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................................................................................................................................................................................................................ Very true ! The picture from Criss Cross below is moving for guys in the know. It shows 4 periods overlaping ! 1. the Plaza on top of the slope from the beginning ; 2. the very last buildings of old Chinatown on the just widened Marchessault from the 1880's ; 3. a car from the 1920's or early 1930's (amazing it's still around !) ; 4. beautiful Yvonne in the fashion of 1949. Quote:
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I couldn't imagine splitting traffic in that thing, on the Santa Ana Fwy., during the commute period!? :rolleyes: |
Bunker Hill redevelopment model, circa 1952.
http://imageshack.us/a/img594/6825/a...redevelopm.jpg found on an old cd of mine __ |
-tourist snapshot, Union Station 1940s.
http://imageshack.us/a/img41/7808/aabsnapunion1940s.jpg ebay http://imageshack.us/a/img12/9417/aabtour.jpg gsv __ |
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The Turning Point (1952) has been covered in bits and pieces before on the thread, but posting the shot of the gas tanks DTLA from the film made me want to leave a few more out in the rain, plus a couple of "afters". I hope this isn't too many, but they're easy and fun to do (and besides, I can't sleep). Thx to Beaudry and others for some of the IDs. There's also a mystery or two if anyone has answers. There's a couple of duplicates, but I skipped Angels Flight. Its been covered.
Another Holden outing set in a city that's not LA, à la "Union Station". Carolyn Jones has a cameo as a blonde. Everything's from Paramount/Youtube, unless noted. Zipping east on 9th between Los Angeles and Santee with the Eastern Columbia in the distance. Except for signage, the north side of 9th has not changed at all: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-R...20258%2BPM.jpg Heading north on Olive, coming up to 3rd: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-9...02421%2BAM.jpg 3rd and Olive, our old friend, I've lost track of how many films used this location. The camera never swings around to show us Angels Flight though: https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-h...02555%2BAM.jpg Tom Tully dances out of a cab outside the Gladden. Looking east on 1st at Olive: https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-g...02620%2BAM.jpg Wm Holden, lurking in the shadows, watching as Tully enters the Gladden: https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-q...02831%2BAM.jpg The reverse shot, showing the inside of Pollinger's Market (according to Beaudry http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=2155). Holden exhibits a level of cool throughout most of this film that would snap a lesser man in half: https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-W...02715%2BAM.jpg Quote:
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-c...03330%2BAM.jpg Thugs spill out of the Sunshine. Nice shot of the dizzying steepness: https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-x...03431%2BAM.jpg Classy apartment building, but I can't make out the name Leland Bryant's "The Colonial House" (1930), 1416 Havenhurst, W Hollywood: (Head should never have put Holden in a double-breasted suit): https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-s...03806%2BAM.jpg Pulling away from The Colonial House, heading towards the hills: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-C...03843%2BAM.jpg Pulling up to the Spring St side of City Hall. What is that brown brick building? (Identified as the Bank of Italy Building by MR): https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-i...03957%2BAM.jpg Holden tails Tully to City Hall, ducks behind a column and then watches from the top of the steps as Tully leaves: https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-0...04111%2BAM.jpg https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-l...04249%2BAM.jpg https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-w...04325%2BAM.jpg Tully heads up 2nd St from Hill on foot: https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-h...04425%2BAM.jpg Tully's fedora vs de Corsia's homberg. In this instance, the homberg gets the upper hand: https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Y...14339%2BPM.jpg 2nd & Hill today and all that's left of our beautiful railing: https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-h...15113%2BAM.jpg https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-t...15315%2BAM.jpg gsv de Corsia watches Tully head west: https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-J...04545%2BAM.jpg Good companion shot to the one above, showing the roof lines of the buildings: https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-3...14721%2BAM.jpg onbunkerhill.org Today: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-n...12334%2BPM.jpg gsv Closer view of the laundry and the liquor store on the north side of 2nd: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-x...05602%2BAM.jpg Cold-eyed hitman Tony Barr (interesting guy, check his IMDB page) gets the mark while the liquor store clerk freaks out. "Buy Oaleo Wine": https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-L...05858%2BAM.jpg It's Barr's turn to take a hit: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-G...10056%2BAM.jpg An impressive number of extras show up in the aftermath of the double hit: https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-8...10324%2BAM.jpg The neighborhood's abuzz (b/c, really now, how often does Wm Holden show up on 2nd St?): https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-S...10527%2BAM.jpg