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Originally Posted by Tourmaline
Undated, Sphinx Rock at what used to be called Iverson Ranch.
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I've been discovering the television series COMBAT lately and several of the
actors, directors and writers who have done commentary for various episodes
have mentioned filming many scenes and entire episodes at the Iverson Ranch.
Several have even mentioned what Ed Workman noted:
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Originally Posted by Ed Workman
...have been surrounded by condos for longer than I care to consider- probably more than 25 years.
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I found a blog devoted to the Iverson Ranch and all topics concerning it.
It even has a section to look up specific rock features!
http://iversonmovieranch.blogspot.co...son-movie.html
From the blog:
Caption:
This notated shot shows where the Iverson Movie Ranch, divided into its upper and lower halves, fits into the landscape. The photo is not clear enough to provide a meaningful look at the Iverson Ranch itself, but it helps put the nearby hills, roads and other features in perspective. The photo is not dated, but appears to be from sometime in the 1920s.
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Originally Posted by Ed Workman
The postcard and B&W view look south on the SP.
If that is the Sphinx rock, the movie stills are not.
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Ed, the Iverson Ranch Blog I discovered identifies the rock (on the right) in the movie stills also as Sphinx. I do agree that the postcard (spelled Sphynx) and the b&w photo don't seem to resemble that particular rock, though.
According to the blog, the rocks names are often confused because over the years they were called different things in different films. Many of the rocks were called Indian Head.
In the photo below (all photos from the blog), a screen still from the film Stagecoach, the rock on the left is noted as Indian Rock, but is also known as Tower Rock and is how the Iverson's identified it. The right rock is Eagle Beak, and is how it's mostly identified at this site, but noted that it's also known as Sphinx.
Here's a recent shot of these two rocks and, it's noted, they've been incorporated presently into a park area.
To make matters more confusing, here's a screen still from a Monogram western titled Overland Trails where the Eagle Beak/Sphinx rock is called "Indian Head."
Oddly, though, I find this particular photo shows exactly how one could refer
to it as either Eagle Beak or Sphinx. The left side does look like an Eagle Beak
to me whereas the right side looks like the Sphinx. Opinions?
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