The wonderful thing about movies, not everything is as it seems. Not only can a ghost town take you back in time, but can propell you into the future. This is a list of known movies that have filmed in Rhyolite as well as other areas. If you know of others, let me know and I will research it and add it to the list. Listed from oldest to newest.

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THE AIR MAIL - Movie - released March 16, 1925 - filmed in Death Valley, CA. and Rhyolite, NV

FAMOUS GOLD RUSH - Newsreel - released 1931 - filmed in Aurora, NV - Rhyolite, NV and Virginia City, NV

GHOSTS OF THE GOLDEN WEST - Travelouge - realeased 1932 - filmed in Bodie, Rawhide, Tonopah, Arora, Rhyolite, Goldfield, Virginia City, Goldpoint and Reno

DEATH VALLEY - Newsreel - released 1936 - filmed in Death Valley, CA - and Rhyolite, NV

UNUSUAL OCCUPATIONS III - Documentary - released 1937 - filmed in Calif., Ohio, Mexico and Rhyolite, NV

ROUGH RIDERS ROUNDUP - Movie - released September 15, 1939 - filmed in Rhyolite, NV - (not!)

GHOST TOWNS U.S.A. -Travelouge - released 1952 - filmed in Belmont, NV - and Rhyolite, NV and Virginia City, NV

THE REWARD - Movie - released September 15, 1965 - filmed in Death Valley, CA and Rhyolite, NV

DEVICES - Movie or Music Video 1980 - filmed in CA - N.J. - PA - and Rhyolite, NV

ARROGANT - Movie - released for Television 1987 - filmed in Beatty, NV - Lake Mead, NV and Rhyolite, NV

CHERRY 2000 - Movie - released February 5 1988 - filmed in Beatty, NV - Death Valley, CA - Goldfield, NV - Overton, NV and Rhyolite, NV

DELUSION - Movie - released June 7, 1991 - filmed in Amargosa, NV - Death Valley Juncition, CA and Rhyolite, NV

ULTRAVIOLET - Movie - released in 1992 - filmed in Los Angeles, CA - Death Valley Nationa Park, CA - Beatty, NV and Rhyolite, NV

BAY AREA BACKROADS - Travelouge - released for television 1994 - filmed in Scotty's Castle, CA - Rhyolite, NV and Death Valley Juncition, CA

AN AMERICAN MOMENT - Clip - released 1998 - filmed in Rhyolite, NV

SIX STRING SAMURAI - Movie - released September 18, 1998 - filmed in Death Valley, CA - Palm Springs, CA - Castaic, CA - Los Angeles, CA and Rhyolite, NV

HOMES OF HOPES AND DREAMS - Documentary - released on HGTV 2001 - filmed in Rhyolite, NV and 5 other ghost towns in America

THE ISLAND - Movie - released July 21, 2005 - filmed in Detroit, Michigan, - Various cities in California - Rhyolite, NV - Salton Sea, CA and Tonopah, NV

BONE DRY - Movie - released February 26, 2008 - filmed in Death Valley National Park, CA - Trona Pinnacles, CA - Yuma, AZ and Rhyolite, NV

A LINE IN THE SAND - Movie - released August 2009 - filmed in Various cities in Californai - Dumont Dunes - South Carolina - Rhyolite, NV and Tonopah, NV

TWICE AS DEAD - Movie - release date 2009 - filmed in: Death Valley National Park, CA - Beatty, NV and Rhyolite NV

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