Johnstown, Pennsylvania

Johnstown is a city located in Cambria County, Pennsylvania. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 23,906.

Johnstown in Film and Literature

Two major motion pictures were filmed in Johnstown, taking advantage of the town's blue collar atmosphere. The first was 1977's Slap Shot, a comedy featuring Paul Newman as an aging hockey player/coach. The story was based on a novel by Nancy Dowd which was in turn loosely based on the real-life Johnstown Jets hockey team. The movie changed the team's name to the Charlestown Chiefs.

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Slap Shot - Paul Newman - Nancy Dowd - Johnstown Jets - Charlestown Chiefs

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The second movie was 1983's All the Right Moves, a high school football drama set in the fictional town of Ampipe featuring Tom Cruise and Lea Thompson.

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All the Right Moves - Tom Cruise - Lea Thompson

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Mystery novel writer K.C. Constantine currently resides near Johnstown. He has fictionalized elements of Johnstown and its culture as "Rocksburg" in his books.

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Mystery - Novel - K.C. Constantine

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In 2000, the novel "In Sunlight, In A Beautiful Garden" by Kathleen Cambor was published. This fictional work followed its characters through the events leading up to and including the 1889 flood. Although the protagonists in the novel were fictional, several historical figures, such as Andrew Mellon and Henry Clay Frick, were depicted in the book as well.

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2000 - Kathleen Cambor - 1889 - Andrew Mellon - Henry Clay Frick

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