Over a century ago, Hollywood cinematographers and location scouts discovered Oxnard’s breathtaking beaches! In fact, it was in 1921 that Paramount Studios found Oxnard’s sprawling coastline to be the perfect stand-in for the Egyptian desert because of the vast sandy beach, prompting it to film Rudolph Valentino’s The Sheik here. Other known films including Spartacus, Only You, It’s a Mad, Mad World, Pee Wee’s Big Adventure and Back to the Future were also filmed at Hollywood Beach. Other Hollywood studios and stars were soon to follow. Clark Gable bought a home here. Charlie Chaplin headed to Oxnard when he needed a respite and John Wayne made fishing his sport while vacationing in Oxnard. Since the 1920s Hollywood stars have sought refuge at this gorgeous beach, and now you can too!