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Here's a picture of what looks like the same Freezer location. You can see some of what's on the other side of the intersection, it stood close to. https://i.imgur.com/Up8MQlu.jpg facebook.com - bizarrelosangeles |
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I've been looking at a sign in our Samarkand picture . . . but not the Battery & Ignition one. Here's a detail from the pic:
https://i.postimg.cc/nzZKW09X/Samarkand-Sign.jpg The sign at center, at too great an angle for us to read, appears to be some standard roadside sign giving information for motorists to heed. This may yield a clue to location. Does anyone more familiar than I with the signs which motorists in that era might have encountered have an idea what message such a sign would have? |
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I had a look at some old aerials for the Freezer locations that HossC found in the city directories. The one that fits with the screengrab from the movie is 751½ South Alvarado Street. This is how it lines up on a 1928 aerial. The Freezer stand as we see in the screengrab was essentially plonked in the front lawn of 751. https://i.imgur.com/vYPQu2o.jpg mil.library.ucsb.edu The "Harry's Battery & Ignition" service in the screengrab is this one. https://i.imgur.com/Obw2dAw.jpg rescarta.lapl.org Here's 751 somewhat clearer three years later with where the Freezer would have stood dotted red. https://i.imgur.com/UoYuM9c.jpg mil.library.ucsb.edu |
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Excellent team work everyone! :) We're whittling down the locations one by one. Now how about the location of The Freezer in the Our Gang short? I imagine it would be somewhere near one of the studios. (I can't remember which studio/production company owned the Our Gang series) Quote:
Here are a couple of screengrabs from the video. #1 As you can see, there is a street lined with trees leading to a one-story courtyard(?) apartment. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/tD5DVy.jpg #2 Here's a better look at those apartments. They appears to be about a 1/2 block away. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/D9aJMt.jpg There is a rather large floodlight (above my RED ARROW) that appears to be aimed at the rotating handle. . |
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Hal Roach Studios: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...%281959%29.jpgCulverCityHistoricalSociety The studio went bankrupt in 1959 under the management of Hal Roach’s son, and was demolished in 1963. In relation to the other studios in Culver City: https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lMmLvIlLb...30546987_o.png |
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No date or location for this SPNB Collection photo, although the presence of the Cahuenga cross and the absence of the Hollywood Sign pin the date down to 1923. Are those houses in the foreground still there?
https://i.imgur.com/tH0KcLs.jpg via Calisphere.org https://i.imgur.com/2afm04k.jpg Google Earth Pro |
In response to the question asked about the "Isn't Hollywood Unusual?" Film, William Desmond Taylor was killed in 1922. Graumans Opened in 1927, so the director must be another William Taylor. Similarly, The Crossroads of the World opened in 1936, so it can't be in the film either. I know this because the widow of the man who LA District Attorney Dave Clark murdered took his insurance money and built The Crossroads. I know this because that case was the original story we were going to tell in "Perry Mason" on HBO.
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LAPL/Herald Examiner collection "A powerful bomb was exploded in the carport of a $200,000 home in Doheny Estates, igniting a fire that destroyed the entire interior of the home, the carport and two automobiles. The bomb was attached to the floorboard of a late-model Cadillac, and blew a hole in the floor 2 feet square. The occupants, Mr. and Mrs. John Coughlin, who were subleasing the single-story, 5,000-square-foot stucco house in the Hollywood Hills above Sunset Boulevard, were asleep when the bomb went off about 12:30 a.m. but escaped without injury." Photograph dated October 6, 1970. No address provided for the destroyed home. Considerable noirishness here....someone had the wherewithal to wire a ferocious explosive to the Caddy....were they targeting John Coughlin, his wife, or possibly both?....a cursory search yielded no additional details. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds |
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I am one of the producers of "Perry Mason" on HBO. And very proud of it. |
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Redwine Bldg. Los Angeles - 1975 - mystery location. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/64YKHO.jpg eBay Any ideas where this might be? The rear entrance to Musso & Franks in March 1975. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/PwOknd.jpg That's probably the chef's car. He's ready for a quick take off. Does anyone know what the back of Musso & Frank's looks like today? (I hope they at least straightened that sign) . |
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mystery location #2 (for April 6th) When I first saw this snapshot I thought 'business man and assistant'. . .but know I'm thinking man and wife. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/GYcPD3.jpg eBay Boy, that is a lot of litter. Here's a closer look at the buildings in the distance. (note the GIANT ANT on the roof of the May Co.) https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/9yzQaA.jpg detail https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img922/9782/AtoCnU.gif . |
Ah, my old neighborhood.
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It's on Las Palmas between Hollywood and Selma. I've walked past it hundreds of times. Buster Keaton filmed a scene in front of the church at the intersection of Selma and Las Palmas. (Not the same building, the original church burned down as I recall, and it was rebuilt). The back of Musso and Frank's was a private club called The Writer's room, or something like that. I seem to remember that it had something to do with Johnny Depp. Again, I'm going purely from memory, so I could be mistaken. The back of the building had some painted caricatures and graffiti. From what I've seen on Google Maps they've built an apartment building in the parking lot behind there in the years since I was there. |
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Well, speaking of Crossroads of the World, I just read that they're going to tear it down to build a high-rise.
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