Where God Put the West


Movie Making in the Desert

"TV you can make on the backlot, but for the big screen, the real dramas, you have to do it where God put the West."

---John Wayne

A fascinating compendium of photographs and memories of the cinematic legends who made movies and advertisements in the Moab-Monument Valley area.


Bette L. Stanton grew up in Kanab, Utah during its heyday as ""Little Hollywood.” For many years, she served as executive director of Grand County Economic and Community Development, the Moab Film Commission, and the Moab to Monument Valley Film Commission, Museum, and Library.