bhryun Posted February 6, 2005 Share Posted February 6, 2005 Does anyone know if the Jerry's market featured in "Double Indemnity" still exists, and, if so, where it is located exactly in Los Angeles? How about the apartment building where Fred MacMurray lives? It is show briefly in one scene as he drives up to it. I read in one article that this building is the famous Chateau Marmont hotel. It doesn't look like it, though. And how about the house where Barbara Stanwyck lives? Is it really in the Los Feliz neighborhood in Los Angeles? Thanks. This one of my favorite movies. By the way, if you want to find out which sound stage this movie and other Paramount and RKO movies were filmed, check out this Paramount Pictures site: http://www.paramountpictures.com/studiogroup/stages.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deeanddaisy666 Posted February 6, 2005 Share Posted February 6, 2005 Sorry, igt1899, I don't know the answers to your questions, but oh I love that movie too! That anklet, that poor schmo Fred McMurray! But my favorite is the 'little man in my gut'. I use that all the time, and ain't it the truth? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bansi4 Posted February 7, 2005 Share Posted February 7, 2005 I never had the impression that Jerry's Market ever really existed. I always thought that the interior of the market where Stanwyck and MacMurray secretly met was built and filmed on a soundstage (and not very impressive). Mongo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayresorchids Posted February 9, 2005 Share Posted February 9, 2005 Nevertheless, that's how modest grocery stores once were, in those pre-supermarket days, LOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edgedrv Posted February 10, 2005 Share Posted February 10, 2005 Jerry's Market was a set on the soundstage of Paramount Studios. The interior was based on a real market - Jerry's Market - on Melrose Avenue. Supposedly, the design for MacMurray's apartment was based on the room Billy Wilder had once occupied at the Chateau Marmount. I would assume all the interiors of the film (the house, etc.) were shot on the soundstages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classicsfan1119 Posted February 10, 2005 Share Posted February 10, 2005 Hi "Ayresorchids". You reminded me of the four little "markets" we had right in our own neighborhood when I was a kid...all within easy walking distance, or in my case by riding my bike. I clearly remember being asked to "go get a loaf of bread at 'Olson's' ", or "run down to 'Betty's' real quick and get me a pound of butter", or "go to (I can't remember the name anymore) and ask the butcher for a nice round steak". In those days, they all kept charge accounts for steady customer's, and most families shopped day by day for the day's groceries. They were all family-owned markets, and the owners were never stingy about handing out penny candy to us kids who were in and out of their markets everyday. Boy, those were the days! Like our two neighborhood movie houses, they're all gone now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deeanddaisy666 Posted February 10, 2005 Share Posted February 10, 2005 Absolutely, ML. In my neighborhood, Ray's was the butcher, and Nick's was the grocery. They were brothers, by the way. We were a stone's throw from many stores, and I thought nothing of the fact that I was growing up in a commercial neighborhood. The place where I bought comic books was a front for a bookie. At July 4th, the toughs of the neighborhood used to set off enough fireworks to result in a veritable sea of paper the next day. The cops looked the other way. Oh, and NO one got hurt. Imagine? No lawsuits. It was great. Now, heaven forbid, the aim is to have kids grow up in elite neighborhoods and to drive and drive to get necessities. In addition, my mother's freezer was no bigger than this monitor screen, so she had to shop daily for food stuffs. Different world. Is it better? Except for the advances in technology and medicine, the 'little man in my gut' tells me no. ML, have you seen that article floating around the Internet titled 'How Did We Survive Our Childhood'? It's quite true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayresorchids Posted February 10, 2005 Share Posted February 10, 2005 Yeah, growing up in Birmingham I used to walk alone all over creation and my mother never gave it a second thought. I was about seven when I started doing that. I'd go visit the ladies at the beauty shop, talk to the guys at the garage, etc. For those quick pick-up items, ML, we'd run down to the Handi-Pak. They had the best Icees--my uncle (also a child when I was one) and I would always hope for lime flavor. There also was a "produce bus" that would come through the 'burbs with all kinds of fresh veggies and fruit. It had a candy section in front. Wax bottles of sweet liquid, powder candy, shoe buttons, candy cigs, Sugar Daddies, Brown Cows... What this has to do with Double Indemnity I don't know, but it's fun to talk about! