Jeepers Creepers is typical of a horror film. This Florida-made film was a surprise success and lead to sequels. Filming was all over Marion, Sumter and Lake Counties in north Central Florida.
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Edward Scissorhands is not only filmed in Florida, but, unlike ‘Creature from the Black Lagoon’, is also set in Florida. Filming was all over west Central Florida. Lakeland’s iconic Southgate shopping center arch figures prominently in the film. The arch[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Announced today is a pilot to be made of Charles Willeford’s ‘Hoke Moseley’. The deeply dark set of novels are set in Miami and have quite a cult following. The books haven’t been in print for many years, so this[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Matchbook Wednesday: Miami Beach Auditorium with the Jackie Gleason Show
As promised from last week, here is a matchbook of the Miami Beach Auditorium that staged The Jackie Gleason Show so many years ago. Below is the back of the matchbook. Below is the whole matchbook.
Here’s a great place to visit – The Martin Theatre in Panama City. Opened in 1936 as part of the Ritz chain that were all over Florida and the southeast. In the 1950s the Martin family took over until the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s the Florida Theater in Downtown Jacksonville on this very quiet Saturday night.
Sorry to learn of death of Larry Hagman. He starred for 6 years in series set in Cocoa Beach, ‘I Dream of Jeannie’. Here’s the story: http://ow.ly/fxn43
Website Cinema Treasures, a website devoted to all things US theater, has the story:http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/31544“The Suburban Open Air Theatre opened on October 6, 1950, featuring the musical comedy “Three Little Words” with Fred Astaire, Vera Ellen & Red Skelton. It was[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
On Friday, August 24th, a marker to the television series ‘I Dream of Jeannie’ was unveiled at Lori Wilson Park off A1A in Cocoa Beach. The commemoration was to recognize the the popular TV series took place in Cocoa Beach,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Place: The Hob Nob, 1701 N. Washington Boulevard (US301), Sarasota 34234 (941) 955-5001 hobnobdrivein.com Setting: Unique, all outdoor design with cover. Base is a counter with surrounding tables and stools. Neighborhood is not the best. 4/1/2012 Menu: Burger and fries.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Tuesday Ads – Santini’s Porpoise Training School, Marathon.
Here’s an advertising card of Santini’s Porpoise Training School. Indeed, ‘Flipper’ lived at this location in Marathon. It was the story of Santini and his Porpoise School that inspired movie stuntman, Ricou Browning, to compose the story[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Postcard Wednesday – The Cypress Gardens Florida Pool
Here’s a postcard of the Florida pool built by Dick Pope at his Cypress Gardens to entice films to be produced at the Winter Have site. He specifically was looking to lasso swimming champ and film star, Esther Williams, to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…