6. Built in 1939 as a set for the film "Arizona", which theme park in southern Arizona gave visitors a taste of the old west while also serving as a functioning movie studio?
From Quiz Arizona: That's Entertainment 1912-2012
Answer:
Old Tucson
A set of over 100 buildings and facades was created for the 1939 William Holden/Jean Arthur film to recreate Tucson in the 1860s. The set was dormant for a few years before being used again to film, oddly enough, the 1945 Bing Crosby/Ingrid Bergman movie "The Bells of St. Mary's". From then on, the Old Tucson studio was in nearly continuous use, serving as the set for movies including "Rio Bravo", "Lilies of the Field", "McClintock!", "The Outlaw Josey Wales" and "Young Guns II" and for television shows including "Gunsmoke" and "Little House on the Prairie". In 1960, the set was converted into a combination film studio/theme park, with tours, rides and shows, including gunfights staged in the streets. A devastating fire in 1995 destroyed many of the original buildings and memorabilia kept there. The studio was rebuilt by 1997, but the old sets were not recreated and the new buildings didn't have the same "old west" feel, so in 2011, the decision was made to try to restore the feel of the original town, and the rebuilding commenced.