![]() ![]() I forgot I had what I had to give to them, maybe a bottle of whiskey or something, I can’t remember. I always wanted a pair of those Apache leggings used to see those Apaches were so somehow I remember I talked to the wardrobe out of some of those Apache leggings. Then the wardrobe tent that had rows and rows and rows of calvary uniforms and immaculate Indian headdresses and spirits and lances and all that good stuff. And so anyway, Parry had a big backlot and you see these big MGM trucks coming in from Hollywood and in those days there was about 1947 but these trucks that had big canvas backs on them, but that came in the Parry’s Lodge and pitched these big tents and one tent would be a big wardrobe tent and one tent would be a big prop tent. Hal Johnson: That would have been a big cash infusion.ĭennis Judd: Like icing on the cake, that kind of money. Of course, in those days they hire the whole town to be in the shows as extras or Wranglers or teamsters or drivers or cooks or whatever and so it was quite a treat. At one time we had three companies staying in Kanab, MGM, Warner Brothers and Paramount, all three at one time and they were staying all over town. So I began to in those days the movies started coming to Kanab in droves. Going back to Victor Mature, he ordered one night, he ordered a steak and he said, “All I wanted kind of cooked on both sides but I want it deep red all through it.” So I took over the steak to his room for him and it was a real rare steak and I can still remember that. So anyway then Alan Ladd come along and he was here making and I can’t recall the name of the show that he was on but Alan Ladd came in and so I took him to his room and I can remember going into his room and he said, “I’m sorry Dennis, I haven’t got enough change, enough money here for a tip but I’ll catch up with you later.” But anyway he emptied his pockets on the bed and gave me a handful of change he had in his pocket from my tip and then of course I would go to the rooms. Hal Johnson: Wait, wait, wait, did they fit you in your 12 years old?ĭennis Judd: I wore about a size 12. Then after I got to meet Victor Mature, which I did inherit those alligator shoes because he left him at Parry’s. And in those days the bellhop was a very coveted job because the tips were great and you met lots of fun people. Where’s my room?” And that was my first that I can remember introduction to the motion picture world and from then on I worked for Parry for Whit Parry for probably about six years and I was mainly a bellhop. And he was wearing alligator shoes and he came walking in the door and he says, “Hi, I’m Victor Mature. And when he walked in Parry Lodge front door he came in with his shirt unbuttoned down to his belly button and he’s wearing a big gold necklace with a cross on it on his chest. ![]() An income Victor Mature and Victor Mature was here making a movie called Timbuktu with Barbara Stanwyck. So I was a young man of about, oh, I’d say 12, 13 years old, I was sitting there in the lodge, waiting for a tourist to come in to get a room and I’d show him the room and I’d go through all that.īut anyway the door opened. Parry’s Lodge, of course in Kanab was the main mainstay of all the motion picture companies that come there and stay. So I decided, well I had this chance to go be a bellhop at Parry’s Lodge now. I was raised in Ranchi like most kids were in those days in the Kanab area, so raised lots of horses and on the ranch and all that kind of stuff, but I wasn’t making enough money. So give me your earliest recollections Dennis.ĭennis Judd: Well, I have a great, great story to tell. ![]() Hal Johnson: Well, I was going to say 31, but close enough.ĭennis Judd: Well, let’s go for almost 80. And if you wouldn’t mind Dennis, you could tell us your approximate age. Dennis?ĭennis Judd: Yes, good morning Hal. They’re going to talk about the Magic of Kanab, Little Hollywood, our filming tradition here in Kanab. We’re going to talk with Dennis first for a few minutes and then we’ll flip over to Kelly. This morning we’re privileged to have a couple of guests with us. Welcome to another episode of the Magic of Kanab Podcast. Hal Johnson: You are listening to the Magic of Kanab Podcast, part of the Destination Marketing Podcast Network. ![]()
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