Post by neurosturgeon on Apr 9, 2017 22:08:25 GMT
Almost my whole life has involved movies. Watching them is pretty normal, but sometimes, I just wanted more.
Went looking for the staircase known as "The Music Box" steps where Laurel & Hardy delivered the piano in their Oscar winning short. Found it near Dodger Stadium. It is marked as an historic landmark.
Set out to find some filming locations from "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World." Many of them where in my home town: the YMCA was the Police Station, the Hardware Store was Imperial Hardware near Sears and the final chase scenes at Lincoln Park near the Main Library and the Edison Building. But I wanted to find the park with the big W. the entrance of the park was Peck Park in San Pedro, but the Big W was on private property nearby in Palos Verdes, and all the trees had collapsed by the time I went looking.
Almost movie related, there was an article in the LA Times years ago that the home that belonged to Rosemary Clooney and was the last residence of George Gershwin, had been sold and was going to be torn down. A friend and I took a trip to Beverly Hills to photograph it before it came down. Many of the Classic stars homes on Roxbury Drive are being replaced when new owners buy the property.
I have also visited the final resting places of some of the stars. Pierce Brothers Westwood is my favorite. More stars there in one square block than anywhere else.
Went looking for the staircase known as "The Music Box" steps where Laurel & Hardy delivered the piano in their Oscar winning short. Found it near Dodger Stadium. It is marked as an historic landmark.
Set out to find some filming locations from "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World." Many of them where in my home town: the YMCA was the Police Station, the Hardware Store was Imperial Hardware near Sears and the final chase scenes at Lincoln Park near the Main Library and the Edison Building. But I wanted to find the park with the big W. the entrance of the park was Peck Park in San Pedro, but the Big W was on private property nearby in Palos Verdes, and all the trees had collapsed by the time I went looking.
Almost movie related, there was an article in the LA Times years ago that the home that belonged to Rosemary Clooney and was the last residence of George Gershwin, had been sold and was going to be torn down. A friend and I took a trip to Beverly Hills to photograph it before it came down. Many of the Classic stars homes on Roxbury Drive are being replaced when new owners buy the property.
I have also visited the final resting places of some of the stars. Pierce Brothers Westwood is my favorite. More stars there in one square block than anywhere else.