Paint Your Wagon, A Northwest Film

A little known fact about this week’s 69 film PAINT YOUR WAGON is a Northwest film. Convinced by production designer John Truscott director Joshua Logan shot in Baker County, Oregon in the Eagle Cap Mountains along East Eagle and Jack Creek. The crew built two separate versions of the mining town No-Name City — one before gold is struck and a more ornate version for when it becomes a boom town.Some of the set still survives as seen the photo below.

This did however contribute to some of the economic hardship the film experienced since the closest lodgings were a perilous 50-mile drive away, cast and crew were flown to the set by helicopters at a cost of $80,000 a day.

More info on the shoot can be found here and here.


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