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Show Lions Club Told Of Film Possibilities of Southern Utah Area Members of th Cedar City l.ion-Club l.ion-Club were told Monthly by a 20th Century Fox Motion Picture Company Com-pany official, that southern Utah has unlimited possibilities as a Motion picture filming area, anc that If proxr contract and promotion pro-motion efforts are made by Ceu.u City moduli picture production may ea.sily become one ol community'.-greatest community'.-greatest post-war Industries. The club members were addressed address-ed by Jimmlt. Suttees. Traffic Man-am Man-am of Location Units for the Fo company. The speaker outlined the procedure of motion picture planning plan-ning of flIiiiinK of an average pic tui'e and then told of the K)sslbil-llles K)sslbil-llles of this area. Suit -es has been in this locality duiiiiK the filming of "Thundcrheud." which was completed com-pleted Tuesday. Commenting on the picture just completed, Mr. Siutec.s stated that colored .scenes made in the Duck Creek area of Cedar iiniuiiti.ui I'm this film have been acclaimed a the t: re a test color photoi:taph ever produced by any company, am! voiced the opinion thai Thunder-head" Thunder-head" would become even more popular than the now fatnoui picture pic-ture "My Friend Flicka." also filmed film-ed at Duck creek. Speaking of the possibilities ol this area for future motion picture piodllction. Mr. Suitees stated that the surface has not been -scratch' d as yet. and that there are "thousands of scenes und areas that could be advantageously used." Of greatest importance to the promotion pro-motion of the Industry, he maintained, main-tained, is the making of propel contracts, and cooeration with tin companies by business men a.ul civic groups. Ht. urged thai tin Chancer of Commerce. Lions Out and civic groups make this a major ma-jor project and do evcntlilnj passible pas-sible tn keel) Hollywood companies Interested In th' area. A Columbia picture, company wll arrive In the net few days to make n picture In the Kanab area, and Universal Picture corporation cast wl'.l arrive in Cedar City on August Aug-ust 12th. to begin work on a picture pic-ture staring Deauna Pcrbln and Robert Png Others are expected to follow Inter In the senwn, the sprnker said. |