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Show All-Niaht Film Sessions Draw Snecfator Interest Ml Moab didn't roll up its streets Thursday evening-they evening-they buzzed with activity throughout the night, until un-til the rising sun spoiled the night-time filming for "Fade In" by Paramount crews. The motion picture cast began work at sundown in a scene at the Desert Lodge on Main Street. Film star Barbara Loden, in an attractive brown-accented white pleated dress stood in the driveway while the breezes tossed her shimmering blonde tress-ses. tress-ses. Along came a station wagon, driven by Burt Reynolds. Ricardo Montal-ban Montal-ban hopped out and helped help-ed Miss Loden into the ' front between them. A trio ,; of "MoSbites, Blanche and John Donoghue, and Helen Madsen, -chatted . noncha-antly noncha-antly in the back seat behind be-hind their illustrious companions, com-panions, and they alt "headed for the club." That's the scene as the 1 host of onlookers saw it 5 several times until Direct-jj Direct-jj or Judd Taylor nodded ap-I ap-I provel. Then the massive filming equipment, the j stars and the spectators moved to Center Street, where Burt Reynolds, James Hampton and Jo-i Jo-i eph Perry lagged coins between be-tween man talk for a few ' more scenes. i It was hard to sort the spectators from the filming film-ing cast during the street filming episodes. Many Moabites were called as extras for the evening, to portray townspeople in the movie. TGS official J. G. Pinkerton was among the group, so was Bob Morgan Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Dennis, Den-nis, Kenny Latham and Rick Thomas, Clyde Goude-lock, Goude-lock, Melba and Kedrik Bailey and John Groff. The J. C. Petersens, of Sioux City, Iowa were a-mong a-mong the spectators. They came to Moab to visit the Don Arnetts at the Pack Creek Ranches, and were delighted to get in on the movie filming as a vacation vaca-tion bonus. "You don't see this in Sioux City," they " said. They had spent . the . day 1 touring Arches National Na-tional Monument, and plan ned to see the other scenic areas which lure Hollywood Holly-wood to Moab. They had already visited Castle Rock which they dubbed Chevrolet Chev-rolet Rock" after seeing the advertising spectacular spectacul-ar a couple of 'years ago of a new Chevrolet perched perch-ed atop the 1,000 ft. red rock pillar.' Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Hopkins, of Hobbs, New Mexico, and their traveling companions, Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Millison, of Augusta, Kansas, were among the Desert Inn . diners enjoying the .outdoor floor-show. The families traveled to . Hollywood Holly-wood for their vacation this year in hopes of seeing see-ing some movie stars. It was a disappointing trip they only saw one. But their stop in Moab made the trip worthwhile Karl Maiden was dining in the Inn the Fade In filming was going on outside. They regreted they had spent so much time in Hollywood and could not stay in Moab longer. Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Sag-rillo Sag-rillo were among the spectators, spec-tators, too. They are new Moab residents, from Colo, and had never watched movie filming before. Though they have hosted host-ed over 20 filming companies com-panies in the past two decades, de-cades, Moabites never seem to tire of the mechanics of movie making. The filming acivities are proving to be a major asset to the new tourism industry which followed Canyonlands National Na-tional Park to Moab's door. Many visitors stay over extra days to tour the movie sets. The movie companies provide good publicity for the area, too. Right now, Jim Broadhead, writer for "Time" magazine, is in Moab for a story.. It is rumored he is particularly interested in Yakima Ca-nutt, Ca-nutt, famous Hollywood stuntman and director, who was an academy award winner for his direction of the chariot race in "Ben Hun" Mr. Canutt is in Moab to direct Colorado river, crossing secnes in ' Paramount's "Blue." |
