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Movies Made In And Around the Florida Keys – Beneath The 12 Mile Reef

Beneath the 12-Mile Reef is a landmark, or rather watermark. The third ever CinemaScope production this was a prestige release, with Florida, Key West location Technicolor filming of never-before-achieved underwater cinematography, and four-channel stereo recording of a superlative Bernard Herrmann score. Even a still-impressive underwater battle with an octopus pre-dates the more famous giant squid of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954). The humans aren’t bad either, with a young Robert Wagner making a charismatic if ethnically unconvincing Greek lead as sponge fisherman Tony, and Terry Moore playing Juliet to his Romeo with real vivacity. –Gary S. Dalkin Actors: Robert Wagner, Terry Moore, Gilbert Roland, J. Carrol Naish, Richard Boone Directors: Robert D. Webb Writers: A.I. Bezzerides Producers: Darryl F. Zanuck, Robert Bassler Tags: Movies

Boyd’s Key West Campground: 50 Years of Southernmost Hospitality

Boyd and Elsie Hamilton boarded their homemade camper and left Saskatchewan, Canada, in 1947. They arrived in Key West, Florida, in 1949. After a month on the beach, they decided to stay and they never looked back. Fourteen years later, they began building and operating a campground known as Boyd’s Camping, later changed to Boyd’s Key West Campground. The campground has been in a perpetual state of development, growth and improvements ever since. The Key West Chamber recently gave Boyd’s an award for their spectacular park entrance improvement. Today, Boyd’s is one of the most beautiful campgrounds in America. The family takes great pride in the park they’ve owned and operated for a half century. Boyd and Elsie had five children, and four of them—along with three of their spouses and four grandchildren—work at the park today. The family makes sure that their guests always feel welcome and have a wonderful camping experience. Boyd’s Campground keeps growing in popularity every year. The Travel Channel selected the campground as one of the Top 10 RV Parks in the country. The Outdoor Channel also featured the campground. In Woodall’s 75th anniversary sweepstakes, RVers ranked Boyd’s as one of America’s top 100 RV campgrounds. Boyd’s [...]

Everglades Flows Again with New Raised Section of the Tamiami Trail

A new Tamiami Trail bridge at the eastern side of the Everglades will let water flow for the first time since the road was built in the 1920′s. Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/03/19/3294968/a-bridge-to-help-heal-the-everglades.html#storylink=cpy No tags for this post.

Overseas Highway Top 5 Scenic Coastal Road Trips

The drive down U.S. 1 through the Florida Keys has been voted among the top five scenic coastal road trips in the country by Coastal Living magazine. The monthly publication, based in Birmingham, Ala., calls the selected drives “can’t miss.” The magazine’s editorial staff suggests breaking up the 151-mile drive from mainland Florida to Key West with stops at John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park, a break for lunch in Marathon, a visit to Little Palm Island Resort and Spa, ending in the Southernmost City for dinner and nightlife. No tags for this post.

Movies And TV Filmed in the Florida Keys

This list is from The Florida Keys & Key West Film Commission http://filmkeys.com/ Some may have only smaller portions filmed in the Florida Keys. 1940 – Island City Republic (March of Time) 1942 – Reap the Wild Wind 1951 – The Frogmen 1954 – Beneath the Twelve Mile Reef: Robert Wagner, Ty Hardin, Terry Moore 1954 – Rose Tattoo: Anna Magnani, Burt Lancaster 1956 – Carib Gold: Ethel Waters, Cole Wallace, Cecely Tyson 1959 – Operation Petticoat: Tony Curtis, Cary Grant 1960 – All Fall Down: Warren Beatty, Eva Marie Saint, Karl Malden, Angela Lansbury 1962 – PT 109: Cliff Robertson, Ty Hardin 1963 – Escape from Hell Island: Mack Stevens, Jack Donner, Linda Scott 1974 – 92 in the Shade: Peter Fonda, Warren Oates, Burgess Meredith, Sylvia Miles, Margo Kidder 1978 – Hunters on the Reef 1979 – Cuba Crossing: Stuart Whitman, Karen Kaye, Robert Vaughn, Woody Strode 1979 – The Last Resort: Eartha Kitt, Matt Collins, Roxanne Gregory 1979 – The Final Countdown: Katherine Ross, Martin Sheen, Kirk Douglas, Charles Dunning 1985 – Running Scared: Billy Crystal, Gregory Hines 1986 – Russkies: Peter Billingsley, Leaf Phoenix, Stefan DeSalle, Whip Hubley 1988 – License to Kill: Timothy Dalton 1991-92 [...]

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