverson Ranch) Columbia

Three in the Saddle (1945) starring Tex Ritter - PRC

The Topeka Terror (1945) starring Allan Lane (Iverson Ranch) Republic

Trail of Kit Carson (1945) starring Allan Lane (Iverson Ranch) Republic

Trail to Vengeance (1945) starring Kirby Grant, Fuzzy Knight and Jane Adams - Universal

Under Western Skies (1945) starring Martha O'Driscoll, Noah Beery Jr. and Leo Carrillo - Universal

Utah (1945) starring Roy Rogers (Iverson Ranch) - Republic

Wagon Wheels Westward (1945) starring Bill Elliott (Iverson Ranch) Republic

Wildfire (1945) starring Bob Steele - Screen Guild

Disclaimer: This list of movie titles and credits has been compiled from many sources.  It has not been independently verified.  Titles with location credits in parentheses are either movies I own or come from a source I feel has a higher level of creditability. 

For more information about the Chatsworth filming locations visit http://www.cowboyup.com/ and learn about my books: Rendezvous at Boulder Pass: Hollywood's Fantasyland © 2010 (ISBN: 978-0-615-21522-8) and Reel Cowboys of the Santa Susanas © 2008 (ISBN: 978-0-615-21499-3)

Reel Cowboys of the Santa Susanas -- Robert Livingston

Robert Livingston (1904 – 1988) was an American actor and B-Western cowboy star. He made over 135 films between 1921 and 1975.

His break into film came in 1936, when Republic signed him to play the role of a masked hero in the serial The Vigilantes Are Coming (1936).  He played the original role of "Stony Brooke" in the "Three Mesquiteers" Western B-movie series (a role was later played by John Wayne).  He made more appearances in Three Mesquiteers (29) than anyone else. 

He played Zorro in The Bold Caballero (1936), portrayed the Lone Ranger in The Lone Ranger Rides Again (1939), worked with Al St. John in the "Lone Rider" Series (1941-43) and finished up in a number of character parts in Gene Autry and Roy Rogers movies.

Robert Livingston's Santa Susana locations filmography:

Beneath Western Skies (1944) starring Robert Livingston and Smiley Burnette - Republic

The Bold Caballero (1936) starring Robert Livingston (Iverson Ranch) Republic

Call the Mesquiteers (1938) starring Robert Livingston, Ray Corrigan and Max Terhune - Republic  

Come On, Cowboys (1937) starring Robert Livingston, Ray Corrigan and Max Terhune - Republic

Covered Wagon Days (1940) starring Robert Livingston, Ray Hatton and Duncan Renaldo (Burro Flats) Republic

Death Rides the Plains (1943) starring Robert Livingston and Al St. John - PRC

Gangs of Sonora (1941) starring Robert Livingston, Bob Steele and Rufe Davis (Iverson Ranch) Republic

Ghost Town Gold (1936) starring Robert Livingston, Ray Corrigan and Max Terhune (Brandeis Ranch) Republic

Gunsmoke Ranch (1937) starring Robert Livingston, Ray Corrigan and Max Terhune - Republic

Heart of the Rockies (1937) starring Robert Livingston, Ray Corrigan and Max Terhune - Republic 

Heroes of the Hills (1938) starring Robert Livingston, Ray Corrigan and Max Terhune (Brandeis)(Iverson)(Corriganville) Republic

Heroes of the Saddle (1940) starring Robert Livingston, Ray Hatton and Duncan Renaldo - Republic

Hit the Saddle (1937) starring Robert Livingston, Ray Corrigan, Max Terhune and Rita Hayworth (Iverson) Republic

Kansas Terrors (1939) starring Robert Livingston, Ray Hatton and Duncan Renaldo (Burro Flats) Republic 

The Laramie Trail (1944) starring Robert Livingston and Smiley Burnette - Republic

Law of the Saddle (1943) starring Robert Livingston and Al St. John (Corriganville) PRC

The Lone Ranger Rides Again (1939) starring Robert Livingston and Chief Thundercloud (Iverson Ranch) Republic [serial]

Lone Star Raiders (1940) starring Robert Livingston, Bob Steele and Rufe Davis (Iverson Ranch) Republic

