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Show Moob Builders Retained On Movie Construction Paramount Studios officials offi-cials arrived from Hollywood Holly-wood last weekend to get construction plans underway under-way for the various sets required for filming their western movie, "Blue." Two local contractors. Marvin Clever and Eben Scharf, were retained to ;oversee building of the sets. A 7Jbuilding Mexican village will be built in Little Valley, East of Can-yonlands Can-yonlands Airport. At La Sal a settlement town will include a store, and a few houses, including one 2-story 2-story unit finished inside for interior shots. Other buildings will be constructed on the Duke Woods ranch, on the La iSal mountains, where a few shooting days have ibeen scheduled." A river crossing will be prepared at the Peter Doles ranch in the Professor Valley area. ar-ea. Movie committee member, mem-ber, George White, who assisted the film production produc-tion manager with arrangements ar-rangements for construction, construc-tion, said the Paramount executive planned to return re-turn within two weeks to get the building projects underway. Art Director of the film, . Al Brenner, and Paramount Construction officials, accompanied Mr. Roessel to Moab. Manly Lincoln, manager of the Moab Employment Service, reported this week that film officials were pleased with the response from local residnts seeking seek-ing employment in' the filming operations. Preference Prefer-ence will be given to dark haired and complexioned persons to portray Mexicans Mexi-cans or Indians in the film,, a Texas-Mexico border bor-der feature. . Arrangements have been . made with high school drama instructor Wendell Bowthorpe for a group of . some 40 persons needed for speaking roles in the film, Mr. -Lincoln said. Paramount has indicated a minimum of 100 to 125 persons will be needed for the major film; others will be signed for the back-up film. Some 150 applications have been made at the Employment Office by residents re-sidents seeking movie rol-,es, rol-,es, - a large number of whom have indicated riding rid-ing ability for filming "Blue." Mr. Lincoln said arrangements ar-rangements had been made to use the high school building as a casting and screening base when Director Dir-ector Jud Bernard arrives. Mr. Lincoln said the film executives expressed ; pleasure at the pool of experienced ex-perienced riders and dramatic dra-matic talent available in Moab. With the exception of Hollywood film star, Robert Rcdford, named as lead in the film, Paramount Para-mount Studios have nofr announced the professional profession-al stars who will be in ' Moab for the filming epi- ' sode. Tentative arrange-' ments have been made for a cast of 200 or more visiting vis-iting motion picture personnel per-sonnel in Moab for th$" duration of the location activities. |