Editing Wichita, Kansas (section)

==In popular culture==
Wichita is mentioned in the 1968 hit song "[[Wichita Lineman]]" by [[Glen Campbell]].  It is also mentioned in the songs "[[I've Been Everywhere#North American version|I've Been Everywhere]]", and "[[Seven Nation Army]]".

[[Allen Ginsberg]] wrote about a visit to Wichita in his poem "[[Wichita Vortex Sutra]]", for which [[Philip Glass]] subsequently wrote a solo piano piece.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://washburn.edu/reference/cks/mapping/plymell/index.html |title=Charles Plymell |website=Map of Kansas Literature |access-date=March 19, 2022}}; {{cite web |url=http://www.othercinema.com/otherzine/goldmouth-an-introduction-to-the-films-of-robert-branaman/ |title=Goldmouth: An Introduction to the Films of Robert Branaman |work=Otherzine |last=Olmsted |first=Marc |access-date=March 19, 2022}}; {{cite web |url=https://verdantpress.com/checklist/auerhahn-press/ |title=Auerhahn Press |website=verdantpress.com |access-date=March 19, 2022}}; {{cite web |url=https://www.kmuw.org/post/exhibition-celebrates-60-years-bruce-conners-print-works |title=Exhibition Celebrates 60 Years Of Bruce Conner's Print Works |work=KMUW Wichita 89.1 |date=September 17, 2014 |access-date=March 19, 2022}}</ref>

The stage play ''[[Hospitality Suite (play)|Hospitality Suite]]'' takes place in Wichita as does its 1999 film adaptation, ''[[The Big Kahuna (film)|The Big Kahuna]]''.<ref>{{cite video | people = Swanbeck, John (director) | url = https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0189584/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 | title = The Big Kahuna | medium = Film | publisher = [[Lions Gate Entertainment|Lions Gate Films]] | location = U.S.A. | date = 1999}}</ref> The city is the setting for the comic strip ''[[Dennis the Menace (U.S. comics)|Dennis the Menace]]''.<ref>{{cite news | agency = AP | title = 'Dennis the Menace' creator dies at 81; strip to continue | newspaper = [[The Topeka Capital-Journal]] | date = June 2, 2001 | url = http://cjonline.com/stories/060201/new_ketcham.shtml | access-date = October 19, 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131025114907/http://cjonline.com/stories/060201/new_ketcham.shtml | archive-date = October 25, 2013 | url-status = dead | df = mdy-all | author-link = Associated Press }}</ref>

The films ''[[Wichita (1955 film)|Wichita]]'' (1955) and portions of ''[[Wyatt Earp (film)|Wyatt Earp]]'' (1994), both of which dramatize the life and career of former Wichita lawman [[Wyatt Earp]], are set in Wichita,<ref>{{cite video | people = [[Jacques Tourneur|Tourneur, Jacques]] (director) | title =   Wichita|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048806/ | medium = Film | publisher = [[Allied Artists Pictures Corporation]] | location = U.S.A. | date = 1955}}</ref><ref>{{cite video | people = [[Lawrence Kasdan|Kasdan, Lawrence]] (director) | url = https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111756/ | title = Wyatt Earp | medium = Film | publisher = [[Warner Bros.]] | location = U.S.A. | date = 1994}}</ref> as were early episodes of ''[[The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp]]'' (1955-1961),<ref name="season_2_tv_guide">[https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/the-life-and-legend-of-wyatt-earp/episodes-season-2/1000224531/ "The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp Season 2 Episodes,"] ''[[TV Guide]]'' retrieved April 3, 2023</ref><ref name="life_and_legend_S1_E5_imdb">[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0631823/ "Wyatt Earp Comes to Wichita"], S1.E5, ''The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp,'' [[Internet Movie Database]], retrieved April 3, 2023</ref> the first adult-oriented [[Western (genre)|western]] TV series.<ref name="obrien_obit_latimes">[https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-hugh-obrian-snap-story.html "Hugh O'Brian, actor who played Wyatt Earp, dies at 91,"] September 5, 2016, ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' retrieved April 3, 2023</ref><ref name="eastern_2016_09_05_baltimore_sun">[https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-2005-05-10-0505100100-story.html "The Eastern Earps,"] September 5, 2016, ''[[Baltimore Sun]],'' retrieved April 3, 2023</ref> The short-lived 1959–1960 television [[Western (genre)|western]] ''[[Wichita Town]]'' was set during the city's early years.<ref>{{cite web | title = Wichita Town | website = [[IMDb]] | url = https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052525/ | access-date = October 19, 2013}}</ref>

