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Old West Movie Poster Museum at the Flamingo Hotel

Welcome to our western movie poster museum dedicated to the history of Western filmmaking in Arizona. 1952, during the heyday of Western filming, the Flamingo Hotel Tucson was built by Del Webb, the contractor who had just built the original Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas for Bugsy Segal.John Wayne & Lone Ranger Poster Wall In that era, many of the Stars, cast and crew stayed at this hotel during movie filming as it was the newest in town at that time and was close to Old Tucson Studios. Notable hotel guests included John Wayne, Gene Autry, Rudy Vallee, Bing Crosby, Elvis Presley, The Stones, The Hollies, The Byrds and many others.
(The hotel was fully remodeled in 1995).

In the "Old West Movie" era, spectacular and colorful movie posters, lobby cards and black and white still photos were created by Hollywood's finest artists to publicize these movies. As added promotion, the stars would autograph some of these items. Now these items are highly prized by collectors all over the world. Although the average collector is able to afford only one or two of these from their favorite movies, The Flamingo Hotel has collected over 1,000 of these for display in it's museum and hotel rooms.

Movies Filmed in Tucson
Stage to Tucson Poster Over 50 major Old West Movies were filmed in the Tucson area from 1939 to 1979. Most of these were filmed at
Old Tucson Studios which was one of the favorite movie locations of the major Hollywood stars and producers including John Wayne, James Stewart, Ronald Reagan, Kirk Douglas, Robert Mitchum, Clayton Moore (the Lone Ranger), Glenn Ford, Paul Newman, Angie Dickinson, Clint Eastwood and Maureen O'Hara to name a few.

Old Tucson Studios is open daily for tours of old movie sets and live shows featuring singing and dancing, thrilling stunt shows, and reenactments of famous "Old West" gunfights. Old Tucson Studios is the premier attraction in Tucson and a "must see" for visitors who want to experience the "Old West". Old Tucson is just a short spectacular drive from our hotel and is located in a gorgeous desert/mountain setting. Our museum has supplied a number of vintage movie posters to Old Tucson Studios which can be seen throughout the Studios. We offer discount coupons to Old Tucson Studios. Movie titles included Gunfight at OK Corral, Winchester '73, Cimarron, Rio Bravo, Rio Lobo, Mclintock, Joe Kidd, The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean, The Badlanders and many, many more. The Tucson area was desired by filmmakers for its spectacular desert scenery and the authentic "Old West" movie town built at Old Tucson Studios for the 1939 production of "Arizona" starring Jean Arthur and William Holden.

West's Largest Poster Museum

Song of Arizona PosterThe Flamingo Old West Movie Poster Collection has been acquired from sources all over the world and contains many hundreds of authentic rare original posters, lobby cards, photo stills and autographed star photos from almost every western movie made in the Tucson area. This is the largest museum of its kind in the West. In addition, the Collection contains items from significant "Old West" movies filmed at other Arizona locations such as Monument Valley. Also included are original posters of John Wayne, Paul Newman, Glenn Ford, Kevin Costner, Kirk Douglas, the Lone Ranger, Hopalong Cassidy, Gene Autry, Roy Rogers, Rex Allen, Red Ryder, Buck Jones, Tim McCoy and just about every other cowboy actor you have ever heard of. These stunning items have been beautifully framed and are on display in the lobby, poolside lounge, the ballroom, our 600 foot long outdoor gallery, in 20 hotel rooms and other locations throughout the hotel. You cannot see anything like this huge display anywhere else.


Arizona Ranger PosterMuseum hours are 9-5 daily. Viewing is free of charge to our guests and to guests of our sister hotel, the Flamingo Suites. Visitors to Tucson who are looking for the "Old West" heritage will enjoy this authentic collection of rare originals which brings back the drama of a bygone era.


Tombstone, Arizona and Our Museum
Border Caballero PosterTombstone and the events there have long been a favorite movie making subject. Our museum features a unique display of posters from nearly all of the movies made about Wyatt Earp and the famous Gunfight at OK Corral which occurred in Tombstone, Arizona, in the 1880's. Also featured are posters with movies using the words "Tombstone", "Wyatt Earp" or "OK Corral" as part of the movie title. These various movies have starred Ronald Reagan, Randolph Scott, Kevin Costner, Roy Rogers, Val Kilmer, Kurt Russell, Kirk Douglas and Burt Lancaster to name a few. Tombstone is an easy drive from our hotel and a remarkable sight, especially after you see our poster collection on that subject. Our museum loans a portion of its poster collection, including some spectacular rare 3 sheet posters, to the Tombstone Western Film Festival held in July each year.

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1300 N. Stone Ave.
Tucson, AZ 85705
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