Oklahoma Renegades (1940) starring Robert Livingston, Ray Hatton and Duncan Renaldo - Republic

Outlaws of Sonora (1938) starring Robert Livingston/ Ray Corrigan/Max Terhune (Iverson Ranch) Republic

Overland Stagecoach (1942) starring Robert Livingston and Al St. John - PRC

Pals of the Pecos (1941) starring Robert Livingston, Bob Steele and Rufe Davis (Iverson Ranch) Republic

Pioneers of the West (1940) starring Robert Livingston, Raymond Hatton and Duncan Renaldo (Iverson) Republic

Prairie Pioneers (1941) starring Robert Livingston, Bob Steele and Rufe Davis (Iverson Ranch) Republic

Pride of the Plains (1944) starring Robert Livingston and Smiley Burnette - Republic

The Purple Vigilantes (1938) starring Robert Livingston, Ray Corrigan and Max Terhune - Republic

Raiders of Red Gap (1943) starring Robert Livingston and Al St. John - PRC

Range Defenders (1937) starring Robert Livingston, Ray Corrigan and Max Terhune - Republic

Riders of the Black Hills (1938) starring Robert Livingston, Ray Corrigan and Max Terhune (Corriganville) Republic

Riders of the Whistling Skull (1937) starring Robert Livingston, Ray Corrigan and Max Terhune - Republic

Roarin' Lead (1936) starring Robert Livingston, Ray Corrigan and Max Terhune - Republic 

Rocky Mountain Rangers (1940) starring Robert Livingston, Raymond Hatton and Duncan Renaldo (Iverson) Republic

Saddlemates (1941) starring Robert Livingston, Bob Steele and Rufe Davis (Iverson Ranch) Republic

The Three Mesquiteers (1936) starring Robert Livingston, Ray Corrigan and Syd Saylor - Republic

The Trail Blazers (1940) starring Robert Livingston, Bob Steele and Rufe Davis (Iverson Ranch)(Corriganville) Republic

Under Texas Skies (1940) starring Robert Livingston, Bob Steele and Rufe Davis (Corriganville)(Iverson) Republic

The Vigilantes Are Coming (1936) starring Robert Livingston, Kay Hughes and Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams - Republic [serial]

Wild Horse Rodeo (1937) starring Robert Livingston, Ray Corrigan and Max Terhune - Republic

Wild Horse Rustlers (1943) starring Robert Livingston and Al St. John - PRC

Wolves of the Range (1943) starring Robert Livingston and Al St. John - PRC

'Reel Cowboys of the Santa Susanas' is a continuing series about "six-gun heroes that performed on movie location ranches in Chatsworth, California.  For more information about Chatsworth filming locations see http://www.cowboyup.com/ to find information about my books: Rendezvous at Boulder Pass: Hollywood's Fantasyland - 2010 and Reel Cowboys of the Santa Susanas - 2008.

Disclaimer: This list of movie titles and credits has been compiled from many sources.  It has not been independently verified.  Titles with location credits in parentheses are either movies I own or come from a source I feel has a higher level of creditability.

Meanwhile back at the ranch -- lower Iverson Ranch overview

We'll start our overview of the "Iower Iverson Ranch" with a look at the 1950s aerial photo above.  Starting at the top center (moving clockwise) I'll describe the features that once existed on the ranch.  The heavily treed area at the top center was the residences of the Iverson brothers.  Aaron's home was demolished when the freeway was built, but Joe's house (further south) still remains.

East of the residential area you can just make out the Western street which ran (more or less) in a north-south direction.  North of the Western street was an open plain known as "Sheep Flats."

East of the Western street you can make out a horseshoe shaped corral.  East of the corral was the Cave Rocks area which included Lash's Archway, Split Rock, Hook Rock, Cave Rock and others.  In fact, if you look at the third panel from the left (photo above), the rock--left of center--is Hook Rock.

Going back to the aerial photo, the area south of the corral is the Grove (it still exists).  South and west of the Grove were the Southern Chase Roads which included Vultura's Pass, Outlaw Pass, Hangover Rock and Karl and Augusta's place (aka the old folks home) which was lost to a fire in 2008.

