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Originally Posted by haiku99
Just saw the movie, a VERY cheesy Mike Hammer film but very much noir and some great shots of L.A. including Bunker Hill...anyway FWIW currently on Netflix streaming in good quality video and sound and well worth watching.
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The locations used in "My Gun is Quick" were delightful. There's more screenshots
here and
here of some highlights.
Mike Bray, who played Mike Hammer in the film, had a career that lasted from the post-war years to the late 60s. From 1964 until 1968 he had a part on the "Lassie" TV series which made him relatively well-known. Prior to "MGIQ", he did a memorable turn as the bus driver in "Bus Stop" in 1956.
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Originally Posted by Martin Pal
There's alot of discussion in L.A. about the Googie style restaurants disappearing
or being threatened (like Jan's and Norm's) and whether it's due to developers
wanting the properties (because they're surrounded, usually, by parking lots)
or because people's tastes have changed, as you said, in wanting to eat the
kind of food served by these restaurants.
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LA.curbed has been closely following the fight to save Norm's on La Cienega. Their series of articles is
here. Norm's exterior (not the interior) has a bit of a reprieve at the moment.
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Fifteen Remaining LA Googies