Show Movies Mean Meun Money To Moab Area Production got Underway in Moab Monday for lor the filming of a scene In The Greatest Story Ever Told It Is unbelievable unbelievable unbelievable un un- believable how many Moab residents are directly 01 of IndIrectly Indirectly indirectly In In- directly affected by the filmIng filming film film- ing big h here re Besides the excitement and glamour of ot having a large group of Hollywood stars in town the financial and educational advantages are great A rough estimate of nf the money spent in each day of 01 filming this production is Some of this of course will leave town much of it will stay and be passed from individual to business and vica vita versa until a large percentage of the population will benefit Over local people have been hired by the filming company as extras for the film This amounts to to over to-over over per day that will cir clr circulate circulate cir cir- to the butcher the baket ba ba- ket the milkman and the utilities people The money will buy groceries and clothIng clothing cloth cloth- ing and some will be spent for entertainment One by byone byone byone one each business stands to gain from this money The large group of imported import Import- ed personnel for the film f spend pend money for motel rooms and food They rent cars and buy gas and the fact a film is made in town is built in advertising for lor the Chamber of Commerce Thera Thero is one other important important tant advantage to having a film made in Moab The educational edu educational edu- edu i opportunities for tor the youngsters in the community There is much more attached to this than seeing a real live movie star In person and getting get- get ting ing a few lew autographs Schools cooperated with casting director Stan Brooks and allowed many children to tobe tobe tobe be excused from school for lor forthe forthe the filming fUmIng These children are getting an on the spot course in vocational training in their few days on the set They see people doing jobs they didn't realize existed They see directors in operation opera tion and know there is hard work attached to every type of occupation They see photographers photographers photographers pho pho- and lighting experts experts ex ex- at work they see horse trainers and people who do nothing but handle the vast quantities of costumes They see helicopter pilots and radio radio ra ra- ra- ra dio dlo experts performing skilled skilled led duties they see caterers capably providing food for masses of people And meeting the stars is educational These young young- people people peo peo- pie discover the role role- o of a movie star is not all aU glamour they are a group of dedicated career people willing to undergo undergo un un- dergo discomforts of wilderness wilderness wilder wilder- ness sets to do their job well In the making of ot one movie mo me vie there are enough various Vocations to furnish inspiration inspire atlon for many students These are arc versatile jobs performed for lor the filming company that may be Used in fn VArI various vailous US industrial and scientIfIc scientific institutions as well asin as asIn asin in filming For many of ot these students the time will have been well spent |