#MALIBU TO MASHTI MALONES MOVIE#

The Las Palmas Theatre in Hollywood (1642 N. RICHARD HATCH (R) and BRUCE DAVISON as JAN & DEAN - вЂњDEADMANвЂ™S CURVEвЂќ Publicity Photo, 1977 TINY NAYLORвЂ™s faced the corner of the intersection where the beige building sits today. THE INTERSECTION TODAY - Looking northwest up La Brea. THE SIGNS TODAY - CLANCY MULDOONвЂ™S (Mashti MaloneвЂ™s) and ROMANвЂ™S LIQUOR, with Shamrock and Ice Cream Cone intact. Today the old double-globed lampposts seen on La Brea in the film, to the right of the signs for Clancy MuldoonвЂ™s and RomanвЂ™s Liquor, are long gone-but the shamrock and ice cream cone remain. Tiny NaylorвЂ™s was demolished in 1984 to make way for newer development.

#MALIBU TO MASHTI MALONES MOVIE#

The intersection has changed a lot since the movie was shot more than four decades ago. Looking like the underside of the future Space Shuttle

вЂњDEADMANвЂ™S CURVEвЂќ SCENE - TINY NAYLORвЂ™S at Sunset and La Brea The car slowly turns right to reveal a nighttime shot of Tiny NaylorвЂ™s in all its Googie glory. вЂњDEADMANвЂ™S CURVEвЂќ SCENE - La Brea Avenue at TINY NAYLORвЂ™S The lighted shamrock and ice cream cone atop the sign are partially visible in the film. The rectangular sign above it is for Clancy MuldoonвЂ™s Ice Cream (now Mashti MaloneвЂ™s at 1525 N.

The lighted elliptical sign visible behind the car in the background is for RomanвЂ™s Liquor (1529 N. Looking northwest on La Brea, the opening scene reveals a lesser landmark that still stands today. When the fictional drag racers in Jan & DeanвЂ™s song вЂњDead ManвЂ™s CurveвЂќ вЂњflew past La BreaвЂќ on Sunset they would have passed Tiny NaylorвЂ™s. While waitresses worked inside, female carhops on roller skates served customers who never had to leave their cars. It was a popular stop for celebrities and a hot spot for cruising during Jan BerryвЂ™s heyday.

Opened in 1949, Tiny NaylorвЂ™s was a classic Googie-style drive-in that sat on the northwest corner of the intersection of Sunset Boulevard and La Brea Avenue. HereвЂ™s a look at some of the shooting locations in and around Los Angeles.ДЄfter Dick ClarkвЂ™s introduction of Jan & Dean in concert, the film opens in 1957 Los Angeles at one of HollywoodвЂ™s most famous landmarks. The movieвЂ™s popularity paved the way for Jan & DeanвЂ™s touring reunion in 19. In the fall of 1977-41 years ago-production began for Jan & DeanвЂ™s film biography DeadmanвЂ™s Curve, starring Richard Hatch as Jan Berry and Bruce Davison as Dean Torrence.ДЄ ratings blockbuster, the highly fictionalized film debuted on national television on February 3, 1978. Lights, Camera, Los Angeles: Film Locations from DeadmanвЂ™s Curve

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