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Kanab has also become known as “Little Hollywood” after the term was used as early as the 1950’s by people in the movie industry.
MGM liked Kanab so much they built a makeshift studio outside of town in the 1940s. More than 100 motion pictures have been filmed here.
More Westerns were produced near Kanab than anywhere outside of California. Clint Eastwood John Wayne, Ronald Reagan, along with a host of movie stars made movies here.
The “Gunsmoke” TV series used the Johnson Canyon Movie Set for about 20 episodes shot between the ‘50s and ‘70s. The now-famous western town was originally built for Westward the Women and is still located just east of Kanab. The set is on private property and can be viewed from the road.
The Clint Eastwood classic, The Outlaw Josie Wales, was one of the last films to shoot on the Paria Canyon movie set. The original set has been relocated to Frontier Movie Town in Kanab and Frontier Movie Town hosts free movie set tours.
Rookie film maker Danny Daneau came to Kanab to film the The Attic Door in 2007 and filmed near Paria and in Kanab City at the historic Heritage House.
Nearby Lake Powell was the location for Maverick, Hulk, Broken Arrow, and both versions of Planet of the Apes.
The extensive list of shows and movies filmed in and around Kanab includes:
1950 - The Lone Ranger (TV)
1950 - Death Valley Days (TV)
1952 - Westward the Women
1955 - No Place to Ride
1956 - The Rainmaker
1957 - The Dalton Girls
1957 - The Girl in Black Stockings
1957 - War Drums
1960 - Wagon Train (TV)
1960 - Gunsmoke (TV)
1962 - Sergeants Three
1966 - Duel at Diablo
1967 - The Long Ride Home
1967 - A Time of Killing
1969 - Mackenna’s Gold
1970 - Six Million Dollar Man (TV)
1971 - The Devil and Miss Sarah
1973 - One LIttle Indian
1976 - The Outlaw Josie Wales
1976 - In Search of Noah’s Ark
1976 - How the West Was Won
1979 - Donner Pass - The Road to Survival
1979 - How the West Was Won
1979 - The Apple Dumpling Gang
By Kanab City - 5/22/09
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