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To: Seruzawa

“It used to be on frequently in LA back in the 50s and 60s. I’ve probably seen it a dozen times.”

Yup; I saw it several times on TV back in those days. One of the local channels had a program called “Million Dollar Movie” — the theme music being Tiomkin’s theme from “High and the Mighty” — which would run the same movie for a week, always at the same time (I think it was 5:00 pm local time). And “The Beginning of the end” was one of the films shown. I remember at the time thinking, “I didn’t know Illinois looked just like California;” a snide comment about the fact the movie was filmed in Southern California.


4 posted on 07/21/2023 9:32:44 AM PDT by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule. )
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To: ought-six

**I remember at the time thinking, “I didn’t know Illinois looked just like California;” a snide comment about the fact the movie was filmed in Southern California**

LOL! I watched the first 5 minutes. At least they should have found a flat area of farmland north of Bakersfield. East central Illinois is FLAT.


5 posted on 07/21/2023 9:40:20 AM PDT by Zuriel (Acts 2:38,39....Do you believe it?)
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To: ought-six

A great deal of the US looked like Southern California in the vintage Untouchables.


9 posted on 07/21/2023 10:54:50 AM PDT by wally_bert (I cannot be sure for certain, but in my personal opinion I am certain that I am not sure..)
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To: ought-six

I remember Million Dollar Movie. They showed the same movie every evening for a week. When they ran “Godzilla” I watched it 3 nights in a row. Lol.


10 posted on 07/21/2023 10:59:36 AM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: ought-six

‘the theme music being Tiomkin’s theme from “High and the Mighty”

I thought I remembered Million dollar Movie’s music theme was from Gone With the Wind...


13 posted on 07/21/2023 11:13:20 AM PDT by IrishBrigade
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