tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1388554970113771183.post1969569106372544060..comments2024-03-25T12:58:24.299-07:00Comments on TheBad.net - The Lee Van Cleef Blog: Location: Mini Hollywood - Town of El Pasoaaron@theBad.nethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07610876186258437366noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1388554970113771183.post-63481120941294628632013-12-09T17:05:22.382-08:002013-12-09T17:05:22.382-08:00only i want to thank this blogs, Wonderfulonly i want to thank this blogs, WonderfulAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1388554970113771183.post-72192607536656238532013-12-07T17:18:55.441-08:002013-12-07T17:18:55.441-08:00Guess somebody got a hot light bulb idea to turn t...Guess somebody got a hot light bulb idea to turn this set into a place for tourist for the same reason the county fair I went to a couple months ago had the alligator woman & another had a snake woman. A woman with No arms or legs & her snake like body was green past her neck. To make a buck off of people's curiosity. <br /><br />Carlo Simi's only film role, as I understand it, was in For A Few Dollars More as the back president. Years ago I read his scene with Lee Van Cleef was filmed in the studio at Rome. But that may be wrong. That may have only been the scene where the other banker tells Lee that he will telegraph the Bank of El Paso to let them know Lee is on his way. <br /><br />Yeah I guess they ruined the town as it looks so plastic now. But as you say, there may not have been that much of it left by now.<br /><br />Clint did the 3 Leone films & move on back to the states. Well there was "The Witches" shot in Rome between the 2nd & 3rd. But Lee Van Cleef became a fixture in Spanish location shoots for years. Let's see. For A Few Dollars More, Good, Bad & Ugly, Big Gundown, Death Rides a Horse, Day of Anger, Beyond the Law, Commandos (much of this one was shot in Italy), Sabata, El Condor, Captain Apache, Bad Man's River, Return to Sabata, Stranger & the Gunfighter, Perfect Killer & Killing Machine. Don't think Lee worked in Spain again after Killing Machine in 1983. Of course many of those films also had scenes shot in Rome, Italy such as Lee's scene with Baker & the pillow in GB&U. Some of Stranger and the Gunfighter was shot in Hong Kong as was some of Codename Wildgeese. Magnificent Seven Ride was shot in California & Grand Duel was shot entirely in Italy. Mean Frank & Crazy Tony was Italy & France. Take a Hard Ride was Spanish territory I think but islands off the coast of Africa (Carnary Islands). The Squeeze was shot in New York City & New Jersey. The Hard Way in Ireland. Octagon in California & Mexico. Escape From New York in St. Louis, California & Liberty Island in New York. Barquero was shot in Colorado. I think the last time Lee worked in Italy was in Der Commander & that was after a long absence. <br /><br />Well you can still say you saw the big set for For A Few Dollars More. The lovely & striking mountains still look the same. They haven't put tacky paint on those:-)BobOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18271946822465853875noreply@blogger.com