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About 10 years ago I wrote an article for the club magazine. It was sort of reviewing some old movies that were filmed in Las Vegas, or were about Las Vegas. Here's the start of the article, and I'll attach the rest of it in separate posts Enjoy!
It was published, with artwork 
, in volume 25, issue 4 of the CCTN
My husband and I really enjoy old Nevada. We enjoy reading books and articles and hearing stories about the way Las Vegas used to be, before the days of corporations and mega-resorts. When we’re on vacation, we spend most of our time in downtown “old town” Las Vegas. While downtown has been remodeled, refurbished and redecorated, it hasn’t been razed. Most of the casinos are still in the original buildings that were constructed in the 1930’s through the 1960’s, and you can still get a feel for the way it was. For example, there’s some stairs in the back of the Horseshoe, near the newsstand. Go up those stairs and you’re in the old Apache Hotel. Look around and you will find some leaded glass windows that may have been there when it was the Apache. Go back downstairs, to the bar near the front of the Horseshoe and look up, you’ll see a carved light fixture that looks like King Neptune. King Neptune in a casino?? Yep, that light fixture was installed in the building around 1944 when Tony Cornero operated the casino as the SS Rex. The SS Rex in Las Vegas was named after Cornero’s offshore gambling ship, and the light fixture came from that ship.
Another way to get glimpses of old Nevada (and not-so-old Nevada) is by watching movies! Hundreds of movies have been partially or completely filmed in Nevada. About a year ago a magazine published a list of their picks for the top 20 movies with old Las Vegas scenes. We were able to find some of those movies and others with Nevada scenes, in flea markets and on eBay. I thought it would be fun to tell you about a few of them.
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