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Show Magazine Features Kanab, Utah If Hedy Lamarr or any other Hollywood glamor girl strolled down the main street of Kanab, Utah, it's doubtful whether a single native eyebrow would be lifted. During the last 24 years so many stars have rambled down its streets that Kanab citizens have learned to take them or leave them, explains the December Decem-ber Coronet article, "Out Where the Horse-Operas Grow." Deep gorges, beautiful clouds, virgin forests, and desert sands unmatched anywhere else are all a part of Kanab and its surrounding sur-rounding area. Because of this scenic wonderland, the town is one of Hollywood's main outdoor out-door workshops. Forty films, horse operas to million-dollar Technicolor productions, have been shot there. Everyone who lives in Kanab has turned actor. But probably the two men best known for their part in the movie-making business are the Parry brothers, Gron and Whit. They put up Parry Lodge to solve the housing hous-ing problem, lined up people to vact as extras, catalogued the available props, and took care of the transportation jobs. They estimate es-timate that the Hollywood invasion in-vasion is responsible for at least 50 per cent of the local business prosperity. Among the movies Coronet mentions that were filmed at Kanab are the first outdoor talkie, talk-ie, "In Old Arizona," "Union Pacific," Pa-cific," "Arabian Nights," "My Friend Flicka." "Thunderhead: Son of Flicka," and "Smokey." Although the appearance of the town may be different, the spirit of Kanab is unchanged. When a stranger starts talking about Hollywood glamor, the old-timers old-timers insist "She's still just a cow town at heart." |
