Half Day New Orleans Film Tour

Suggested Itinerary: • the Mississippi River, where F. S. Armitage shot films for the Biograph Company as early as 1898, and which serves as the setting of scenes from many movies, including Elia Kazan's 'Panic in the Streets' and Tony Scott's 'Deja Vu, ' a film which was instrumental to New Orleans' post-Hurricane Katrina rebirth. • Site of Vitascope Hall, the world's first permanent, purpose-built movie theater. • Majestic old movie palaces along Canal Street such as the Saenger which hosted the premiers of 'The Bucaneer' (1938) and The Cincinnati Kid' (1965), as well as The Orpheum which premiered Marlena Dietrich's 'The Flame of New Orleans' (1941). • St. Louis Cemetery #1, site of a notorious scene from 'Easy Rider. ' • the French Quarter, home to multiple film sites, including 'Jezebel, ' 'King Creole, ' 'This Property is Condemned, ' 'Live And Let Die, ' 'Wild at Heart, ' 'Double Jeopardy, ' 'Runaway Jury, ' 'The Pelican Brief, ' 'JFK', 'Interview With The Vampire, ' and more.