The Reel Louisiana
Hollywood's love of Louisiana hails to 1917. The first Tarzan movie was filmed in Morgan City. Heralded as the first film to gross over $1 million and first on location, followed by many others, making the area a hot spot for filmmaking.
1 | Café JoJo’s
Dine
Touring film sites makes one hungry. Enjoy some of the riverfront restaurant’s seafood dishes with bounty brought in from right outside the doors. Or indulge in trademark martinis and margaritas. Café JoJo’s, a local fine dining hangout in Morgan City’s Historic District, serves up “Southern cuisine with an Italian influence” in a casual atmosphere.
2 | International Petroleum Museum
Climb Aboard
Just a bit outside the city’s Historic District is the International Petroleum Museum at 111 First St., where the public may walk aboard “Mr. Charlie,” the first submersible and transportable offshore rig that drilled more than 200 oil and gas wells in its day. The rig was used in the 2014 film “The Best of Me,” based on a Nicholas Sparks’ novel. Louisiana’s oil industry in film goes back further to the 1950’s film “Thunder Bay” with Jimmy Stewart, also filmed in Morgan City.
3 | Historic District
Walk About
Downtown Morgan City and its Historic District runs from Front Street at the river to Federal Street and from Greenwood Street to Railroad Avenue. Look for historic churches and homes dating from the 1870s to 1900s but also shops and restaurants. “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” and “All the King’s Men” were filmed along the riverfront.
Café JoJo’s
624 Front St., Morgan City
985-384-9291
International Petroleum Museum
111 First St., Morgan City
985-384-3744
rigmuseum.com
Historic Distric
Visit the website for downloadable walking tour brochure
985-380-4639
cajuncoast.com/listings/morgan-city-historic-district
Cajun Coast Tourism
cajuncoast.com
