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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...couple of months ago, rakish Director John Huston took Stars Audrey Hepburn, Burt Lancaster and Audie Murphy to the Mexican iron-mining town of Durango (pop. 59,500) to film The Unforgiven and save $600,000 (in Mexico, an Indian with horse costs $2 a day against $40 in Hollywood). Now Huston stands to spend an extra $1,000,000-the price of maintaining a vast army of cows and cowboys for a month more than expected...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HOLLYWOOD: Epic in Durango | 3/23/1959 | See Source »

Upon hearing of her winning the annual 'Poon prize, the actress sent a telegram from Durango, Mexico, where she is on location for a forthcoming film. "A harpoon from the Lampoon," she said, "is a collegiate accolade. I shall treasure the distinction always. I hope all of you pass your examinations...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Rita Hayworth Sends Thanks to Lampoon For 'Worst' Prize | 3/19/1959 | See Source »

Wide-eyed Cinemactress Audrey Hepburn, on a grey Arab steed, bounced prettily before the cameras in Durango, Mexico. Suddenly, someone yelled "Cut." The stallion stopped, tumbled little Audrey over its head. She went off to the hospital, and doctors labored over the verdict: four cracked vertebrae, a badly sprained left foot. Bedded, she will be out of camera range for six weeks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Feb. 9, 1959 | 2/9/1959 | See Source »

Rule of Thumb. In Albuquerque, John Murry explained to a U.S. district judge that he had stolen a car to make the journey from Durango, Colo, to Aztec, N. Mex., because "you can't hitchhike in the state of Colorado...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Sep. 22, 1958 | 9/22/1958 | See Source »

...Durango, Colo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 16, 1956 | 4/16/1956 | See Source »

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