Glimpses of the south side of 2nd: https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-j...05804%2BAM.jpg https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-r...10003%2BAM.jpg We take a detour to the Paramount lot (not the only one), as one's not actually allowed to set fire to LA (at least not in '52): https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-B...11012%2BAM.jpg A bar on Hill (?): https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-O...12708%2BAM.jpg Holden gets caught in the double helix at the Hotel Central, 310 Clay St: https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-h...12853%2BAM.jpg Holden exits the back of the Vendome, 231 S Hill. They have a room for rent if you need one: https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-S...12947%2BAM.jpg Holden heads towards the Belmont, 251 S Hill: https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-U...13038%2BAM.jpg Holden meets a contact named "Pink" outside a discount store. The actor's uncredited, which is a shame b/c he's really good in both his scenes: https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-V...13215%2BAM.jpg Detroit hitman Neville Brand gets an "LA" job over the phone (Pool hall in a basement? Could this be Hollywood Billiards in the Hollywood Western Building?) LA played Detroit in "True Romance" too: https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-i...13206%2BAM.jpg Holden at the fights. The last 9 minutes of the film take place at this arena. I don't recognize it (Identified as Grand Olympic Auditorium, 1801 S Grand. Thx again MR): https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-N...13347%2BAM.jpg |
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I don't think so, E-R, I think the movie prop guys simply affixed a sign to the side of an appropriately 'classy' building. In the following frame Alexis, wearing gloves and severely plucked eyebrows and driving a Plymouth convertible, pulls away from the 'classy apartment building' and heads down a hill lined with mature trees and shrubbery in what appears to be an essentially residential neighborhood. At the fire ravaged real-life Stratford Apartments, we would be in a heavily commercial area and likely would see the Barbizon up the street on the right hand side. Even allowing for the intervening years, I don't think it's W. Sixth Street. |
:previous: I thought the architectural style looked different as well. Thanks for your insight MR.
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Brunswig Square, built in 1931 as the Brunswig Drug Co. Factory.
360 E. 2nd St. http://imageshack.us/a/img96/3458/aa...gsquarejes.jpg Jesus E. Salgado http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpo...postcount=2593 Does anyone have a vintage photograph when this was the drug factory? I haven't had any luck yet. I want to see what the building looked like before the modern windows were added. __ |
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Thx MR & e_r. (I just spent way too long reading about the Grand Olympic Auditorium). I love TTP for the street-scapes and shop and bar interiors. Bunker Hill looks so sun-bleached and weather-beaten. Holden never looked better, but Alexis Smith and Edmond O'Brian are a couple of pills. The exterior shots on the Paramount lot are extremely jarring. They cannot compete with the real LA.
I'm still mystified by the brick building in this shot. I'm gonna kick myself when I find out: https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-i...03957%2BAM.jpg P.S. There's a very interesting history of Brunswig Drug here: http://www.fundinguniverse.com/compa...ation-history/. I had no idea Brunswig was French. Lucien Napoleon Brunswig. |
I recently came across this ad from the Los Angeles Herald.
http://imageshack.us/a/img267/8611/a...otelauctio.jpg http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/ So did this spell the end for the Garvanza Hotel, or were there new owners after this date? losangelespast http://imageshack.us/a/img10/2040/aa...nzahotel2a.jpg http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/queen%2...language=fr_FR I find it hard to believe the hotel only lasted 5 years. Does anyone know the details? __ |
Single- or double- ?
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Holden's strictly a single-breasted kind of guy. [MichaelRyerson] ................................................................................................................................................................................................................ What's the difference between a single-breasted kind of guy and a double-breasted kind of guy ? It may be obvious for american noirishers but not at all for a frenchie like me. Please, Michael or Tovangar, tell me all about it. |
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Here it is at a distance in a Whittington shot, it appears only the front elevation was done for looks, the other windows, at least on this the west side, are more utilitarian... http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8380/8...82666723_o.png Looking south-east down Weller Street, Dick Whittington, ca.1939 Brunswig Drug building center-right. I'd say the modern windows were an improvement. USC digital archive/Dick Whittington Photography Collection, 1924-1987 |
:previous: I'd have to agree, the new windows make the building appear more vertical.
The old Brunswig Drug Co. Factory from the corner of 2nd and South Central. http://imageshack.us/a/img42/4960/aabbrunswigcorner.jpg gsv At first I thought this one story section also dates to 1931, but your photograph shows a parking lot MR. If this is a new structure (there's parking on the roof) they did a fine job matching it to the older building. |
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