Charles Petty, a local store manager, brought movies to Huricanne in 1914 using a gas-powered projector. The generator " created a loud 'putt, putt' sound heard all over Hurricane; residents flocked to the theater in response."^[1]

1. "Silent Films Intrigued and Occasionally Offended Utahns", by W. Paul Reeve, History Blazer, August 1995