Hollywood would not be Hollywood without Texas FacebookTwitterEmail 1of5 James Dean as Jett Rink in ”GIANT" (1956) with Marfa Riatta Ranch House set in background.WARNER BROS.Show MoreShow Less 2of5 The 1960 film, “The Alamo” starred John Wayne as Davy CrockettFILE PHOTOShow MoreShow Less 3of5 4of5 L-R) Nicole Beharie as Turquoise and Alexis Chikaeze as Kai in the drama,“MISS JUNETEENTH,” a Vertical Entertainment release.Vertical EntertainmentShow MoreShow Less 5of5 Without Texas, Hollywood movies might look very different. More accurately, without the idea of Texas, they would be shrunken versions of themselves. Take “The Searchers,” John Ford’s 1956 wide-screen epic starring John Wayne that’s often acknowledged as the greatest Western the studios ever produced. While the story is set in the plains of northwestern Texas, the movie was actually filmed in Monument Valley. Utah, amid a majestic soaring landscape that was more in line with the Texas of the world’s imagination.