North Zanesville in the movies

The Great Lover was a 1949 film starring Bob Hope. In it his character hails from North Zanesville, Ohio, which is, of course, a real town. Its population was 3013 in the 2000 census, but presumably less in 1949. Naturally, it was stigmatized as a small town, but ends up on the bright side, because Hope and leading lady Rhonda Fleming decide to move there and raise a large family.

More HERE about Rhonda Fleming.