They picked the wrong car for that one. John Buttera's white car was way too modern for the era they were portraying.
It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World is a 1963 American comedy film CORMIER CHEVROLET near downtown Long Beach. My brother bought the 58 Impala new from this location. I bought my 1965 El Camino in the fall of 1964 at this location prior to the whole place being shut down and move to a huge location almost at the entrance to the Lion’s Dragstrip, near or off the side of the 405 freeway. The huge sign was seen by zillions going by daily on that freeway. Hello, We grew up in Long Beach during our kid days. In 1963, they filmed the movie, “It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World”. It took place all over Long Beach, but especially the downtown area we were familiar with during our early days. Cormier Chevrolet in Long Beach 1963 in, It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World movie. This was our favorite place in downtown Long Beach. It was several blocks from our high school and close enough to run down there for some needed parts, etc. My brother bought his 1958 Impala there in the fall of 1957. We had many runs down to the parts department for getting new ring or pinion gears, Positraction oil, hydraulic linkage tubes for the three carbs, and other parts, etc. (The son of the Cormier Chevrolet owner had a Corvette as his first car, as we all expected.) It was the Chevy dealer for locals, especially from our high school a few blocks away. From an earlier posts: Back in 1963, the movie Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World was filmed at this particular location in Long Beach. The movie also utilized the various other places downtown and along American Ave. (now Long Beach Blvd) Pine Avenue going toward the ocean. Jergins Trust and the State Theater on the left. Ocean Blvd in the foreground. 1963 Pine Avenue going toward the ocean. Remnants of the Jergins Trust Building on the left. The Ocean Center Building is on the right. 2012 “Top: View of Ocean Blvd. and Pine Ave. looking southeast on August 13, 1986. The Jergin’s Trust Building is on the right, in the center is the Crocker Bank Building (now the Salvation Army Building), and on the left is Breakers. The Jergin’s Trust Building was named for the Jergin’s Trust oil company, which built a four story addition in the early 1920s. The Lowe’s State Theater occupied the lower part of the building. Another point of view about the Mad World filming: posted by So Cal local, @old man hal Jnaki Rainbow Pier (an unusual round pier from shoreline to shoreline, with water locked in place) and Linden Avenue were/are the entrances to the downtown shoreline, pike beach areas back then. These days little to no filming is being done, due to the pandemic, but TV series like NCIS LA, CSI Miami, yes, Miami… and of course, Ferris Buhler’s House on Country Club Drive, Bixby Knolls. The CSI Miami scenes were taken at the beach, Marine Stadium, 2nd Street bridges, the canals, and the harbor to look like Miami. The trickery of Hollywood was evident. At first, we were amazed that almost in every scene it was supposedly Miami, but they eventually were Long Beach, CA locations. They just seemed too familiar. The Long Beach Alamitos Bay tall bridge area was supposed to look like Miami canals and the backgrounds just looked like a nice marina. It was a nice marina, the Alamitos Bay Marina attached to Belmont Shore in Long Beach, CA. The "Queens Way" road sign… only in Long Beach, CA
If you've wrapped up your holiday obligations by evening, Svengoolie is rebroadcasting Earth vs. The Spider tonight, with special guest star appearance by a '32 Ford. The car appears fairly early in the movie. You won't be missing much if you change the channel after you've seen it. To be perfectly clear, I'm recommending the car, not the film.
We've been watching Perry Mason most every night! 55-56 Chevys.........57 Ford Skyliners and 57 T-birds (Most all rag tops) As a kid I assumed everybody in California drove a convertible. OMG!.........EVERYBODY was smoking something most all the time. (Except Della Street...obviously sleeping with Perry & Paul Drake!!!) Anyway..is it no wonder as kids we were ALL smoking cigarettes or wanted too!!! LOTSA really sweeet rides most every night. Alfred Hitchcock had mostly pre-57 model cars. Fun to watch now. (Plots were a little lame but the cars were cool) 6sally6
how about the james bond movie where bond cuts the airlines on the tanker truck and the brake pedal goes to the floor!
the death scene with mitchum crashing that car was also used in an episode of "perry mason" and "the twilight zone."
I remember SNL used to have a skit called "Toonces The Driving Cat" about a cat who could drive a car, just not very well. The episodes usually ended with the same scene of a car driving off a cliff. It looks like footage from a movie or television program that was filmed in the 1950's.
Great car chase in the excellent movie "Badlands," cops in a Ford chasing Charlie driving a '59 Caddy Coupe de Ville he stole. Yes, that's a very young Martin Sheen (playing Charlie).
In the last week I’ve watched Hot Rod, California Kid, 2 Lane Blacktop, Hollywood Knights and The Giant Gila Monster twice. The 70’s version of Gone in 60 Seconds destroys a lot of “ERA” cars in the chase scene.
Snapshots of some classic car-related movie stills. These are from a hoard I helped clear out recently. "To Please a Lady," starring my namesake Clark Gable. "Girls Town" "Belles On Their Toes"
At one time is was against the law to open the drivers door in traffic.Cars mainly in the 40rties had no exterior door lock for that reason
Indeed. I heard that they recently converted Project X to a full electric vehicle. I’m apologize in advance for any stress this may cause.
and there's this one still sitting in a barn untouched for years since the filming .....update... Jan 2022, just talked to Paul in Oregon, he sold it in 2021.
Just saw an Hazel show yesterday. They couldn't find the keys to the fathers Ford. Turns out the son had them in his new T-bird go-kart. Must have been one of those shows sponsored by Ford. Gene.
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