Filming Locations
Does anybody know the name or location of the TV theatre, where JJ is rehearsing his script for a broadcast?
shareThe theater is (or was) in L.A. Remarkably only 3 weeks of location shooting was done in New York. This was probably a continuity nightmare. The exterior of 21 was obviouly real but the interior was a set back in LA. The ceilings in 21 are to low to accomodate film equipment of the 1950's
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Trust me, the interior shots at 21 are authentic.
Maxwell Kriendler (an owner) has a cameo as do a few of the staff.
All filming took place on a single sunday and Tony Curtis still has fond memories of the shoot.
One of my favorite touches in the film is the opening shot, in which Sidney gets a soft drink in a Broadway joint. This was filmed either in Benedict's or Elpine, the two "pina colada" chains that populated the Times Square area in that era. The authentic touch: Sidney's drink cup is a "Dixie Cup" in a conical form like a coffee filter, held in a brushed aluminum holder. Many's the soft drink I had in either Benedict's or Elpine (hot dogs, too).
shareAnother great soft drink place was Orange Julius there was a number of them in Times Sq back then
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_Julius
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The scene when Sydney confronts the columnist and his wife appears to actually have been filmed in the original Toots Shor's, which was famous for its round bar.
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