2023 Sep 15, Trip to The Movie town of Canton, MS

We rode through Russellville, AL, stopping at Jack's Restaurant for breakfast, gravy, biscuits, and a Diet Coke. 

We stopped at McDonald's in Louisville, MS, for a restroom break and cookies and cream pies. 

After a four-and-a-half-hour drive through several small towns, we arrived in Canton, MS. 

Our guide, Billy Joe Wells, greeted us at the Visitors Center in Canton, also known as the Trolio Hotel. 

A Time to Kill stars Samuel L. Jackson, Sandra Bullock, Matthew McConaughey, Kevin Spacey, and many others.

Most of the filming took place around the Madison County Courthouse and the old jail, and a Sound stage was built in the city's park. Many of the stage props were in Canton's Museum.

My Dog Skip was principally photographed in the Canton props, also located in the Canton Museums.

O'Brother, Where Art Thou? It was shot in the Spring in Canton, MS, with props and featured in New Paper articles at the Museums. 

The Hotel Trolio had Memorabilia from the movies. O' Brother and A Time to Kill.

Cast from A Time to Kill 

Lawyer's Office from A Time To Kill 

By George, Mississippians think he's got it.
Fans flock to see Clooney filming a movie, the latest effort in his move from TV to the Big Screen. 
O'Brother, Where Art Thou? George Clooney 

Restaurant/Cafe where the scene of A Time to Kill was filmed. 

A scene from "A Time to Kill" was shot at the table in this restaurant. 

Also located up a flight of stairs in the Trolio Hotel was more Memorabilia from both movies. 

Willie Morris & My Dog Skip Movie Museum

Willie Morris & My Dog Skip Movie Museum.

Every community needs a Willie. 

This museum is lovingly dedicated to the ineffable spirit of Willie Morris. 

Because he turned south toward home, My Dog Skip became a reality. 

Our many thanks to Alcon Entrainment and Warner Bros 

February 12, 2000 

A Glimpse of Willie Morris 

The Canton Convention & Visitor Bureau and Film Office 

5 & 10 cent Store Est. 1935

The General Store was where scenes from My Dog Skip were shot. 

Bone tired and Weary in a country Cemetery.
John Wayne Blough Sr. steers a team of horses through the streets of Canton during the filming of the "Ponder Heart" based on an Eudora Welty novella for PBS.  

Billy took us to several locked museums loaded with memorabilia and did an excellent job of explaining the props and the movies. 

We had not seen the movies for some time, so nothing was familiar. 

We thanked Billy for the tour and walked around the historic Courthouse Square, taking pictures of several historic stores, courthouses, and markers. 

We stopped at the thrift shop, where I purchased several Halloween figurines.

The Canton Madison County Courthouse is also used in several movies.