Newhallywood Tours

About Us

E.J. and Kimi Stephens

Welcome to Newhallywood Tours! We're your guides, E.J. and Kimi Stephens, long-time Santa Clarita Valley residents and Hollywood history lovers. We've written ten books on film history and spent years working for motion picture studios. Come along as we show you where some of your favorite TV shows and movies were filmed. This is our tour bus (ha, made ya look!)

Hollywood Film and Television Sites

Join us as we visit famous film and television sites in and around Southern California. There's over a century's worth of film history here, and we love sharing it. Whether you're a local or new in town, you'll see a lot of cool stuff.

Fun, Casual, Informative

We're fun! Our tours have the feeling of family. We love Hollywood and get downright giddy when showing it off. You will have a fantastic time!

Special Events

Tours

Currently Scheduled Tours

Melody Ranch Tour (9/18 & 9/21/2018)

Greetings fellow film and history fans! We are beyond thrilled to announce that for the first time in two years, Melody Ranch is available for private tours! We have already scheduled TWO tours for this month. Melody has been revamped and new sets are up for the long-awaited Deadwood movie, which we're eager to share with our guests. Tickets can be purchased here. You know you want to!

Haunted Hollywood Tour (10/28/2018)

Heads up! This is one of our most popular tours - a special Halloween tour featuring a very special psychic guest. Purchase tickets here...(if you dare...)

Day Tours and Prices (call us for a custom tour!)

Day Trips (24 hours notice is appreciated)

Day tours are 3-5 hours in duration.

MAS*H

Featured on Airbnb Experiences! Are you a fan of M*A*S*H? Did you know the cast and crew of the 4077 never left Southern California? During their 12 seasons, Malibu Creek State Park doubled as Korea. The site is still there, with rusting jeeps, an ambulance, the helipad, a covered picnic area where the mess tent once stood, and a re-creation of the world-famous mileage sign. If you've always wanted to see the location of the Swamp, Col. Potter's tent, and Rosie's Bar, this tour is for you!

Melody Ranch

Do you have a hankerin' to get in touch with your inner cowboy? To stand where Marshal Dillon stared down the bad guys in Dodge City, or gaze up at the balcony where Al Swearingen once ruled Deadwood? There's only one place to do this - Melody Ranch Motion Picture Studio in Newhall, California. Melody was the setting for such landmark films and TV shows as "Gunsmoke," "Deadwood," "Django Unchained," and every cowboy star of note has filmed here. A guest favorite. (Subject to studio availability)

Hollywood Western Film Tour

Visit sites in Hollywood that tell the fascinating story of early Western films made in Tinseltown. The tour begins in Newhall and heads south to Hollywood, where we pass the site of the former Blondeau Tavern, Hollywood’s famed “Poverty Row,” and “Gower Gulch,” a historic hangout for cinematic cowboy-wannabes. Then visit the birthplaces of Paramount, Columbia, Warner Bros., & Universal. This tour is a favorite among guests. Join us for a fascinating step back to the birthplace of Hollywood.

Haunted Hollywood

Heads up! This is a one of our most popular tours. We will visit famous (and infamous) haunted locations in Hollywood, including a tour of the noted Hollywood Forever Cemetery. You will meet our very special guest, who just might tell you things about yourself that will surprise you...

Hollywood Forever Cemetery Tour

Founded in 1899, scenic Hollywood Forever Cemetery serves as the "permanent home" for many of Hollywood's most famous (and infamous) characters. "H4E" boasts a fascinating history surpassed only by the compelling stories of its famous residents. Behind its iron gates are the graves of Cecil B. DeMille, Rudolph Valentino, Douglas Fairbanks, Marion Davies, Mel Blanc, Johnny Ramone, Don Adams, Bugsy Siegel, and a host of others whose memorials tell the history of Tinseltown in stone.