Smarty Pance heads out to Halstead & Nickerson, Kansas to visit the filming locations of the Movie "Picnic" from 1955!. F: Where some picnic scenes were filmed in the ball park, located on the other side of the suspension bridge (these were some of the picnic "games" were shot, that needed a wide open area; The Three-Legged Race, Rolling-Pin Throw, Girl-Carrying Contest, and Trained Seals contests were filmed there); H: Where the ban stan was located;
Picnic is a 1955 American romantic comedy-drama film adapted from William Inge 's 1953 Pulitzer Prize -winning play of the same name. Joshua Logan, director of the original Broadway stage production, directed the film version, which stars William Holden, Kim Novak, and Rosalind Russell, with Betty Field, Susan Strasberg, and Cliff Robertson in supporting roles. It was adapted for the screen by.. Picnic is a richly detailed snapshot of life in the American Midwest during the 1950s. In all, five Kansas cities and towns—Salina, Hutchinson, Halstead, Nickerson and Sterling — in the heart of the state were selected to provide the authentic Kansas backdrop for the picture. Filming took six weeks in Kansas, with interior shots filmed afterwards in Hollywood (Burbank Studios, 3000 W.