Show I I White Ranch Sets Again Being Used Filming is underway at the George White ranch for the tho Warner Brothers production Cheyenne Autumn Scenes are being shot at the movie set fabricated at the ranch in 1950 especially for the film flIm Rio Grande Since that time the movie set has been beena a major tourist attraction Inthe in inthe inthe the area Rio Grande starred John JohnWayne JohnWayne JohnWayne Wayne Maurine OHara O'Hara and Victor McLaughlin and was the second movie to be filmed filmed film film- ed cd in the Moab area Battle at Apache Pass was made the following year ar Wagon Master was of course the most thrilling movie movie mo mo- vie made in Moab it being the first filmed here Many I I I I I I made their film de debuts debuts dew de- buts in the film as extras No Noless Noless Noless less exciting than the actual filming activities was the Moab premier of Wagon Master Mas Mas- ter It was shown at the local theater for an extended period per per- iod lod to give all residents an opportunity to observe their own performances and those of their children dogs horses and cows starring in the film Hollywood stars in the film were Ward Vard Bond Ben Johnson Johnson Johnson John John- son Harry Carey Jr and and Joan Drew During the Wagon Master filming se several ral Moab youngsters youngsters youngsters young young- and their dogs were hired hired hir hir- ed cd as extras During the course of making the picture two of the dogs engaged in ina Inn a n fight rl right ht in the middle of a scene being filmed The two owners frantically at attempted attempted at- at tempted to separate their fighting lighting dogs Let them go shouted director John Ford who signalled his to keep rolling a built in dog fight would fit right Into his production And a brief glimpse of the dog fight survived sur sur- survived the final film editing for the youngsters to see at atthe atthe atthe the movies From the first the tho movie Industry has been termed big business by Moab residents |