Editing Wild River (film) (section)

==Production==
A script was written by Ben Maddow but he refused credit because none of it was used in the final film.<ref>{{cite book|chapter=Ben Maddow: The Invisible Man|first=Pat|last= McGilligan|editor-first=Pat|editor-last=McGilligan|title=Backstory 2: Interviews with Screenwriters of the 1940s and 1950s|publisher= University of California Press|year=1991|url=https://publishing.cdlib.org/ucpressebooks/view?docId=ft0z09n7m0&chunk.id=d0e8732&toc.depth=1&toc.id=d0e8732&brand=ucpress|page=185-186}}</ref>

Coon Denton Island on the [[Hiwassee River]], in northern [[Bradley County, Tennessee]], upriver from [[Charleston, Tennessee|Charleston]], served as the fictional Garth Island,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://teva.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15138coll19/id/376/|title=Scene from "Wild River" showing the fictional "Garth Island"|website=Tennessee Virtual Archive|publisher=[[Tennessee State Library and Archives]]|access-date=31 August 2022}}</ref> and the city of Charleston's old business district served as the fictional city of Garthville. A peninsula northwest of [[Cleveland, Tennessee]], on [[Chickamauga Lake]], was used, and a studio for interior shooting was created in the Cleveland armory. A few other locations in rural Bradley County near Charleston were also used.<ref>{{cite news|author=TED STRONG|title=CHARTING A 'WILD RIVER,' TENNESSEE-STYLE :Real Sites, Citizens Add to Flavor Of T.V.A. Drama Now Being Made|work=New York Times|date=29 Nov 1959|via=ProQuest}}</ref> [[Principal photography]] began on October 19, 1959.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--not stated--> |date=October 18, 1959 |title=Filming of Movie to Begin Monday In Charleston Area 'Rain or Shine' |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/chattanooga-daily-times-filming-of-movie/73010637/ |page=29 |work=The Chattanooga Times |access-date=July 23, 2023 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Strongin |first=Ted |date=October 20, 1959 |title=Silence Rare as 'Wild River's Filming Starts |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/chattanooga-daily-times-silence-rare-as/73011360/ |pages=1, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/chattanooga-daily-times/73011533/ 9] |work=The Chattanooga Times |access-date=July 23, 2023 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> On January 3, 1960, Kazan left for his New York home, and filming was completed over the following week.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--not stated--> |date=January 4, 1960 |title=Work Nears End, Kazan Takes Off |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/chattanooga-daily-times-work-nears-end/73010287/ |page=7 |work=The Chattanooga Times |access-date=July 24, 2023 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>