Posted on 12/15/2017 10:00:51 AM PST by ealgeone
#28 is why James Stewart is one of my heroes.
Found this interesting:
Built in two months on RKO property in Encino, California, Bedford Falls was one of the biggest movie sets constructed in Hollywood’s Golden Age. It covered four acres and included more than 75 buildings, slums, factories, residential neighborhoods and a Main Street that stretched for 300 yards. Twenty full-grown oak trees were transplanted to suggest that the town—said to be based on Seneca Falls, New York—had a long history.
None of the movies I've seen do the book justice, and not a lot of theater productions either.
I was at a winery north of Kansas City last Sunday where they have a four-member troop of actors do a live reading of "A Christmas Carol". That really is the only way to do it justice. And a nice bottle of wine helps as well.
One of my all time favorite movies.
Loved Jimmy Stewart’s work.
I live in Jimmy Stewart’s hometown of Indiana, Pa. He’s a big deal around here. There’s a statue of him in front of our county courthouse and his dad’s store - Stewart Hardware - used to be just across the street. Indiana wasn’t the model for Bedford Falls though. That was some town up in NY state.
I saw it a couple of weeks ago and agree that it's a very entertaining movie, even if the screenplay takes a lot of liberties with the facts.
Ever saw one called The Story Lady?
It’s rather good.
A plus is Stephanie Zimbalist is in it.
Seneca Falls, NY was the model for Bedford Falls.
Sure looks like the real thing doesn’t it?
First scene shot in the movie that included Stewart was the scene where he visits Donna Reed at her house the day his younger brother comes home from college.
Stewart said he wasn’t sure if he’d still be able to act. That scene took only one take.
Why Jimmy Stewart is one of my favorite actors!!
Are you over 40? Cause the movie really is about not accomplishing the dreams of your youth.
My family has lived in Connecticut for generations. I’ve watched that movie for years at the holiday time. My father would always say - I never saw Connecticut looking like that. LOL!
Looks more like Vermont or the Berkshires to me.
I had a Potteresque experience myself his week. (I was Stewart, not Barrymore) Had to come home and watch the movie again that evening.
There’s a database of old movies that warns snowflakes about potential triggering. Numerous warnings about IAWL - including that one.
For me, that slap barely registered. It’s Annie saying “Boys and girls and music. Why do they need gin?” that made me cringe.
Yeah, there were a couple of one-scene takes. He was the greatest.
Late 60s. Just didn’t hit me right. Watched it in my 20s 30s probably 50 last time I saw it.
Christmas Story’ star reveals how much he still makes off the holiday classic
https://pagesix.com/2017/12/15/christmas-story-star-reveals-how-much-he-still-makes-off-the-holiday-classic/i
It ain’t much.
I wonder if any of the actors get good money or were screwed by Grinch.
The guy who played the warden in The Shawshank Redemption gets close to 6 figures
http://www.businessinsider.com/actors-from-shawshank-redemption-residual-pay-2014-6
I hated the movie as soon as I realized that the money was not promptly returned. And what idiot wouldn’t guard the equivalent of $70k (in today’s dollars) with their life? Angels getting their wings? Yeah I watched the whole thing, but wished I hadn’t.
My father in law was a waist gunner in a B24, based in England. He was quickly known for his almost superhuman aim with his 50cal. He received the DFC w/oak leaf clusters, among other medals. Early on (lied about his age when he signed up for the Air Corps), his goal was to do his tour, come back to the states and enter fighter pilot school. His tour ended a month before D-day.
When he got back to the states, he couldn’t hold a cup of coffee without using both hands, and was honorably discharged. He rarely talked about combat. He told us many stories about training and base life.
My mother’s only brother was a tail gunner in a 24. He perished in Germany, on his first mission (about a week after my FIL’s last mission. They never new each other even though they grew up in neighboring towns).
My aunt Evelyn’s brother in law, a P-51 pilot, was in a big dogfight over Germany, and was certain that he shot down a buddy. His CO and fellow pilots tried to convince him that enemy fire got him. But to no avail. Battling depression, he did well to hold down a job as a sales clerk in the men’s dept at Sears. He was in and out of mental hospitals until he died at age 78 iirc.
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