West of the Southern Chase Roads (south of the Iverson residences) was Zorro's Cave, Bill Rock, Bulldog Bluff, Hole in the Wall.  There was also a narrow flat canyon (with Overhang Rock and others) that was lost when the Cal-West Townhomes were built.

Traveling west from Hole in the Wall you'd find Nyoka Cliff and beyond that (further west) was the Iverson Gorge.  To the west of the gorge (very difficult to see on the aerial photo) was the Garden of the Gods area which included Overlook Point, Garden of the Gods, Phantom Rock, Keaton's Bathtub, Saddle Rock, Saddlehorn Rock and others.

North of Garden of the Gods there was a stagecoach relay station and barn.

The photo above is a look at the lower ranch area today.  As you can see the Ronald Reagan freeway cut through the ranch just north of the Western street area which was located in today's Indian Hills Mobile Home Village (top right corner).

You can spot the pool in the mobile home park--it's surrounded by the formations known as cave rocks.  South of the mobile home park you can still see the Grove and southern chase roads.

The tan colored roofs (center left) are the Cal-West Townhomes.  Find the big hair-pin curved road to the left center of the photo--the open space south of the condominiums inside the hair-pin road is the Garden of the Gods.  Further west is Rocky Peak Church.  Northeast of the Garden of the Gods (within the town home development) is Three Ages Rock, Crown Rock and Devil's Doorway.

I'll leave off with a look at Chatsworth from Overlook Point as seen above in a series of screenshots captured from Law of the Ranger (1937).

'Meanwhile back at the ranch' is a continuing series about "rock stars" (landscape features) on the old Iverson Movie Location Ranch in Chatsworth, California.  For more information about the Iverson Movie Ranch see: http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2011/10/iverson-movie-location-ranch-chatsworth.html

For more information about the Chatsworth filming locations visit http://www.cowboyup.com/ and learn about my books: Rendezvous at Boulder Pass: Hollywood's Fantasyland © 2010 (ISBN: 978-0-615-21522-8) and Reel Cowboys of the Santa Susanas © 2008 (ISBN: 978-0-615-21499-3)

Celebrating 100 years of Chatsworth Movies -- Westerns 1944

Arizona Whirlwind (1944) starring Ken Maynard, Hoot Gibson and Bob Steele (Corriganville) Monogram

Beneath Western Skies (1944) starring Robert Livingston and Smiley Burnette - Republic

The Big Bonanza (1944) starring Richard Arlen (Iverson Ranch)(Corriganville) Republic

Bordertown Trail (1944) starring Sunset Carson and Smiley Burnette - Republic

Boss of Boomtown (1944) starring Rod Cameron, Tom Tyler and Fuzzy Knight - Universal

Brand of the Devil (1944) starring Dave O'Brien - PRC 

Cheyenne Wildcat (1944) starring Bill Elliott (Iverson Ranch) Republic

Code of the Prairie (1944) starring Sunset Carson and Smiley Burnette (Iverson Ranch) Republic

Cowboy and the Senorita (1944) starring Roy Rogers (Iverson Ranch) Republic

Cyclone Prairie Rangers (1944) starring Charles Starrett and Dub Taylor (Corriganville) Columbia

Dead or Alive (1944) starring Tex Ritter (Corriganville) PRC

The Drifter (1944) starring Buster Crabbe and Al St. John - PRC

Falcon Out West (1944) starring Tom Conway (Corriganville) RKO

Firebrands of Arizona (1944) starring Sunset Carson and Smiley Burnette (Iverson Ranch)(Corriganville) Republic

Frontier Outlaws (1944) starring Buster Crabbe and Al St. John (Corriganville) PRC

Fuzzy Settles Down (1944) starring Buster Crabbe and Al St. John (Corriganville) PRC

Gangsters of the Frontier (1944) starring Tex Ritter and Dave O'Brien (Corriganville) PRC

Ghost Guns (1944) starring Johnny Mack Brown and Raymond Hatton - Monogram

The Great Alaskan Mystery (1944) starring Milburn Stone - Universal

Guns of the Law (1944) starring Dave O’Brien - PRC

Gunsmoke Mesa (1944) starring Dave O’Brien - PRC

Hands Across the Border (1944) starring Roy Rogers (Iverson Ranch) Republic

Harmony Trail (1944) starring Ken Maynard and Eddie Dean (Corriganville) Astor

Hidden Valley Outlaws (1944) starring Bill Elliott and George “Gabby” Hayes (Corriganville) Republic

