1950's New York Location Shooting

greek wrote:
> I was watching "It Should Happen To You" (1954, George Cukor) and was
> surprised to find many location shots reflecting the brilliance of New
> York in black and white: Central Park, Columbus Circle, Union Square,
> San Reno Building. Several sequences in the film also show institutions
> and industries that does not exist anymore; such as the garment
> district.
>
> Please list some other films from this era that are successful at
> representing New York.


MIRACLE IN THE RAIN (1956), starring Jane Wyman and Van Johnson. Nice
shots of St. Patrick's Cathedral and other Manhattan locations. Very
50's, even though it's set during World War II.
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Hey! I like this thread already. Let's keep it going.

Films that come to mind immediately "The Dark Corner" "Strawberry
Blonde" " City Across the River" "City for Conquest" "The Heiress"
"Breakfast at Tiffany's" and countless Broadway musicals of the
thirties and forties.

Dave in Toronto
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LITTLE FUGITIVE (1953), Coney Island.

THE SLEEPING CITY (1950), Bellevue Hospital.

And perhaps my favorite in this category: CRY TERROR! (1958), a taut
thriller making good use of obscure NYC locations.
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I can't believe Brian or other past-film buffs didn't list North By
Northwest if only because--isn't it the only movie before The
Interpreter to be allowed to film around the UN?
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greek wrote:

> Please list some other films from this era that are successful at
> representing New York.

Collecting New York on film is sort of a hobby of mine.

Side Street - a great car chase through Soho when it was run down

Killer's Kiss - Soho warehouses again, Times Square at night, the Bronx

Odds Against Tomorrow - Central Park playground, Morningside Heights

The Young Savages - Spanish Harlem

The Pawnbroker - garment district, Morningside Heights

Force of Evil - uptown miscellany

A Thousand Clowns - Central Park and misc. side streets

Mister Buddwing - Central Park, Upper West Side

Patterns - Financial District (nothing's changed!)

The Manchurian Candidate - Jilly's, Central Park, Madison Square Garden


Killer's Kiss, Palm Beach Story, and Strangers On A Train are especially
noteworthy for filming scenes in the late lamented Penn Station, though
blink and you'll miss it with the last two.

These range from 1948 to 1966, all in glorious B&W. I guess we could bring
the B&W theme into the 'eighties with Broadway Danny Rose, and back to the
'twenties with Harold Lloyd's Speedy and King Vidor's The Crowd. Speedy
has Penn Station again, plus Yankee Stadium. The Crowd shows mucho street
life, plus Coney Island.

Further back still, The Regeneration shows the Lower East Side as it looked
in 1915! Beer sold in buckets, swinging saloon doors, dockside gangsters -
very glamorous.

Brian
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Your Pal Brian wrote:

>Further back still, The Regeneration shows the Lower East Side as it looked
>in 1915! Beer sold in buckets, swinging saloon doors, dockside gangsters -
>very glamorous.

Are you a fan of the popular songs of the Gaslight era with references
to the various boroughs, Brian? I'd like to see "Regeneration" --
Raoul Walsh, with Anna Q. Nilssssssson.
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greek wrote:
> I was watching "It Should Happen To You" (1954, George Cukor) and was
> surprised to find many location shots reflecting the brilliance of New
> York in black and white: Central Park, Columbus Circle, Union Square,
> San Reno Building. Several sequences in the film also show
> institutions and industries that does not exist anymore; such as the
> garment district.
>
> Please list some other films from this era that are successful at
> representing New York.

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Adam's Rib also directed by Cukor.

Craig
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EAST SIDE, WEST SIDE (1949), brief glimpses of Gramercy Park in opening
shots.
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On 18 Oct 2005 04:17:03 -0700, wrote:

>I can't believe Brian or other past-film buffs didn't list North By
>Northwest if only because--isn't it the only movie before The
>Interpreter to be allowed to film around the UN?

Except that it wasn't.

They stole some exteriors, but the interiors are all studio work.

John Harkness
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Blast of Silence, tons of New York location work.

They have it at 5minutestolive.com.

swac
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"Miracle on 34th Street" - Nice commercial for Macy's as well.

Dave in Toronto - (Toronto is like New York, run by the Swiss - Peter
Ustinov)
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"Beau James" with Bob Hope as Jimmy Walker.

Dave in Toronto
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> Further back still, The Regeneration shows the Lower East Side as it looked
> in 1915! Beer sold in buckets, swinging saloon doors, dockside gangsters -
> very glamorous.
>
> Brian



I read that some bars of that era sold beer direct from the keg. Tubes
were inserted in the kegs and patrons could drink as much as they
wanted for something like 10 cents but they couldn't take the tube from
the mouth.

Dave in Toronto
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