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Old Posted Jun 23, 2014, 7:32 PM
Martin Pal Martin Pal is offline
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Wondering...

While looking at some recent postings with Pacific Electric Red Cars in them I was wondering why more Hollywood films of the 30's, 40's and 50's didn't make use of them, specifically, or use them as atmosphere at the very least? Off the top of my head I can't even think of a film with a scene that takes place on one? (Although I can think of a couple that use Angel's Flight.)

Does anyone know of a list of films that might feature or show the PE cars within context of a film story?

A lot of people lament the demise of the Red Cars in Southern California, but I am also wondering--was this applauded in the 50's by the general public? Was the public happy about getting rid of them?

Also, I remember reading or hearing that when Disneyland was being planned, Walt Disney wanted to build a monorail from the Disney Studios in Burbank all the way to Anaheim and was going to do it at his own expense. All he wanted was the city to give him the right of ways. Does anyone know about this plan?
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