First Hollywood epic Western was shot in Utah with pioneers as extras The Covered Wagon was the first big-budget Western epic, and it was filmed on a little reservoir outside of Garrison, Utah.
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MILLARD COUNTY, Utah â The Covered Wagon wasn t the first Western from Hollywood studios, but it was the first big-budget Western epic, and as such, it s one of the most influential movies of the silent era.
It was filmed on a little reservoir outside of Garrison, Utah. The population at the time: 109.
Film critic Roger Moore wrote:
âThe Covered Wagonâ established the tropes, the conventions, the action beats and archetypes that carried John Ford and John Wayne, Howard Hawks and Henry Hathaway, Clint Eastwood and the Coens through a century of Western cinema.
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Karl Brown, from Beccles, was found by fire crews in a shed that was alight
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An inquest has opened into the death of a Beccles man who was found inside a shed following a fire.
Karl Brown was discovered by fire crews inside the shed on Christmas Eve last year, Suffolk Coroners Court heard on Friday.
The 57-year-old was taken to Broomfield Hospital in Chelmsford, which has a specialist burns unit, for treatment for his injuries.
However, he died at the hospital on Christmas Day.
Area coroner Jacqueline Devonish was told an internal case review into Mr Brown s death has been scheduled for August 2.