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Monday, January 21, 2013

"The Three Stooges Hollywood Filming Locations"




One of my favorite subjects when it comes to movies is locations and landmarks that were used.

Back in the 1980s, twice I took the Laurel and Hardy tour of their filming shoots locations in Los Angeles with the Way Out West Tent of the Sons of the Desert organization.  We visited such places as The Music Box stairs in the Silverlake area and the Big Business house (that they tore up) in Cheviot Hills.

A few fans and I pinpointed some locations used in the Adventures of Superman, one of which will receive a plaque in 2014 in celebration of George Reeves's 100th birthday.

I even went so far as to go to Japan to see the locations and landmarks used in Japanese science-fiction and fantasy movies, which resulted in The Monster Movie Fan's Guide To Japan (ComiXpress, $15.00).

Many of these places are still with us and it is interesting to see how they look today and compare them with photographs of how they looked in the films.

Now there's a new book on location shoots of The Three Stooges by Jim Pauley.  It is called "The Three Stooges Hollywood Filming Locations" (Santa Monica Press, $39.95). 

The book (with plenty of photographs) will take the reader to such places as Larchmont Village near Hollywood, Franklin Canyon Reservoir near Beverly Hills in the Santa Monica Mountains and in Silverlake.  Silverlake must've been a favorite location shoot spot for old-time comedy teams.

So, if you are a Stooge fan, or just like seeing old filming locations, this book is for you.

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