Did you
know many movies have been made in the Kanab, Utah area? Thus
giving Kanab the nickname of "Little Hollywood." Kanab is central
to Zion's NP, Bryce Canyon NP, Grand Canyon NP, Lake Powell,
mountains, sand dunes, and lots of red rock for those western
movies. Here is a list of a few movies filmed in the
area:
1924 - Deadwood Coach - (Johnson Canyon) 1929 - In old Arizona -
(Kanab area, Zion NP) 1390 - The Big Trail - (Zion, Arizona) 1934 -
Dude Ranger - (Johnson Canyon) 1936 - Ramona - (Johnson Canyon)
1937 - The Bad Man of Brimstone - (Johnson Canyon) 1938 - The Lone
Ranger - (Kanab Canyon) 1938 - Great Adventures of Wild Bill
Hickock - (Kanab area) 1939 - Drums Along the Mohawks - (Kanab
Canyon) 1939 - Stagecoach - (McDonald Ranch, Hwy 89) 1939 -
Westbound Stage - (Kanab area) 1939 - Feud on the Range - (Kanab
area) 1939 - Union Pacific - (Iron Spring, Cedar City) 1939 - Lure
of the Wasteland - (Kanab area) 1940 - Brigham Young, Frontiersman
- (Lone Pine) 1940 - Wagon Train - (Kanab area, Paria Townsite)
1940 - Kit Carson - (Kanab area) 1940 - The Fargo Kid - (Kanab)
1941 - Billy the Kid - (Kanab Canyon, Monument Valley, Sedona,
Arizona) 1941 - Western Union - (Kanab) 1942 - Arabian Nights -
(Coral Pink Sand Dunes) 1943 - In Old Oklahoma or War of the
Wildcats - (Kanab) 1943 - My Friend Flicka - (Duck Creek, Kanab)
1944 - Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves - (Coral Pink Sand Dunes)
1944 - Can't Help Singing - (Duck Creek, Strawberry Point, Bryce
Canyon) 1944 - Buffalo Bill - (Johnson Canyon, Paria) 1945 -
Thunderhead, Son of Flicka - (Duck Creek, Kanab Canyon) 1946 -
Smoky - (Kanab) 1947 - Ramrod - (Kanab) 1947 - Slave Girl - (Kanab)
1947 - Thunder in the Valley - (Kanab) 1948 - Black Bart - (Kanab)
1948 - Fort Apache - (Kanab Movie Fort) 1948 - Green Grass of
Wyoming - (Panguitch Lake, Three Lakes) 1948 - Fury at Furnace
Creek - (Kanab Movie Fort) 1949 - Stallion Canyon - (Kanab area)
1949 - The Big Cat - (Kanab area) 1949 - Calamity Jane and Sam Bass
- (Kanab Canyon) 1949 - Red Canyon -(Kanab Canyon, Kanab Race
Track, Paria) 1949 - She Wore a Yellow Ribbon - (Kanab area) 1950 -
The Outriders - (Kanab area) 1950 - Sierra - (Kanab Canyon, Duck
Creek, Cedar Breaks National Monument) 1950 - Kansas Raiders -
(Kanab area) 1951 - Cattle Drive - (Paria) 1951 - Oh, Susanna -
(Kanab area) 1952 - Ride the Man Down - (Kanab area) 1952 - Bugles
in the Afternoon - (Kanab Canyon) 1952 - The Lion and the Horse -
(Zion National Park) 1952 - Westward the Women - (Johnson Canyon,
Kanab Canyon, Paria River, The Gap) 1953 - Pony Express - (The Gap,
Johnson Canyon, Kanab Canyon) 1953 - Ride Vaquero! 1954 - The
Yellow Tomahawk - (Kanab Canyon, Kanab Movie Fort, Three Lakes,
Strawberry Point) 1954 - Southwest Passage - (Kanab area) 1955 -
Bandit in Black - (Kanab) 1955 - Fort Yuma - (Kanab Movie Fort)
1955 - Ghost Town - (Kanab area) 1955 - No Place to Ride 1956 -
Stagecoach to Fury - (Kanab area) 1956 - The Lone Ranger - (Kanab
Canyon) 1956 - Quincannon, Frontier Scout 1956 - The Rainmaker -
(Kanab) 1956 - Jubal - (Kanab Movie Fort, The Gap) 1957 - The Badge
of Marshall Brennan - (Kanab area) 1957 - Trooper Hook - (Kanab
area, Three Lakes) 1957 - Copper Sky - (Kanab area) 1957 - War
Drums - (Kanab Canyon, Johnson Canyon) 1957 - Dragoon Wells
Massacre - (Kanab area) 1957 - The Dalton Girls - (Johnson Canyon)
1957 - Ride a Violent Mile - (Kanab area) 1957 - The Girl in the
Black Stockings - (Kanab, Parry Lodge, Moqui Cave, Three Lakes)
