Arnold Schwarzenegger was a 28-year-old aspiring actor promoting his movie, Stay Hungry, during a visit to Tucson in August 1976.
The Austrian-born newcomer was a relative unknown except for those in the international body-building world who knew him as the former Mr. Universe and Mr. Olympia.
During his stay he gave interviews to the local media, worked out at the gym of a friend, Carlos Rodriguez, and took a dip in the pool at the Doubletree Inn.
The documentary, Pumping Iron, had yet to be released and his future had yet to be defined.
However, in an interview with a reporter from the Tucson Citizen, Schwarzenegger expressed a desire to find the kind of success in the movies that he had achieved body-building.
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