A little bit of Hollywood came to Bradford in 2007 when movie crews began planning for and shooting segments of the movie “Little Chicago,” which focuses on the city’s well-chronicled gangster past during the 1920s and 1930s.

While actual filming began in November — with cast members and movie crews fanning out across the city to capture shoot-outs and explosions, among other special effects — planning for the movie began much earlier in the year with the announcement that executive producer Carl Veno of Olean, N.Y., would be using Bradford and Olean as locations for the gangster flick.