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bggalaxy Posted February 10, 2005 Share Posted February 10, 2005 Wow, this takes me back. For me it was Woody's Butcher Shop, Uncle Pete's Market, and Roy's Drugstore. They were all in a line and real neighborhood folks. I remember walking the 5 blocks as a kid of 5 - 9 to get items for mom and would not give it a second thought. Not now days. I remember saying "Mom said to 'Put it on account' or 'get it on credit'"?. The next time mom or dad went in they asked to pay the bill. Woody, Pete, or Roy would pull out a white envelope and total up the receipts. How cool was that. I used to get a bag of candy at Roy's for 2 bits. Tootsie Rolls, Lemonheads, Jaw Breakers, Milk Duds, Bazooka Bubble Gum, Big Hunks, and Pixie Sticks. I went by the old neighborhood the other day, there is now a salon, bistro, and dry cleaners. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teepad17 Posted February 11, 2005 Share Posted February 11, 2005 More than "little man in my gut," I love Edward G. Robinson saying, "You've got the ball--let's see you run with it." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenwal34 Posted February 11, 2005 Share Posted February 11, 2005 When I was a kid it was country stores ,Piggly Wigglys with Jolly Jacks candy at two for a penny,Black Jack chewing gum and cokes for a nickle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classicsfan1119 Posted February 11, 2005 Share Posted February 11, 2005 Sorry everyone...I'm the one who took this thread a bit off track back there when I started reminiscing about our little "Ma & Pa" neighborhood grocery stores. So, I will just add a quick note back to Stoneyburke: Yes, I have seen that article floating around. If you see it again, try to get the link for us. I think many of our friends here will get a kick out of it. ;)ML Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deeanddaisy666 Posted February 11, 2005 Share Posted February 11, 2005 ML, here's the least spam filled link I could find with this article: http://www.johnfry.com/YouShouldBeDead.html It's called People Over 35 Should Be Dead, in case anyone wants to Google it themselves and not open the link. The link, as far as I can tell, is harmless. By the way, I grew up in the same town as Rob Petrie, Ozzie Davis, and Eddie Foy. Not exactly on the same side of the tracks, but it was fun, nonetheless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhryun Posted March 1, 2005 Author Share Posted March 1, 2005 Phyllis Dietrichson's house! I love that old Spanish-style architecture. Old Hollywood. I found this; enjoy! http://www.filmsite.org/doub.html "Immediately after his confession, Neff explains how he became involved with Los Angeles housewife Phyllis Dietrichson (Barbara Stanwyck), a conniving, seductive, icy blonde bombshell. A few months earlier at the end of May (in 1938), he had stopped in a seemingly routine call at the Dietrichson family's California Spanish-style house (#4760) near Los Feliz Boulevard in Glendale, California, to encourage the head of the household, Mr. Dietrichson, to renew his car-insurance policy. [The real house, called the 'Death House' in Cain's novel, was at 6301 Quebec Street in Hollywood.]" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classicsfan1119 Posted March 1, 2005 Share Posted March 1, 2005 Stoneyburke...thanks for the link. Sounds like you've become as ruefully acquainted with the resulting Spam at some of these site as I have! ;)ML Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhryun Posted March 1, 2005 Author Share Posted March 1, 2005 PS...If anyone knows where I can find a shot of this house online, I would be very happy! When a wee gal, I fell in love with the House in "The Uninvited"...Ray Milland and Ruth Hussey. I found a shot of the house online, which I use as a desktop photo. Also, loved the grille in the archtop window at the top of the stairs, so designed one like it for our house here on LI... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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