Other films wholly or partially set in the city include ''[[Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff]]'' (1979),<ref>{{cite video | people = [[Marvin J. Chomsky|Chomsky, Marvin J.]] (director)  |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079228/  | title =Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff | medium = Film | publisher = Bel Air/Gradison Productions | location = U.S.A. | date = 1979}}</ref>  ''[[Planes, Trains and Automobiles]]'' (1987),<ref>{{cite video | people = [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|Hughes, John]] (director) | url = https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093748/?ref_=nv_sr_1 | title = Planes, Trains & Automobiles | medium = Film | publisher = [[Paramount Pictures]] | location = U.S.A. | date = 1987}}</ref> ''[[The Ice Harvest]]'' (2005),<ref>{{cite video | people = [[Harold Ramis|Ramis, Harold]] (director) | title = The Ice Harvest|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0400525/?ref_=nv_sr_1   | medium = Film | publisher = [[Focus Features]] | location = U.S.A. | date = 2005}}</ref> and ''[[Knight and Day]]'' (2010).  In the 2016 remake of ''[[The Magnificent Seven (2016 film)|The Magnificent Seven]],'' the lead character is identified as a Wichita lawman.<ref name="reviews_2016_10_03_new_yorker">[https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/10/03/the-magnificent-seven-and-goat "'The Magnificent Seven' and 'Goat': Reviews..."], October 3, 2016, [[The New Yorker]], retrieved April 3, 2023</ref><ref name="delivers_2016_10_02_lake_co_news">[https://lakeconews.com/news/48033-magnificent-seven-delivers-the-western-goods-lethal-weapon-on-tv "'Magnificent Seven' delivers the western goods; 'Lethal Weapon' on TV,"] October 2, 2016, ''Lake County News'', [[Clear Lake (California)]], retrieved April 3, 2023</ref>

Wichita's [[Old Cowtown Museum]], a re-creation of early Wichita, has served as a setting for various [[Western (genre)|western]]- and pioneer-themed films,<ref name="cowtown_2016_04_03_kansas_com">[https://www.kansas.com/news/local/article69779527.html "Cowtown becomes star of Western film"] April 3, 2016, ''[[Wichita Eagle]],''retrieved April 3, 2023</ref> including two of the ''[[Sarah Plain and Tall]]'' trilogy.<ref name="film commission_2004_01_05_wbj">[https://www.bizjournals.com/wichita/stories/2004/01/05/daily41.html "Film commission works to drum up business,"] January 5/9, 2004, ''[[Wichita Business Journal]],'' retrieved April 3, 2023</ref><ref name="temporary_2020_07_22_oldcowtown_org">[https://www.oldcowtown.org/CB/Pages/Temporary-Exhibit.aspx "Temporary Exhibit,"], July 22, 2020, [[Old Cowtown Museum]], retrieved April 3, 2023</ref> A Wichita-area airport served as settings for ''[[The Gypsy Moths]]''.<ref name="active_age">Fogle, Tammara: [https://theactiveage.com/when-hollywood-came-to-town/ "When Hollywood came to town,"] August 1, 2019, ''The Active Age,'' Wichita, Kansas, retrieved April 3, 2023</ref><ref name="gypsy_moths_filming_imdb_com">[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064397/locations "The Gypsy Moths (1969): Filming & Production,"], [[Internet Movie Database]], retrieved April 3, 2023</ref>