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filmed in the Canadian Rockies in 1953!


http://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/jasper-remembers-marilyn-monroe-1.1336637

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Jim Hutton: talented gorgeous hot hunk; adorable as ElleryQueen; SEXIEST ACTOR EVER

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Sorry for the late reply, but that is a great segment! Thanks for posting MrsElleryQueen!

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You're very welcome!

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Jim Hutton: talented gorgeous hot hunk; adorable as ElleryQueen; SEXIEST ACTOR EVER

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Huh-i had always heard that it was filmed on the Snake River in Idaho-in the Frank Church National forest

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I read that somewhere, too! It is confusing!

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It was probably filmed in various locations.

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Jim Hutton (1934-79) & Ellery Queen 🎇

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Yes, I saw what I thought were the Grand Tetons in a few scenes and assumed it was the (fairly accessible) Snake River. As noted by others, it could have been filmed in several areas to work in all the story elements. And, to be reasonably accessible for the logistics of filming a major feature.

*Everything happens to me! Now Im shot by a child! (T.Chaney)

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The four locations for the various river sequences are:-

Salmon River, Idaho
Maligne River, Alberta
Bow River, Alberta
Snake Indian River, Alberta

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https://media.istockphoto.com/id/182148004/photo/handmade-red-sock-puppet.jpg?s=1024x1024&w=is&k=20&c=qi5O4jS-uikjRBAM5CVX-s0-gSnh5tDB3cD18zhF9P0=

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I am the one and only greenbudgie. I don't have any other personas.

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Butter wouldn't melt.

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The Salmon River, also known as "The River of No Return", ends at the Snake River.

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Eastwood's Unforgiven was filmed in the Canadian Rockies. Shane was made near Grand Teton.

What can be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence.

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Thanks for the heads up! Seems to me that Marilyn's stay in the Canadian Rockies won't ever be forgotten. Pics of her in the Rockies are still posted in various places in some of the towns in our mountain parks. Somehow, I have never seen any of Robert Mitchum.

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Jim Hutton (1934-79) & Ellery Queen = 

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Mitchum was too busy smoking weed to have his picture taken.

What can be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence.

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Ha ha. 

Well, the general public knows who Marilyn was, but I'm not so sure that too many folks (outside of classic film fans) would necessarily recognize Mitchum in a picture.

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Jim Hutton (1934-79) & Ellery Queen = 

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Wow. I guess that makes me a classic film fan.
We didn't need dialogue -- we had Faces !
Nowadays it's, We don't need Dialogue --We have Action ! And CGI !

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The locations in this movie are gorgeous. I want to visit the area some time.

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"In the Blue Canadian Rockies, singing silent through the Trees
And the Golden Harpies (?) are Blooming, by the Banks of Lake Louise."

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