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Lots of Stars embedded in the sidewalk in front of Pep Boys. There appears to be about 47 Stars in front of the Pep Boys property, including their parking lot. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...psa89b17f6.jpg GSV 2014 http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...ps5baa3603.jpg PEP BOYS AT 1612 N. CAHUENGA AVE, June 1933 http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...ps81b599a3.jpg pinterest & hollywoodphotographs.com |
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The first CD after 1933 that's available at LAPL is 1936, and that lists three locations for The Pep Boys: 1612 Cahuenga, 1344 S Figueroa and 5866 S Vermont. The 1942 listing shows that they were expanding quickly (and also mentions Manny, Moe and Jack). http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...APepBoysCD.jpg LAPL |
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1920's Fifth Street and Broadway, Sidewalk clock http://waterandpower.org/1%20Histori...ay_and_5th.jpghttp://waterandpower.org/1%20Histori...ay_and_5th.jpg |
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Pep Boys Hollywood Blvd., '80s http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics39/00039260.jpg http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics39/00039260.jpg http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=7541 |
A rare attempt by MGM at the film noir genre.
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GSJ, I watched "Scene of the Crime" a week or so ago on TCM. I saved some screen grabs myself. Here's a different street corner. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...908/B7IO2h.jpgtcm I'm not sure what street corner this is, but I found this photograph of the crew between takes. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...905/dYDm20.jpg greenbriarpictures.blogspot exiting the club (glass blocks and faux-stone) -great old door with a 'port-hole' window. (I can almost smell the smoke wafting out) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...661/bdIJw8.jpgtcm -a tussle http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...661/yMt6UO.jpgtcm In the night scene below there appears to be a New York Hat Shop in the background, as well as something Avon on the corner. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...537/rcdCTe.jpgtcm __ below: Daylight again, driving towards Hippo's Coffee Pot. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...673/mRcttT.jpgtcm speeding by- http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...905/t963JU.jpgtcm below: Here's pretty much the same screen-grab gsjansen posted. -note the Rosslyn Hotel in the distance. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...673/afXkq9.jpg Here's Hippo's today. GASP!! http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/742/XmQudJ.jpgGSV -a wider view, showing that the building across the street has been replaced. (but there's the Rosslyn Hotel's roof-top sign in the distance) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...913/gtan7J.jpg -next came this interesting view. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...913/pe2FfT.jpgtcm -here's a closer view of the building s down the street. (does anyone recognize these building by chance?) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...661/MWwYGv.jpgdetail A night view of Hippo's. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...537/hdQSYQ.jpgtcm http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...674/0TdPMI.jpgtcm shooting a U- http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...674/PdqkBX.jpgtcm note the man leaning against a utility pole on the left. (is he dead?) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...538/E6cdkT.jpgtcm Film noir staple...a flashing neon sign outside a transient hotel. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...902/N4kvHI.jpg I had to snicker at the set dressing for this scene. Obviously overdone by MGM's set designers. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...631/zdhJbE.jpgtcm case in point http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/674/dBIKYS.jpg mysteryfile blog __ For the big finale, MGM resorted to the backlot. :( -it looked fake compared to the rest of the film. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...912/8PlM84.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...742/bbQvvF.jpgIMDB publicity still http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...674/BTbxzu.jpg MGM publicity __ |
I thought you might like to see this same builder perhaps?
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Screen shot from Google earth this is next to LACC where I grew up I saw the post and thought wow they looks alike maybe it was the style of the time ;) |
I can't stop laughing you are hilarious!!
''Did she really think she looked good in this picture'' She swore she was the cats meow from things I have read. Joan Crawford was always a drunken hag in my mind ... I am still laughing about your comment. |
Los Angeles County Fair - 1924
http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p...psc8a2a825.jpg L.A. Times The L.A. County Fair Midway - 1935 http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p...ps51260805.jpg L.A. Times Lets check out the attractions: Sadu the Iron Tongued Man (I'm not sure what that's all about) and Moroccan Moments (Looks like belly dancers) http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p...pse2e0d200.jpg L.A. Times Here we have Torture of Delhi (Looks more like chopping to death) and Julianne (I think it is a guy that turns into a woman) http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p...ps49308631.jpg L.A. Times The World's Fair Freaks ( Mostly a sad collection of people with birth defects) http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p...psea17b1d3.jpg L.A. Times This all brings to mind the county fair in Ohio when I was young. The freak show featured Carl The Frog Boy and The Giant Man Eating Rats From Korea. More old L.A. County Fair photos here: http://framework.latimes.com/2014/08...ounty-fair/#/1 |
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http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...IronTongue.jpg http://books.google.com |
An Obscure Bit of LA History
My wife just sold these on eBay:
http://www.bitsmasherpress.com/Downloads/adohr1.JPG And while doing so got this email: "Hi: Re. those Adohr bags...my dad was an Adohr Milk Man and I grew up around the dairy biz. Those bags you're offering are ice bags that we loaded with crushed ice on the dock around 2 am in the morning. We then covered all the milk in the milk crates with those ice bags to keep the milk cold. This was before refrigerated delivery came along in the mid-'50s. I used to deliver milk for a lot of dairies too working my way through art school. We still used ice bags well into the '70s, altho' by that time Adohr home delivery in Los Angeles was only a fond memory. " Cheers, Earl |
A giant balloon Elf floating past the Mona Lisa Restaurant on Wilshire Blvd. (1940?)
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As for celebrities having a star in front of Pep Boys, I think they'd be honored to have one included anywhere on the Walk of Fame. If they don't, their loss. And P.S. it now is $30,000 since 2012. The money's used for the installation and upkeep of the Walk of Fame. Latest recipient, Katy Sagal, about two weeks ago. |
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According to the book MGM - Hollywood's Greatest Backlot (p. 208), this film used the "Waterfront Street' section of the backlot for this film. The street had no water or water area and they surmise it was named that because some of the facades were moved there from their original home beside the artificial lake on Lot One. The most famous use of this street was as "Paris" in the film An American in Paris. Although MGM approved the shooting of this film in Paris itself, it was that city that denied the requests. |
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as a promotional event to signal the start of the holiday shopping season on Hollywood Blvd. |
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That's definitely true for THIS year, too! :haha: |
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