PRIVATE HOLLYWOOD SOUTH TOUR

Your tour starts on the Mississippi River, where F. S. Armitage shot films for the Biograph Company as early as 1898, and which serves as the setting of unforgettable scenes from many movies, including Elia Kazan’s PANIC IN THE STREETS and Tony Scott’s DEJA VU, a film which was instrumental to New Orleans’ post-Hurricane Katrina rebirth. Delve further into the roots of film at the site where movies found their earliest audience, Vitascope Hall, the world’s first permanent, purpose-built movie theater. Visit the majestic old movie palaces along Canal Street such as the Saenger which hosted the premiers of THE BUCCANEER (1938) and THE CINCINNATI (1965), as well as The Orpheum which premiered Marlena Dietrich’s THE FLAME OF NEW ORLEANS (1941). Proceed to St. Louis Cemetery #1, site of a notorious scene from EASY RIDER, and on to the French Quarter, home to multiple film sites, including JEZEBEL, KING CREOLE, THIS PROPERTY IS CONDEMNED, LIVE AND LET DIE, WILD AT HEART, DOUBLE JEOPARDY, RUNAWAY JURY, THE PELICAN BRIEF, JFK, INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE, RAY, and TWELVE YEARS A SLAVE. Learn about South Louisiana’s currently thriving film industry and which movies are in production at the moment.