The Hart's House
I was just watching a few of the episodes on DVD and I love the grounds of the house!! Could all of that really only be a set in the studio?!? Or does anyone know if they filmed at anyone's actual house?
shareIt is a real house, one that Robert Wagner knew as a child and always loved. It belonged to actors Dick Powell and June Allyson. June Allyson also appeared in the show in the fifth and final series, at her own home!
The same house was used for the return movies in the mid 90's but the interior set was long gone so they burnt the house down and moved the Harts to a house on the beach.
It was a beautiful house, inside and out! :-)
For all you Hart to Hart fans out there...as well as classic movie buffs,
The very same exterior and possibly the interior shots downstairs, was also the home of Lana Turner and Juanita Moore in the classic "Imitation of Life" 1959.
It is the grand home that "Lora Meredith" buys to semi retire in the country from stage life as her daughter Susie(played by Sandra Dee) gets ready to graduate from High School. No one could mistake that wonderful shot of that fantastic home.
Wow! I didn't know that the Hart house was the one in Imitation of Life. I have to watch that movie again soon (I have it on DVD along with the earlier version). I love the mid-century decor when Lora is moving into the house. Thanks for sharing that information. I love IMDb because of people like you...one always learns something new on this site.
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shareHi Jingleberry
Yep, that story was told by Stefanie herself. Apparently the cost of recreating the interior set, which was long gone by then, would have been astronomical so they decided to move the Harts. I guess it was pretty distinctive with that open plan room and balconies etc.
The major problem (apart from the house being the fifth cast member, which I always felt it was, I loved it) was that the Harts spent 7 movies living out of suitcases with no base, which was one of the reasons that I felt the movies weren't as good as they could have been. It wasn't the same, ending the show without zooming in on that bedroom window!
I agree, Rockbird; that house (real exterior, studio-set interior) was a character in the series, the Harts’ refuge at the end of each show, and the movies that followed suffered from the house having burned down in “Hart to Hart Returns" (and very quickly at that). If there was ever to be another movie I’d want to see the old exterior shots, even if the interiors had been updated (surely the Harts rebuilt their house with the insurance money; the beach house was a rental!).
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I saw that episode of the house burning down and it looked fake. Looked more like a model to me or possibly even a picture being burned.
I think what Jennifer meant in the interview that the Hart house was burned since the set didn't exist anymore.
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