The Laramie Trail (1944) starring Robert Livingston and Smiley Burnette - Republic

Law Men (1944) starring Johnny Mack Brown and Raymond Hatton - Monogram

Lumberjack (1944) starring William Boyd and Andy Clyde (Iverson Ranch) United Artists

Marshal of Gunsmoke (1944) starring Tex Ritter, Russell Hayden and Fuzzy Knight - Universal

Marshal of Reno (1944) starring Bill Elliott and George “Gabby” Hayes - Republic

Mojave Firebrand (1944) starring Bill Elliott and George “Gabby” Hayes (Iverson Ranch) Republic

Mystery Man (1944) starring William Boyd, Andy Clyde and Jimmy Rogers (Iverson Ranch) United Artists

Oath of Vengeance (1944) starring Buster Crabbe (Corriganville) PRC 

Oklahoma Raiders (1944) starring Tex Ritter and Fuzzy Knight (Iverson Ranch) Universal

The Old Texas Trail (1944) starring Rod Cameron and Fuzzy Knight - Universal

Outlaw Roundup (1944) starring James Newill (Corriganville) PRC

Outlaw Trail (1944) starring Hoot Gibson, Bob Steele and Chief Thundercloud (Corriganville) Monogram

Outlaws of Santa Fe (1944) starring Don "Red" Barry - Republic

The Pinto Bandit (1944) starring Dave O'Brien (Corriganville) PRC

Pride of the Plains (1944) starring Robert Livingston and Smiley Burnette - Republic

Saddle Leather Law (1944) starring Charles Starrett and Dub Taylor - Columbia

The San Antonio Kid (1944) starring Bill Elliott - Republic

Sheriff of Las Vegas (1944) starring Bill Elliott - Republic

Sheriff of Sundown (1944) starring Allan Lane (Iverson Ranch) Republic

Silver City Kid (1944) starring Allan Lane (Iverson Ranch) Republic

The Singing Sheriff (1944) starring Carolina Cotton - Universal

Song of Nevada (1944) starring Roy Rogers and Dale Evans - Republic

Sonora Stagecoach (1944) starring Hoot Gibson, Bob Steele and Chief Thundercloud (Corriganville) Monogram

Spook Town (1944) starring Dave O'Brien - PRC

Stagecoach to Monterey (1944) starring Allan Lane - Republic

Sundown Valley (1944) starring Charles Starrett and Dub Taylor - Columbia

Thundering Gun Slingers (1944) starring Buster Crabbe - PRC

Trigger Law (1944) starring Bob Steele and Hoot Gibson (Iverson Ranch) Monogram

Trigger Trail (1944) starring Rod Cameron and Fuzzy Knight - Universal

Tucson Raiders (1944) starring Bill Elliott and George “Gabby” Hayes (Iverson Ranch) Republic

Vigilantes of Dodge City (1944) starring Bill Elliott - Republic

Westward Bound (1944) starring Ken Maynard, Hoot Gibson and Bob Steele (Corriganville) Monogram

The Whispering Skull (1944) starring Tex Ritter - PRC

Wild Horse Phantom (1944) starring Buster Crabbe, Falcon and Al St. John - PRC

Wyoming Hurricane (1944) starring Russell Hayden, Dub Taylor and Bob Wills - Columbia

The Yellow Rose of Texas (1944) starring Roy Rogers (Iverson Ranch) Republic

Disclaimer: This list of movie titles and credits has been compiled from many sources.  It has not been independently verified.  Titles with location credits in parentheses are either movies I own or come from a source I feel has a higher level of creditability. 

For more information about the Chatsworth filming locations visit http://www.cowboyup.com/ and learn about my books: Rendezvous at Boulder Pass: Hollywood's Fantasyland © 2010 (ISBN: 978-0-615-21522-8) and Reel Cowboys of the Santa Susanas © 2008 (ISBN: 978-0-615-21499-3)