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The LDS Church (Mormon's) started to become popular with the movie "Brigham Young" in 1940. With the 'Donny & Marie' TV series in 1976 the LDS Church got a lot of momentum.
The Church has became very popular after Pres. Gordon B. Hinckley became its leader in 1995 and with his appearance on CNN's Larry King Live in 2004. Since 1995 there are LDS celebrities on TV shows (Dancing with the Stars (Marie Osmond, Julianne Hough), American Idol (David Archuleta, Brooke White, etc.) Many LDS movies have been made (Charly, The Best Two Years, etc). TV shows like 'Touched by an Angel' was filmed in Utah. 15 members of Congress are LDS and the Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is LDS. The list goes on.
1940 - The movie "Brigham Young".
1950 - The movie "Wagon Master".
1962 - George W. Romney is Governor of Michigan.
1968 - Gov. George W. Romney is a U. S. Presidential Candidate for the Republican Party.
1976 - Donnie & Marie TV series.
1984 - Movie "Footloose" filmed in Utah.
1993 - 'Angels in Love' Broadway show & TV Movie.
1995 - Gordon B. Hinckley becomes president of L. D. S. Church.
1997 - The movie "Orgazmo".
1997 - The play "Bash: Latter Day Plays" (Off Broadway Show)
1998-95 - "Moroni Traveler Jr." (Book series)
2001 - "Bash: Latter Day Plays" TV Movie
2003 - "Pride & Predjudice a Latter-Day Comedy" (Movie)
2004 - Pres. Hinckley on CNN's Larry King Live.
2006-11 - "Big Love" TV series
2011 - Broadway Play "The Book of Mormon"
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