1957 - Revolt at Fort Laramie - (Kanab Movie Fort) 1957 - Tomahawk
Trail - (Kanab Movie Fort, Kanab area) 1957 - Raiders of Old
California - (Kanab area) 1957 - Fort Dobbs - (Kanab Movie Fort,
The Gap, Kanab area) 1958 - The Badlanders - (Kanab area) 1958 -
Fort Bowie - (Kanab Movie Fort) 1959 - Ten Who Dared - (Glen
Canyon) 1959 - Timbuktu -(Kanab area) 1961 - The Misfits - (Kanab
area) 1962 - Sergeants Three - (Johnson Canyon, Paria) 1964 -
Ballad of a Gunfighter - (Kanab area) 1965 - Convict Stage - (Kanab
area) 1965 - Fort Courageous - (Kanab area) 1965 - The Greatest
Story Ever Told - (Page, Lake Powell, Glen Canyon National
Recreation area) 1966 - The Plainsman - (Kanab area) 1966 - Duel at
Diablo - (Paria, Kanab Canyon) 1966 - Ride in the Whirlwind -
(Paria) 1966 - The Shooting - (Glen Canyon National Recreation
area) 1967 - El Dorado - (Kanab area) 1967 - Brighty of the Grand
Canyon - (North Rim of the Grand Canyon, Duck Creek) 1967 - The
Long Ride Home or A Time For Killing - (Old Tucson) 1967 - A Rough
Night in Jerico - (Kanab area) 1968 - Bandolero! - (Kanab Canyon,
Glen Canyon Recreation area) 1968 - Planet of the Apes - (Lake
Powell, Glen Canyon Recreation area, Utah) 1969 - The Desperados -
(Kanab area) 1969 - Mackenna's Gold - (Kanab Canyon, Paria, Box
Canyon, Johnson Canyon, Coral Pink Sand Dunes, Glen Canyon
Recreation area) 1970 - Cutter's Trail - (Kanab Movie Fort) 1972 -
Run to the High Country - (Zion National Park) 1973 - The Man Who
Loved Cat Dancing - (Gila Bend, Ajo area, Arizona) 1973 - One
Little Indian - (Kanab Canyon, Kanab Movie Fort, Paria, Coral Pink
Sand Dunes) 1976 - The Outlaw Josie Wales - (Kanab Canyon, Paria)
1976 - Across the Great Divide 1977 - Brigham 1977 - The Car -
(Zion National Park, St. George) 1977 - Exorcist II: the Heretic -
(Kanab) 1979 - The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again - (Kanab Movie
Fort) 1980 - Windtalker - (Kanab area) 1991 - Beastmaster II -
(Glen Canyon National Recreation area) 1991 - Point Break – (Glen
Canyon National Recreation area, Lake Powell) 1994 - Maverick -
(Lone Rock, Lake Powell) 1995 - Tall Tale - (Bigwater, Lake Powell)
1995 - Wind Runner - (Kanab area, Barracks Ranch) 1996 - Broken
Arrow - (Glen Canyon National Recreation area, Lake Powell) 2001 -
Evolution - (Glen Canyon National Recreation area, Lake Powell)
2001 - Planet of the Apes - (Lake Powell) 2002 – Hulk – - (Glen
Canyon National Recreation area, Lake Powell)
Television Series
The Lone Ranger - (Kanab Canyon, Cedar City, Utah) Death Valley
Days - (Johnson Canyon, Kanab Canyon) Have Gun Will Travel -
(Johnson Canyon) Lassie Route 66 - (Kanab) Wagon Train - (The Gap,
Johnson Canyon, Kanab Canyon) F Troop - (Kanab Movie Fort) Daniel
Boone - (Kanab Movie Fort, Kanab Canyon, Duck Creek) Gunsmoke -
(Johnson Canyon) Grizzly Adams Six Million Dollar Man - (Kanab,
Glendale)
Specials, Documentaries, Made for TV Movies, and Mini-Series
1969 - Cutter's Trail - (Kanab Movie Fort) 1971 - The Devil and
Miss Sarah - (Kanab area) 1972 - The Alex Joseph Story - (Bigwater)
1976 - The Bionic Boy - (Kanab, Kanab Canyon) 1976 - In Search of
Noah's Ark - (Kanab area) 1978 - Greatest Heros of the Bible -
(Kanab area, Coral Pink Sand Dunes) 1979 - Donner Pass: The Road to
Survival - (Kanab area) 1979 - How the West was Won - (Kanab Movie
Fort, Kanab Canyon, Johnson Canyon, Duck Creek) 1983 - Chuck Wagon
History - (Kanab area) 1983 - Hidden Secrets of the Grand Canyon
1983 - Wagon Train 1993 - Salmon Run 1996 - Zion Canyon: Treasure
of the Gods/IMAX Theater - (Sand Caves)