How “Carol” helped bring Hollywood to Cincinnati

“We hear a lot these days about the revival of many of once-great American cities, from the Rust Belt of Cleveland and Pittsburgh, and all the way down to Houston,” John Oseid writes in the Forbes lifestyle section. “Everyone’s got their own list, but most anyone’s should include Cincinnati.”

Oseid (author bio: “I cover the world of travel with gusto … literally, the world”) says the film industry has helped put Cincinnati on the path to revival.

“Carol director Todd Haynes is known, per The New York Times, for his meticulous period recreations, and recognized that Cincinnati was a goldmine of locations,” he writes, mentioning a litany of other films that were shot in the area recently: Don Cheadle’s “highly-anticipated” Miles Ahead, Marauders starring Bruce Willis and Christopher Meloni, hometown actress Royalty Hightower’s breakout role in The Fits, James Franco’s Goat and Mickey Rourke’s boxing movie Tiger.

Forbes references a University of Cincinnati study saying this cinematic activity amounted to 8,880 local jobs created and $54 million in direct spending over the last two years alone. Oseid ends his story with this tip: “Should you wish to shoot your next movie in Hollywood on the Ohio, the Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky Film Commission is waiting for your call.”

Read the full Forbes story here.