We like to talk about things that are not around anymore. Particularly when it comes to movies, so many old palaces are gone. And when you look at past locations used around Hollywood, invariably you see a strip mall standing in the post today where film history was once made.
But, not always.
Maybe you remember the great film "The Best Years of Our Lives." It won Best Picture in...I believe...1946. It is about military folks coming home after serving in World War II.
At the beginning, three such men from the same hometown arrive back together and take a cab to each of their destinations. One is a banker played by Frederic March. He comes home to his family and his wife, Myrna Loy. They live in a seemingly prestigious apartment building. Here's how that looked in the film.
The apartment building sits one block east of La Brea on Beverly Boulevard in Hollywood. People pass it every single day. Most don't know its prominence in film history. Hey, I bet the tenants don't even know.
But I do. And now so do you.
You see, not everything has been torn down.
Dinner last night: Chicken tortellini.
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