| Show OVERCHARGING SAID TO BE DRIVING MOVIE INDUSTRY OUT OF UTAH MOAB HELD OUT OUTS AS S BRIGHT RAY IN OTHERWISE GLOOMY PICTURE Howard Pearson theater edlor edl edt tot tor or of the Deseret News writing Jn In In Fridays Friday's News states that Utah is s threatened with loss of its lucrative in In- In He quotes a business lead leader or as saying that overcharging over Charging on the part of the local people is driving the movie people out of the state and worse still sUll it appears Utah's Utah share of film production business business busi busi- ness Is going to other states states- and on a permanent basis The News says The business leader wh who de declared de- de elated the state Is losing this In Industry industry industry in- in declared that representatives represents represents- tives ives of one company which had made several P pictures res around C Cedar ar City and Kanab in past ast years said four lour years ago they would never return They never have He said they told him hint they did not believe they were get- get tint Ung a fair dealt This particular lar ar company had established a ranch In southern Utah Representatives Representatives of another company which produced three movies Inthe Inthe in inthe the state in 1948 and 1949 also commented they would not re return return return re- re turn after their accounting de- de had informed thorn them the charges harges were this business leader declared The Fhe News writer adds this encouraging comment There was one bright ray In the sItuation situation situation situa sItua- tion in announcement that John Ford who has made two pictures pie pie- tures ures In Utah at Moab planned to produce three others within a year pointed out oui that this I is only one company compary however and can hardly compensate corn com com I for the loss of three or four tour others Meantime both residents of ot the communities affected by bv the thel curb and those inthe inthe in the industry in lit Salt SaIt Lake were pondering ways to woo the film co companies back to Utah I |
