Whale Building location?
There was a brief shot of exterior of building where characters entered thru mouth of a tiled whale wedged into between some other business buildings. Anyone know what it is or where it was/is located?
shareThe building WAS the Smith Bros. Fish Shanty. It was located at intersection of La Cienega Boulevard, San Vicente Boulevard and Burton Way. Originally, of course, a seafood restaurant.
I think it was torn down in the '70s sometime. The building was remodeled, before they made the film, but here's a postcard of what the place originally looked like:
http://www.povonline.com/images14/fishshanty.jpg
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Speaking of locations, was any of this film shot at one of the Forest Lawn cemeteries? Imdb doesn't list any cemeteries in their 'filming locations' section, except for the Pet Haven Cemetery.
share"Cemetery" was actually a bunch of headstones and statuary shot on grounds (and interior) of Doheny Estate (Greystone Mansion), 12.5-acre home in Beverly Hills. Same place was used in Bette Davis movie Dead Ringer and Picture Mommy Dead, among others. Actual cemeteries were understandably reluctant to turn over facilities to a movie mocking funeral industry.
shareJust want to throw this in,that Greystone Mansion also doubles as the funeral home where Bruce Willis works at "Death Becomes Her".
shareThe "Whale" was still around when I hit town in early '82. I am not sure if the place was still open or just waiting demo at the time. The exterior vestiges disappeared not long after. Many things have. There is nothing like seeing the location of a favorite movie come to life. The real and the fake hits you, and then it's gone. Morton's Steakhouse has been on the same site for years now.
After further investigation - the name of the Old restaurant was called "The Fish Shanty" as seen at the following link: http://www.oldlarestaurants.com/fish-shanty/