VAN DEREN CABIN
VAN DEREN CABIN Van Deren cabin �A woman�s bullet kills as quick as a man�s!� These menacing words from a lobby card for the 1948 film, Blood on the Moon , spoils one of the movie�s several twisted story arcs. Western serial movies don�t get any more typical than this one. Van Deren homestead Starring Robert Mitchum and Barbara Bel Geddes (in her glamourous pre-Miss Ellie of Dallas phase) the film�s luscious cinematography features several Sedona locations. Despite the film�s period-accurate stilted dialogue, unfortunate stereotypes and marginal production qualities, it�s a captivating tale of a sinister businessman versus a good cowboy (and his �spitfire blonde� love interest---the one with the bullets) who foils an evil plot. Sure, there are plenty of horses, cattle and smoking-gun action scenes that play out in the pristine Sedona countryside that dominated the area before Sedona became Sedona. The road to the cabin crosses Dry Creek But two things make this cellu...